DETROIT -- Tony Kanaan, not one to be rushed, will take some time to select the perfect place to display his Baby Borg.

“I haven’t decided yet, honestly,” said Kanaan, who was presented the BorgWarner Championship Driver’s Trophy by BorgWarner CEO James Verrier during a dinner Jan. 15 as part of the Automotive News World Congress. “I wanted to see what it looked like first. I hadn’t paid much attention because I didn’t have one.

“I figured it would be in my house, but it will be in a very special and most likely in a place where I can walk by every day and look at it.”

The 14-inch-tall, sterling silver Championship Driver’s Trophy, presented annually to the winner of the previous year's Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, rests on a 4-inch by 8-inch beveled black marble base that includes a three-dimensional sterling silver image of the winning driver’s face hand-crafted by noted American sculptor William Behrends, and an inscription of the winning team and year of victory.

The Baby Borg is a keepsake for the driver. The Borg-Warner Trophy, which contains 100 bas relief images of Indianapolis 500 winners (Kanaan is the 100th) and Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony Hulman, is on permanent display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum. The Borg-Warner Trophy made its debut in 1936 when it was presented to race winner Louis Meyer, who remarked, “Winning the Borg-Warner Trophy is like winning an Olympic medal.”

Two of the Baby Borgs presented to compatriot Helio Castroneves bookend the Mirror Ball Trophy he won in November 2007 as the champion of “Dancing With the Stars.” The third Championship Driver’s Trophy, representing his inaugural Indy 500 victory in 2001, is displayed at his parents’ home in Brazil.

“When I went down there for the first (IndyCar Series) race in Brazil (2010) I took the trophy,” said Castroneves, who on May 25 will seek to become the fourth four-time Indianapolis 500 champion. “My dad has a lot of memorabilia from when I was a kid so it is perfect there. It means a lot to him, and it gives people there a chance to see it. It was a good way to keep some of the history I have down there alive.”

The first recipient of the BorgWarner Championship Driver’s Trophy was Rick Mears, winner of the 1988 Indianapolis 500. Scott Dixon, the 2008 race winner and reigning IndyCar Series champion, has his Baby Borg on display in his home office.

“The whole evening (of the presentation) is pretty cool because you’ve had so much time to reflect on the moment,” he said. “It’s an iconic trophy that has a special place in the heart of every winner.”

Jimmy Vasser, co-owner with Kevin Kalkhoven of the 2013 winning team, said he'll take the BorgWarner Championship Team Owner's Trophy to his Chevrolet dealership in California to place on display.