You just don’t get much more American than a car mocked up to look like a giant frankfurter. The famous Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles have been touring America since I was quite young, promoting that company’s all-meat hot dogs. And, I mustard-mit, sighting one of these vehicles is kind of a big deal.
But Friday, on the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway, six of the Wienermobiles squared off in a wiener-take-all event, the first of its kind. Fans, of course, relished the chance to see it.
Give the Borg-Wiener Trophy at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to the Wienermobile affectionately known as Slaw Dog.
In a down-to-the-wire race among the six iconic Wienermobiles that serve as goodwill ambassadors for Oscar Mayer, the hot dog-on-wheels representing the Southeast proved to be the big dog on Carb Day ahead of Sunday’s running of the Indianapolis 500.
It made a…
