Hailing from the Southeast, Slaw Dog and its copilots, Maddy Mustard and Grill-Master Matthew, just etched their names into history as the inaugural winners of the Wienie 500.

Known on the road as “Grill-Master Matthew,” the KSU alum helped steer the Slaw Dog Wienermobile to victory in the first-ever Wienie 500, held Friday, May 23, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Friday afternoon marked the inaugural running of the Wienie 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, pitting six Oscar Mayer wienermobiles against each other for two laps around the fabled Brickyard. While the top speed of the wienermobiles was considerably less than The Greatest Spectacle in Racing -- they topped out at about 60 mph -- the Wienie 500 nonetheless featured thrilling racing and the sort of last lap dramatics that Sunday's 109th Indianapolis 500 could only hope to provide.