STEELE NOW A 2-TIME “LITTLE 500” WINNER!

Anderson, IN…….Dave Steele of Tampa, Fla. earned his second PayLess “Little 500” Sprint Car victory Saturday night at the Anderson Speedway, taking the lead on lap 468 from eight-time race winner Eric Gordon and leading the final 33 laps in his Jobsite Concrete/Classic Corvettes Beast/Gaerte. Steele wound up leading a total of 176 laps in a race featuring attrition which left only 11 cars running at the checkered flag. Gordon finished second ahead of Donnie Adams Jr., Jacob Wilson and Ryan Litt, while JoJo Helberg earned the “Rookie of the Race” award by finishing sixth. Former race winners Brian Tyler, Jeff Bloom and Chet Fillip all failed to finish, as did defending winner Shane Cottle, who was involved in a shunt at the start and never completed a lap!


 


USAC SPRINT CAR SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: May 21-23, 2009 – Anderson, Indiana - Anderson Speedway – 61st Pay Less "Little 500"


 


QUALIFICATIONS: (Held May 21-22 - 4-Lap Times) 1. Tony Elliott, 5, Nolen-45.271; 2. Dave Steele, 91, Puglio-45.394; 3. Shane Hollingsworth, 20, Nolen-45.503; 4. Tony Hunt, 56J, Phulps-45.569; 5. Jacob Wilson, 07, WBR/Team 6R-45.584; 6. Brian Tyler, 44, Contos-45.616; 7. Aaron Pierce, 26x, Pierce-45.763; 8. Shane Cottle, 4, Contos-45.772; 9. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-45.908; 10. Jimmy McCune, 88, McCune-45.975; 11. Nick Green, 14, Pierson-46.058; 12. Donnie Adams Jr., 97, Adams-46.076; 13. Eric Gordon, 2, Bowman-46.125; 14. JoJo Helberg, 7x, Helberg-46.220; 15. Troy DeCaire, 81, Blake-46.288. (TOP 15 ON MAY 21 LOCKED IN), 16. Ryan Litt, 07, Litt-46.447; 17. Brandon Whited, 5H, Hale-46.604; 18. Jason Blonde, 42, J & T-46.659; 19. Shane Butler, 91L, Puglio-45.695; 20. Jeff Banyas, 07x, DJ Racing-46.934;21. Jeff Bloom, 26, Bloom-47.124; 22. Rex Norris III, 63, Norris-47.144; 23. Jonathan Vennard, 1, Triple Crown-47.145; 24. Bill Tyler, 24, J & T-47.190; 25. Tim Cox, 7c, Swanson-47.229; 26. Chet Fillip, 7, Advanced Racing-47.271; 27. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-47.273; 28. Mike Koss, 37x, Koss-47.480; 29. Stan Butler, 26B, Bloom-47.533; 30. Brian Gerster, 27, Davis/Gerster-47.610; 31. Ryan Hamilton, 59, Powell-47.678; 32. Brent Berry, 51, Berry-47.723; 33. Sondi Eden, 99, Stickney-47.805; 34. Jim Swain, 46x, Swain-47.945; 35. Kevin Feeney, 99, Feeney-48.083; 36. Jim Sheets, 18, Sheets-48.224; 37. Mark Hall, 12, Hall-48.481; 38. E.J. Calloway, 99c, Carman-48.642; 39. Geoff Kaiser, 71k, HS-48.642; 40. Jason Bradford, 47, Koss-49.770; 41. Tom Tolbert, 2T, Tolbert-50.248; 42. Adam Schuyler, 42H, Hale-NT; 43. Tom Paterson, 11, Paterson-NT; 44. Brad Armstrong, 84, Armstrong-NT; 45. Dave Saxer, 93, Saxer-NT; 46. Ed Lute, 1, Lute-NT; 47. Ron Koehler, 10, Koehler-NT.


 


FEATURE: (500 laps - Held May 23) 1. Dave Steele, 2. Eric Gordon, 3. Donnie Adams Jr., 4. Jacob Wilson, 5. Ryan Litt, 6. JoJo Helberg, 7. Jeff Banyas, 8. Jim Swain, 9. Brandon Whited, 10. Rex Norris III, 11. Tony Elliott, 12. Tim Cox, 13. Aaron Pierce, 14. Mike Koss, 15. Jason Blonde, 16. Nick Green, 17. Russ Gamester, 18. Chris Windom, 19. Troy DeCaire, 20. Shane Hollingsworth, 21. Kevin Feeney, 22. Brian Tyler, 23. Sondi Eden, 24. Ryan Hamilton, 25. Brent Berry, 26. Jeff Bloom, 27. Brian Gerster, 28. Tony Hunt, 29. Chet Fillip, 30. Jonathan Vennard, 31. Shane Butler, 32. Jimmy McCune, 33. Shane Cottle. 2:11:08.595
 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-113 Elliott, Laps 114-118 Brian Tyler, Laps 119-166 Steele, Laps 167-204 Elliott, Laps 205-238 Pierce, Laps 239-319 Gordon, Laps 320-414 Steele, Laps 415-467 Gordon, laps 468-500 Steele.