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Hold on to your buns: Oscar Mayer's Wienermobiles will race for Indy 500 weekend
5Chicago ^ | 22 May, 2025 | Andrew V. Pestano

Posted on 05/23/2025 10:49:23 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Oscar Mayer unveils the “Wienie 500,” a first-ever Wienermobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, streaming live May 23 ahead of Sunday’s Indy 500.

Oscar Mayer is putting mustard on the pedal to the metal with the first-ever “Wienie 500,” a race between all six of its iconic Wienermobiles ahead of the Indianapolis 500.

The oversized hot dogs on wheels will compete in a lighthearted race on the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway track on Friday at 2 p.m. EST as part of the Indy 500 weekend.

"The Wienie 500 will also mark the first ‘meat-up’ of all six Wienermobiles in over a decade and the first competitive race for the fleet," Oscar Meyer said in a statement. "From custom Hotdogger racing suits, to a trophy presentation in the ‘Wiener’s Circle’, complete with a condiment spray and hot dog for the wiener’s enjoyment, every moment of the race is designed to spark smiles."

Each Wienermobile will represent a different dog from a U.S. region:

Chi Dog — Midwest

New York Dog — East

Slaw Dog — Southeast

Sonoran Dog — Southwest

Chili Dog — South

Seattle Dog — Northwest

Kelsey Rice, Oscar Mayer's brand communications director, said the "Indy 500 marks the unofficial kickoff of summer and the start of hot dog season."

The hot dog race will be streamed live on the FOX Sports app and across @INDYCARonFOX social accounts. Highlights will also be shown on Sunday during the Indy 500 pre-race show on FOX.


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: motorsports; weeniemobiles; wienermobiles; wienie500
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To: Rio

I still have to go with the Detroit Coney.
The best Jerry, the Best.


21 posted on 05/23/2025 12:16:16 PM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. https://youtu.be/VexKSRKoWQY)
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To: lee martell

When they are drifting through mud corners at high speed Ill tune in.


22 posted on 05/23/2025 12:19:06 PM PDT by gnarledmaw (If you dont like my sense of humor, please let me know so I can laugh at you too.)
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To: Qwapisking

The very best figure-8 race I ever saw was one with full-sized school buses - THAT was hilarious.


23 posted on 05/23/2025 12:28:45 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: Rio

A fun cute idea, but they do need to get the wieners moving faster.


24 posted on 05/23/2025 12:37:51 PM PDT by TBall
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To: decal

I remember seeing one of those on TV, a long time ago. Remember figure-8 train races, where they’d chain three cars together, bumper to bumper? I think there was a guy steering in the tail-end car, besides the driver in the front car.

What ever happened to good clean fun like that?


25 posted on 05/23/2025 1:40:30 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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26 posted on 05/23/2025 1:55:26 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: MtnClimber

This is more like it! Advertisers take notice. Just good clean fun. I can’t post on this topic without saying that I relish the opportunity to watch this and hope that even the last one can ketchup with the first one and keep the race close even though I don’t have a dog in this race.


27 posted on 05/23/2025 3:55:03 PM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: redshawk

Banya? Is that you?


28 posted on 05/23/2025 4:35:05 PM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: MtnClimber

The judges need to watch those boys from Chili Dog (the South) and Sonoran Dog (the Southwest.) Those boys know how to drop and engine or two extra as in HEMI 426 cubic inches with a blower in that huge wiener mobile. There is room for at least 2 or 3.

If they do wheelies off the line you will know they cheated. LOL

Actually Oscar Meyer was brilliant in getting this part of the 500. So much free advertising.


29 posted on 05/23/2025 7:35:40 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist ,MAGA)
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