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
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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
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