by Kent Sterling Indianapolis bon vivant and raconteur Lou Belch was a big part of the Little 500 celebrations in 1985 and 1986. He chronicled those parties on film. In these three pics, you see the crowd before it got really crowded, the group trying to shove their way into the party through the north [...]
by Kent Sterling The Little 500 was turned into an iconic event by the great film, “Breaking Away”. That movie was a coming of age tale loosely based on the exploits of a dominant rider in the early 1960s. The movie turned the kid into a quirky townie pedaling machine who drove his dad crazy. [...]
by Kent Sterling The Little 500 has always reflected society’s view of fun. The men running Indiana University used to not only look the other way, but there were rumors that they found the Little 500 every bit as much the excuse for overindulgence as the students. Bill “Army” Armstrong, the president of the IU [...]
by Kent Sterling When spring springs in Bloomington, Indiana, the student body gets restless and thoughts turn to the Little 500. For the 132 riders and various mechanics and hangers-on, it’s a race. For the thousands of others at the race, it’s a party. This will be the 30th race that will transpire since my [...]
by Kent Sterling The Little 500 is a 50-mile bicycle race, and the centerpiece of “The World’s Greatest College Weekend”. The race is idiotic, and almost all are. Thirty-three teams of four riders share the load in the race, and like the Indy 500 – the race that inspired the Little 500 – the crashes [...]
