Sportsmanship helps
rookie Anderson to first USAC win - By Bobby Gerould - Boise, Idaho.
- August 28, 2004. …Greg Anderson didn't know if his family operated
team would be able to race Saturday at Meridian Speedway after a hard crash
Friday night heavily damaged his Eagle chassis #2 sprint car. However, with
a helping hand from many traveling USAC Western States Sprint Car teams,
the rookie not only was able to compete but he walked off with his initial
sprint car feature event win. The 22 year-old son of Wendell (JR.) and Sharon
is the nephew of former NARC driving champions Billy and Johnny Anderson.
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...Greg Anderson of
Antelope (Sacramento) passed cars when really only the leaders were doing
the same as they worked traffic. What made that more impressive was the
fact that Anderson's driving career in a sprint car was one race old. He
tried Altamont last Saturday (April 17, 2004). Wendell and Sharon's
22 year-old boy has experience as a late model stock car driver on the Southwest
Tour, as well as a lengthy career in quarter-midgets, karts, and legends
cars. Most recently, Anderson took to North Carolina to run stock cars in
hopes of being discovered. But now Anderson says it's all about the sprint
cars. "The have way more power than you need", he stressed after
winning his heat race. "This deal is all about finesse." Greg's
Uncle's Johnny, Billy, and Bob were all sprint car
drivers, as was his Dad.
