AUBURN HILLS, Mich.,
Dec. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- History was made at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Museum, with the debut of the newest face on the Borg-Warner
Trophy™. Will Power, winner of the
102nd Indianapolis 500
in May, is the 105th face to be permanently fixed to the
trophy. It's Power's first Borg-Warner Trophy appearance. He has 35
career Indy car series race wins.
"Our Borg-Warner Trophy is a living work of art and represents
the pinnacle of performance for open-wheel racing," said Frederic
Lissalde, President and CEO, BorgWarner Inc. "We are honored to add
Will Power to the drivers who's
images adorn the trophy. Will shares our company's commitment to
excellence and drive for success, no matter the obstacle.
Congratulations again to Will for this achievement."
Creating a sterling silver, three-dimensional likeness of
Power's face takes skill and talent. To design the image, sculptor
William Behrends, who has been
crafting faces to adorn the trophy since 1990, conducted a
multi-phase process that took months to complete. Among the
activities was a series of headshots taken of Power, along with an
in-studio session where Power posed while Behrends worked on a
full-scale clay model of his face to better capture Power's
personality. The life-size clay model was then scaled down to a
smaller clay image, which was perfected in polysulfide rubber and
plaster, among a series of other processes, to refine the face and
capture even the smallest smile line or forehead wrinkle.
Eventually, the image was cast in wax, cleaned up and sent to a
jeweler to transform the image from wax to sterling silver. Once
that was complete, Behrends polished, buffed and refined the image
before affixing it to the Borg-Warner Trophy.
"I was really surprised by the amount of work and detail that
goes into crafting each of the faces on the Borg-Warner Trophy –
the artistic process is incredible," said Power. "It's humbling to
have the honor of having my face permanently part of the trophy;
it's a cool piece of history."
Power's face is the 105th face to be featured on the
on the 110-pound Sterling Silver
trophy. BorgWarner commissioned the creation of the iconic racing
award in 1935 to honor winners of the Indianapolis 500. The first driver to be
bestowed the honor was Louis Meyer,
who in 1936 was presented with the trophy featuring the previous 24
winner's faces. Since its inception, the trophy has been woven into
the annual Indianapolis 500
tradition, and now has 12 countries and 21 U.S. states represented
on its base and cup.
The 5 feet, 4-3/4 inches tall trophy is permanently on display
at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, located within the famed
Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Drivers receive a keepsake trophy, the
BorgWarner Championship Driver's TrophyTM (also known as
the "Baby Borg"), a miniature replica of the famous trophy, with an
exact copy of his sterling silver image mounted to it. BorgWarner
will present Power with the Baby Borg at the Automotive News
World Congress in Detroit on
Jan. 16, 2019.
In addition to the driver receiving a miniature replica of the
Borg-Warner Trophy, the team owner also receives a mini replica of
the trophy, the BorgWarner Championship Team Owner's Trophy™. 2018
is a historic year for this trophy, as Roger Penske's Team Penske adds to his already
record-setting number of Indianapolis 500 team wins, with Penske
earning his 17th BorgWarner Championship Team Owner's
trophy. Mr. Penske also will receive his trophy commemorating this
historic feat at the Automotive News World Congress in
Detroit on Jan. 16, 2019.
About BorgWarner
BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) is a
global product leader in clean and efficient technology solutions
for combustion, hybrid and electric vehicles. With manufacturing
and technical facilities in 66 locations in 18 countries, the
company employs approximately 29,000 worldwide. For more
information, please visit borgwarner.com.
The Borg-Warner Trophy
The Borg-Warner Trophy features
the sterling silver image of every Indianapolis 500 winner dating back to
Ray Harroun in 1911. Made of
sterling silver, weighing 110 pounds and standing 5 feet, 4-3/4
inches tall, the trophy originally cost $10,000 and is currently valued at $3.5 million. The Borg-Warner Trophy stays on
permanent display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. To
give the winner and team owners a personal keepsake of their
victory, BorgWarner established the BorgWarner Championship
Driver's Trophy™ (also known as the "Baby Borg") in 1988 and the
BorgWarner Team Owner's Trophy™ in 1998. Both are sterling silver
replicas of the Borg-Warner Trophy.
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