One of the Midwest’s most enduring race-car drivers, Michigan native Jeff Bloom is still competing and winning races after more than 30 years of driving sprint cars.
Bloom has competed in more Little 500 sprint-car races at Anderson (Ind.) Speedway than any other driver, having started the event for the 31st time earlier this year. Bloom has won the 500-lap event at the quarter-mile oval three times and owns nine top five finishes.
Bloom, who today races most frequently in winged asphalt sprint cars, has won races with USAC, AVSS and HOSS among other organizations.
Featured here (clockwise from top left): Holding a trophy after a sprint car victory; Piloting the No. 26 around Anderson (Ind.) Speedway; Enjoying the spoils of victory in May 1977; With his machine at this year’s Little 500. Bloom finished fourth, three laps down; Standing with his winning car after taking the 1976 USAC opener at Salem (Ind.) Speedway; Smiling for a photo in 1993. — NSSN Archives