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Published May 14, 2008 12:01 am - Six well-known Little 500 personalities are slated for induction into the Little 500 Hall of Fame on May 24, part of “Little 500 Week” in Anderson.

Anderson Speedway to induct 6 into Hall of Fame


From Staff Reports

Six well-known Little 500 personalities are slated for induction into the Little 500 Hall of Fame on May 24, part of “Little 500 Week” in Anderson.

Clarence Miller, Carl Reynolds, and Walt Straber will be inducted from the historic era (1948 to 1975), while Denny Adams, Ken de la Bastide and Eric Gordon are the modern era inductees.

Miller, the late car owner from Columbus, Ohio, campaigned cars at the Little 500 from 1974 to 1996, and his familiar No. 65 sprinter completed 6,464 laps, leading 229, with two top-five finishes.

Reynolds, another car owner dating back to the days of the Roaring Roadsters at the Little 500, won the event in 1951 with Red Renner aboard. His car also finished second in 1950, ’54, and ’55, leading four of the six races spanning 1950 to 1954. Reynolds was a Dayton, Ohio native before his death.

Straber, a lifelong resident of Lapel until his death, was the winning car owner at the inaugural Little 500 in 1949, with Sam Skinner at the wheel. His car also finished third in the 1950 race.

Adams, a resident of New Castle, took the microphone as the voice of the Little 500 in 1981, and has called every event since. He is a longtime track announcer at Anderson.

De la Bastide is a well-known motorsports writer throughout Indiana, and has brought extensive coverage to the Little 500 since the late 1970s. A resident of Lapel, his columns are published in The Herald Bulletin and Kokomo Tribune.

Gordon, who met the required age 40 stipulation in November, is simply “Mr. Little 500.” He leads or is on track to own every statistical category, and his unprecedented eight race wins dwarf all others. From 1992 to 2007, he has scored 12 top-five finishes and led 2,075 laps. Gordon is a New Palestine native, now living in Indianapolis.

The inductions will take place at Anderson Speedway at noon May 24, with support from Anderson Speedway, Hoosier Tire, Bell Racing Co., Big Joe’s Services and the Little 500 Festival.

Tickets are available to the public, with information available at (765) 288-4587.



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