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Little 500

MRA Sprint Car race
Anderson Speedway, Anderson, IN
May 27, 1949
500 laps on 0.25 mile paved oval; 125 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	8	Sam Skinner	39	Walt Straber		500		running	136
2	20	Bob Flock	14	Red Vogt		500		running	0
3	1	Tom Cherry	38	Haack Winnegear		497		running	252
4	12	Hershel White	47	Hershel White		482		running	0
5	6	Red Amick	25	Ed Gimbel		478		running	0
6	9	Ed Ball	62	Ermal McCormack		469		running	0
7	11	Buzzy Henline	45	Joe Webb		469		running	0
8	3	Bobby Beeson	711	Tuck Muterspaugh		467		running	0
9	25	Walt Scherer	8	Harley Pulfer		466		running	0
10	31	Red Newman	55	Owen Granger		455		running	0
11	33	Ira Collins	12	Ira Collins		441		running	0
12	23	Gene Pyle	61	Joe Walls		440		running	0
13	21	Duke Kimmerling	80	Harold Riggs		424		running	0
14	28	Dave Barnes	60	Dave Barnes		409		running	0
15	29	Bud Femeyer	18	Ed Femeyer		399		running	0
16	7	Bob King	66	John Bennett		377		running	0
17	10	Joe Nester	90	Joe Nester		375		running	0
18	17	Paul Fleet	49	Bill Penrod		361		running	0
19	26	Bill Walker	96	Charles Roberds		359		running	0
20	5	Ralph Stover	16	Joe Walls		348		running	122
21	2	Charley Mayer	31	Carl Reynolds		346		running	0
22	16	Bob Hart	28	Joe Hannon		335		running	0
23	13	Wayne Alspaugh	36	Leo Stohler		312		running	0
24	22	Red Renner	84	Charley Meyer		301		running	0
25	18	Dick Rathmann	6	Andy Granatelli		278		oil pressure	0
26	24	Jim Leach	4	Charles Holloway		251		valve	0
27	4	Johnny Arnold	72	Ermal McCormack		156		accident	0
28	14	Charles Farquar	93	Pete Allen		147		accident	0
29	27	Everett Burton	85	Joe Zimmermann		147		accident	0
30	19	Hig Hillegas	5	Harold Messier		62		accident	0
31	32	Chuck James	82	Ken McKissick		61		accident	0
32	15	Mickey Potter	58	Ray Stohler		59		overheating	0
33	30	Ebe Yoder	35	V.T. Byhr		17		engine	0

Time of race: 02:29:16
Average Speed: 50.244 MPH
Pole Speed: 14.5 seconds