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How the Indy 500 is becoming more like the Masters, Pro Football Hall of Fame

The Masters has a green jacket. The Pro Football Hall of Fame has a gold jacket.

Now Indianapolis 500 drivers are competing for a blue jacket.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway unveiled jackets Friday that will be given to race winners. Twenty-three drivers and Speedway owner Roger Penske donned the first jackets along the Yard of Bricks.

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Race winners also get their likeness etched onto the Borg-Warner trophy, and they receive "Baby Borgs," a miniature version of the trophy.

This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Indianapolis 500 winners will receive a blue jacket