INDIANAPOLIS – Drivers participating in the 102nd running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil received final instructions and awards Saturday in the public drivers’ meeting on pit lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the final race activity at the track before Sunday’s race.

Kyle Novak, INDYCAR race director, discussed the race rules, start procedure and guidelines for the drivers. Novak pointed out that the Indy 500 public drivers’ meeting is unique because “it’s something that no other race series in the world allows its fans access to.”

He reminded the drivers that the world will be watching when the green flag waves shortly after noon ET.

“Race how you want to be raced and take a moment to look around you,” the first-year race director said. “You are surrounded by the best drivers on the planet. Good luck, be safe and let’s put on a great show for the best fans in the world.”

A number of ceremonial presentations also took place at the meeting. Curt Bruns, vice president of the Motorsports Division at Jostens, presented Indianapolis 500 starter’s rings to each of the 33 drivers in this year’s field.

Takuma Sato and Michael Andretti, the winning driver and team owner, respectively, from the 2017 race, each accepted a “Baby Borg” trophy from Joel Wiegurt, BorgWarner president and general manager of Morse Systems.

The “Baby Borg” is a miniature replica of the famed Borg-Warner Trophy, which bears the bas-relief likeness, name and average speed of every Indianapolis 500 winner. Sato and Andretti also received winning driver and car owner’s rings from Chris Karbowiak, chief administrative officer, chief risk officer and executive vice president of Bridgestone Americas, parent of the Firestone tire brand that is the official tire of the Verizon IndyCar Series and Indianapolis 500.

Deb Osza, chief executive officer of the American Dairy Association Indiana, presented the “Winners Drink Milk” plaque honoring three-time Indy 500 winner Louis Meyer to Sato for his victory last year.

The 102nd Indianapolis 500 will be broadcast live on ABC and the Advance Auto Parts INDYCAR Radio Network, with prerace shows beginning at 11 a.m. Sunday.