The Red, White, and Blue series from the Anderson Speedway from the 1980 season to the 1988 season added excitement and thrills to the Anderson Speedway 3 times a years.  Everytime these open-comp cars took to the track in front of huge crowds and big car counts.  Hopefully the July 4th race at the fames Anderson Speedway will put us on the path to return of the old series.  This is a licst of all the winners year by year of the short outlaw series.

1980 Race Winners

"KING" Kenny St. John - 3 (Indianapolis Speedrome)

Bob Fields - 1 (Anderson Speedway)

1981 Race Winners

"KING" Kenny St. John - 3 (Indianapolis Speedrome)

1982 Race Winners

Jim Fox - 2 (Indianapolis Speedrome)

"KING" Kenny St. John - 1 (Indianapolis Speedrome)

1983 Race Winners

Dick Henshaw - 1 (Anderson Speedway)

Jim Fox - 1 (Indianapolis Speedrome)

"KING" Kenny St. John - 1 (Indianapolis Speedrome)

1984 Race Winners

"KING" Kenny St. John - 2 (Indianapolis Speedrome)

Gene Cook - 1 (Anderson Speedway)

1985 Race Winners

Gene Houston - 2 (Anderson Speedway)

Billy Simmons - 1 (Flatrock Speedway)

1986 Race Winners

Darwin Blankenship - 1 (Anderson Speedway)

Gene Houston - 1 (Anderson Speedway)

Billy Simmons - 1 (Flatrock Speedway)

1987 Race Winners

Billy Simmons - 3 (Flatrock Speedway)

1988 Race Winners

(The Final Year is Currently Unavailable)

OVERALL SERIES CHAMPIONS

1980 - Kenny St. John

1981 - Kenny St. John

1982 - Kenny St. John

1983 - Billy Simmons

1984 - Kenny St. John

1985 -  Billy Simmons

1986 - Gene Houston

1987 - Billy Simmons

1988 - (unavailable at this time)

1982 Broke Down

June 5, 1982 - by Bob Byrne - Anderson Speedway

   Taking advantage of a tire slowly going flat on
Kenny St. John's car, Jim Fox stoved off a hard,late
charge by Herb Rose to win his second consecutive
50-lap Red Open Competition Figure 8 race.  

St. John, who set a new 1-lap record of 12.139
seconds during time trials, and Fox traded the lead
back and forth for the first 7 laps before St. John
took command.

Rose, who never was worse than 4th at any time in
the race, began a late surge but was 50 feet behind
Fox at the checker. And even though St. John ran on a
flat tire, he managed to hang on for 4th place money.
Billy Simmons slipped past him on the final time around
to take 3rd.

June 5th, 1982     Anderson Speedway 50 Lap Race #1 (RED)

1st - Jim Fox     2nd - Herb Rose     3rd - Billy Simmons

4th - Gene Houston     5th - Gene Cook

June 26th, 1982     Anderson Speedway 50 Lap Race #2 (WHITE)

1st - Jim Fox     2nd - Herb Rose     3rd - Billy Simmons

4th - Kenny St. John     5th - Johnny Keller

August 7th, 1982     Anderson Speedway 50 Lap Race #3 (BLUE)

1st - Kenny St. John     2nd - Gene Cook     3rd - Rick Tharp

4th - Junior Shirley     5th - Herb Rose

TOTAL WINS

10 Wins - "KING" Kenny St. John

5 Wins - Billy Simmons

3 Wins - Jim Fox & Gene Houston

1 Win - Gene Cook, Bob Fields, Darwin Blankenship, & Dick Henshaw

TOTAL TRACK WINS

13 Wins - Indianapolis Speedrome

7 Wins - Anderson Speedway

5 Wins - Flatrock Speedway

These stats are curtesy of David Sink and the Anderson Speedway

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