Legendary driver Dick Trickle said racing at Anderson was akin to flying a jet fighter in a gymnasium.
Long time CRA Sportsman Late Model competitor Cassten Everidge said a driver has to be comfortable in chaos on the high banked quarter-mile oval.
Everidge, 28, has been competing at Anderson Speedway since 2016 and has a victory at the track in the McGunegil Engine Peformance Late Models in 2022.
Over the years he has recorded numerous podium finishes with CRA, but an Anderson win has eluded him.
“I’ve not had a good roll of the dice lately,” he said. “We’re always fast at Anderson, so hopefully we can get the bad luck done with.”
Everidge said he is excited about the longer race and the ability to put down some laps on a longer run.
“The longer race will call for a different strategy as compared to a 40-lap run,” he said. “We have to run all 200 laps on one set of tires. These tires don’t fall off once they get a certain heat in them.”
Everidge qualified fifth a year ago and was running third when he suffered a mechanical failure resulting in a 17th place finish.
“We had the set-up we wanted and the car ran okay,” he said.
Everidge said the usual teams that run up front like Jeff Marcum and JP Crabtree will all be fast.
“There is an infinite number of things that can go wrong,” he said. Hopefully our luck changes,” he said.
Everidge has been racing for 14 years and spent lots of time in pit areas growing up with his dad racing late models.
“Racing just stays with you,” he said.
During the week Everidge works as a engineer in Colorado and flies back to the Midwest on race weekends.
“There’s only one paved short track in Colorado and three dirt tracks,” he said. “Sometime I would like to try racing on the dirt.”
