Race slang for the novice spectator

BorgWarner Trophy  
The trophy given to the winners of both the men’s and women’s Little 500 races.

burnout lap
The last lap before a rider performs an exchange with a teammate, typically resulting in the leaving rider spending remaining energy.

cinder
A type of volcanic rock material used for the track at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

Dixie Highway Award
Given to the team that makes the biggest jump between its starting and ending positions.

exchange
When a rider on one team is replaced by another.

Individual Time Trials  
A Spring Series event in which individuals complete four laps around the track and their time is recorded.

Miss-N-Out
A bracket-based Spring Series event. After each lap in each heat, the slowest rider is eliminated. This continues until three riders remain in each first-round heat, two riders remain in each quarterfinal heat and three riders remain in each semifinal heat. The last biker in the finals is the champion.

neutral lap
Typically comes after a crash that endangers other riders and in such a lap, teams are not allowed to advance their position.

pit
A designated area in which each teams’ riders and coaches are located in. Teams also do exchanges within the confines of their pit. 

peloton  
A group of riders that are packed together.

pole position  
The top finisher in qualifications who starts the Little 500 in first place. The pole-sitter wears the green jersey on race day.

qualifications
An event in March that determines teams to compete on race day and what position they’ll start in. Teams perform three exchanges in a four-lap time trial.

Spring Series
A three-event competition in the lead-up to the Little 500, in which the team with the best finishes in ITTs, Miss-N-Out and Team Pursuit wins. The winner of the Spring Series gets to wear the white jersey on race day.

yellow jersey
The uniform given to the defending Little 500 champion to wear on race day. This year’s yellow jersey recipients are Delta Gamma and Delta Tau Delta.