Early in his career, Meyer helped prepare the Miller driven by Frank Elliott in 1926, destroking the engine to bring it within the 91+1⁄2 cu in (1,499 cc) displacement limit permitted by the rules.

[1] In 1928, Phil Shafer's intended Miller entry went up for sale, and Alden Sampson bought the car for Meyer.

[1] Meyer passed the rookie test, qualified thirteenth, and took the lead on Lap 181; he won by a margin of 25 seconds, at an average speed of 99.5 mph (160.1 km/h).

Meyer started the tradition of drinking milk (buttermilk at the time) in victory lane that year, when he drank a glass.

[citation needed] Meyer came close to winning a (then-record) fourth 500 in 1939, in the Bowes Seal Fast Special Miller.

Earlier in the day she was in Pennsylvania picking up a wrecked car and after that went to see her brother-in-law Eddie Meyer race in Reading.

She found out about her husband's victory after the track announcer in Reading asked the crowd to give a big hand to Eddie Meyer, the brother of the Indianapolis 500 winner.