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BORG-WARNER TROPHY FACTS

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Designer: Robert J. Hill and Chicago-based SpauldingG­orham Inc.

Height: 5 feet, 4¾ inches with base.

Weight: 110 pounds. Value: $10,000 in 1935; $3.5 million today.

Notable: There are 103 faces, including co-winning drivers in 1924 and 1941. In 1987, a 24-karat gold likeness of Indianapol­is Motor Speedway savior Tony Hulman was added. … The name of 1950 winner Johnnie Parsons is misspelled (trophy has it Johnny). … Each face is cast twice, once for the trophy and once for the Baby Borg given to the winning driver. … The trophy wasn’t created until 1935. Louis Meyer’s third likeness, for his victory in 1936, was the first added to the trophy since there had already been 22 winners when the trophy was conceived. … The original trophy became full of faces in 1986; two bases have since been added with space for winners through 2034.

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