won the 1913 Indianapolis 500 Mile Race in a manner that today would get him arrested According to numerous press accounts of the race Goux (pronounced: Goo) drank either wine or champagne By the time he took the checkered flag he'd consumed six pints came in for a tire change and reportedly said: "Donnes moi une bouteille de vin our je suis fini," which means: "Fetch me a pint of wine despite being French (the car was a French-built Peugeot), had no wine on hand so crewmen "were sent to the grand stand in search" of some One of the searchers "happened on a party of millionaires from Pittsburgh" who "furnished the excited pitman with half a dozen (small bottles) containing the most select vintage of la belle France More Indy 500 true stories: Kent McCord was an Indy 500 celebrity staple, but what happened when he stopped riding in the parade? Still more: Where the drivers used to have a beer and whatnot snatching a bottle from him as he reached the track cracked the neck of the bottle on the retaining wall and permitted its contents to trickle down his throat He led more than half the laps and finished 13 minutes ahead of second place "his first request was for a bottle of wine," the Star reported Contact Star writer Will Higgins at (317) 444-6043. Follow him on Twitter @WillRHiggins.