5 floats named winners in 500 Festival parade

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The five hundred Competition on Wednesday introduced 5 winners in its parade float contest.

Listed here are the winners:

• Finest Total Entry: AES Indiana, which is the parade’s sponsor.The 85-foot-long float will function wind generators across the Troopers and Sailors Monument.
• Most Entertaining: Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Matt and Maggie Novak, winners of this yr’s 500 Spectacle of Properties contest, can be aboard the float.
• Marlyne Sexton 500 Competition Queen Award: The American Dairy Affiliation of Indiana. Float will depict a celebratory milk handoff to the Indianapolis 500 winner in Victory Circle at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• Most Authentic Idea: Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Defend. The float pays tribute to Indiana front-line “heroes” in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Finest Show of Philanthropy, Arts or Training: Eli Lilly & Co. The float showcases the phrases “We Stand Collectively.”
• Most Inventive Idea and Execution: Republic Airways-LIFT Academy. The float, at 28 ft lengthy, has a airplane hovering in entrance of an Indianapolis skyline.

The parade — floats, marching bands, celebrities, and the 33 drivers that may compete within the 106th operating of the Indianapolis 500 — can be Saturday in downtown Indianapolis.