Anderson Speedway

Oval track

Oval track racing, also known as oval racing, is a form of closed-circuit automobile racing that is contested on an oval-shaped track. An oval track differs from a road course in that the layout resembles an oval with turns in only one direction, almost universally left...

is a quarter mile high-banked paved short track in Anderson, Indiana

Anderson, Indiana

Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is the principal city of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses Madison county. Anderson is the headquarters of the Church of God and home of Anderson University, which is...

. Weekly racing includes several stock car

Stock car racing

Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain, Brazil and Argentina. Traditionally, races are run on oval tracks measuring approximately in length...

 divisions.

The corners are banked at 17 degrees. The 2010 track record of 10.28 seconds in a winged sprint car

Sprint car racing

Sprint cars are high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. Sprint car racing is popular in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa....

 was the world record for quarter-mile paved ovals until a sprint car driver qualified at Slinger Speedway in 9.909 seconds in August 2010. The track holds a USAC national midget

Midget car racing

Midget cars, also Speedcars in Australia, are very small race cars with a very high power-to-weight ratio and typically use four-cylinder engines.-Cars:Typically, these cars have 300 to 400 horsepower and weigh...

 race and it held national American Speed Association

American Speed Association

The American Speed Association is a sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States formed in 1968. The Association was based in Pendleton, Indiana and currently is headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida. ASA was most famous for a national touring series which began in 1973 but was...

 (ASA) races before the original tour ended.

The quote, "It's Like racing jet fighters

Fighter aircraft

A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets...

 in a gym

Gym

The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...

", is attributed to noted short track driver Dick Trickle

Dick Trickle

Richard "Dick" Trickle is a retired American race car driver. He raced for decades around the short tracks of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way. Trickle has competed in the ASA, ARTGO, ARCA, All Pro, IMCA, NASCAR, and USAC.In more than an estimated 2,200 races, Trickle has logged...

 concerning racing late model

Late model

A "late model car" is a car which has been recently designed or manufactured, often the latest model. The term is broadly used in car racing, and often appears in common use, as in "The officer was driving an unmarked, late model sedan."There is no precise...

 stock cars at the track.

Little 500

The track hosts the annual Pay Less Little 500 on the Saturday of the Memorial Day

Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War...

 weekend, the night before the Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis 500

The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, also known as the Indianapolis 500, the 500 Miles at Indianapolis, the Indy 500 or The 500, is an American automobile race, held annually, typically on the last weekend in May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana...

. At 500 laps, the race is unusually long for sprint car races, and is considered one of the premier sprint car races. The field consists of 33 cars lined up in eleven rows of three, mimicking the traditional Indy 500 lineup. Many eventual Indy 500 drivers competed in the Little 500 over the years. The 61st edition of the Pay Less Little 500 will pay out over $123,000, making it the biggest asphalt payout in the world.

Winners

• 1949 Sam Skinner
• 1950 Tom Cherry
• 1951 Red Renner
• 1952 Tom Cherry
• 1953 Bob King
• 1954 Tom Cherry
• 1955 Tom Cherry
• 1956 Bob Cleberg
• 1957 Johnny White
• 1958 Wayne Alspaugh
• 1959 Ronnie Duman
  Ronnie Duman
  Ronnie Duman , was an American racecar driver.Born in Dearborn, Michigan, Duman died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during a fatal crash in the Rex Mays 150 at the Milwaukee Mile. He drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1961-1968 seasons, with 63 career starts, including the 1964-1968...
  
  
• 1960 Ronnie Duman
• 1961 Jim McElreath
  Jim McElreath
  Jim McElreath , is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.-Racing career:He raced in the 1961-1983 seasons, with 178 combined career starts, including 15 in the Indianapolis 500 in 1962-1970, 1973–1974, and 1977-1980. He finished in the top ten 101 times, with five victories...
  
  
• 1962 Arnie Knepper
• 1963 Johnny White/Bob Coulter
• 1964 Dick Good
• 1965 Bob King/Chuck Taylor
• 1966 Rollie Beale
• 1967 Darl Harrison/Cy Fairchild
• 1968 Karl Busson
• 1969 Buzz Gregory
• 1970 Darl Harrison
• 1971 Herman Wise
• 1972 Jeff Bloom
• 1973 Dick Gaines
• 1974 Larry Dickson
  Larry Dickson
  Larry Dickson , is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1965-1981 seasons, with 105 combined career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in 1966-1969, 1971, 1978–1979, and 1981. He finished in the top ten 44 times, with his best finish in 2nd position in...
  
  
• 1975 Darl Harrison
• 1976 Dick Gaines
• 1977 Jeff Bloom
• 1978 Don Mack/Curt Kelley
• 1979 Wayne Reutimann/Danny Smith
• 1980 Bob Frey
  Bob Frey
  Robert C. Frey is a former American racing driver from Elyria, Ohio. He was a notable sprint car driver who won some of the country's most prestigious races when he attempted to try his hand at CART Championship Car racing in 1980. His first attempt to qualify for a race at the Pocono Raceway...
  
  
• 1981 Greg Leffler
  Greg Leffler
  Greg Leffler , is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1980-1983 seasons, with 13 career starts, including the 1980 Indianapolis 500. He finished in the top ten twice, with his best finish in 6th position in 1982 at Riverside. In 1979, Leffler was the USAC Sprint Car...
  
  
• 1982 Marvin Carman
• 1983 Marvin Carman
• 1984 Frank Riddle
• 1985 Frank Riddle
• 1986 Dave Scarborough
• 1987 Bob Frey
• 1988 Bob Frey
• 1989 Bob Frey
• 1990 Bob Frey
• 1991 Jeff Bloom
• 1992 Jim Childers
• 1993 Eric Gordon
• 1994 Jim Childers
• 1995 Bentley Warren
• 1996 Dave Steele
  Dave Steele
  Dave Steele , is an American racecar driver.-Racing career:He has competed in several USAC sprint and Silver Crown races. He won the 2001 and 2003 Turkey Night Grand Prix midget car race. He won the USAC Silver Crown Series in 2004 and 2005. He also raced in the 1998 Indy Racing League season,...
  
  
• 1997 Bentley Warren
• 1998 Eric Gordon
• 1999 Chet Fillip
  Chet Fillip
  Chet Fillip , is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. Fillip raced stock cars and a modified during his teens and early twenties at Arena Park Raceway in Lubbock, Texas. His father Marvin Fillip also raced at this track...
  
  
• 2000 Jim Childers
• 2001 Eric Gordon
• 2002 Eric Gordon
• 2003 Eric Gordon
• 2004 Eric Gordon
• 2005 Eric Gordon
• 2006 Brian Tyler
• 2007 Eric Gordon
• 2008 Shane Cottle
• 2009 Dave Steele
• 2010 Eric Gordon
• 2011 Chris Windom