As of this writing an oz of silver has an alternate worth of $32.80. That places the fabric worth of the 153-pound Borg-Warner Trophy, which will get fractionally heavier yearly, at round $80,294.40. The winner of annually’s Indianapolis 500 Mile Race will get a “smaller than an egg” hand-carved duplicate of their visage crafted from silver and brazed to the trophy itself. So, this is the factor, When you needed to hitch say, a heist staff and you’ve got a very spectacular “Mission: Unimaginable” type set of abilities, how would you hypothetically steal the Borg-Warner Trophy?
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— Borg-Warner Trophy™ (@BorgTrophy) March 31, 2025
The largest drawback with stealing the Borg-Warner is that the trophy itself hardly ever ever leaves the Indianapolis Motor Speedway grounds. When it is not sitting within the winner’s circle throughout Indy 500 race weekend, it is sometimes on show within the newly-revamped IMS Museum. Often it’s transported someplace for a particular occasion, just like the IndyCar prize giving ceremony on the finish of the season, or to BorgWarner’s company headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan. You would possibly assume stealing the trophy en route could be the best methodology, but it surely’s nicely guarded. What about throughout the race? There are lots of of hundreds of individuals on the grounds, it’d in all probability be straightforward to sneak into the precise place and make it disappear, proper? Hypothetically talking, in fact. It”s nonetheless 153 kilos, which suggests you in all probability aren’t slipping it into your pocket and casually strolling away.
What do I wish to do with it?
I do not significantly care concerning the worth of the trophy, which Indy claims round $3.5 million, as a result of it will be maybe probably the most tough merchandise in historical past to fence by dint of its recognizability, and melting it down for the silver is pure blasphemy. I need this trophy as a result of it is a actually lovely piece of artwork. Every of these little faces, marking a few of the biggest racing drivers of all time, stares out at you as if to pierce your very soul. As a lot as I need admire 4 tiny Hélio Castroneves faces, actually, it is the little bare flag-waving man on prime that makes it so fascinating for me.
In my view, the perfect time to attempt to steal this trophy is that this Sunday night time. After all of the pomp an circumstance within the run as much as the race, after the five hundred mile race is run, and after the entire myriad followers and spectators have shuffled out of the Brickyard, it is time for post-race winner necessities. The victor of the race, whomever of the 33 starters they might be, has to stay round for hours for picture commitments, sponsor occasions, and interviews. In some unspecified time in the future in all that kerfuffle, we are able to poke round within the background ready for the precise second. Maybe dressed as Speedway janitors we are able to wheel a trash can over to the trophy and drop it in with out anybody being the wiser, then wheel it away. Or perhaps we may pull a Grinch and say we’re taking it to be cleaned and we’ll convey it proper again. I am from ‘spherical the best way, I am leavin’ right here with somethin’.
And, uh, Roger Penske, in the event you’re studying this, please do not cancel my tickets to the race. I am positively not going to steal the Borg-Warner.
