Thursday Oct 11 2012
Laverne Everett takes laps around All American Speedway
By: Philip Wood, Photographer
Philip Wood/Roseville Press Tribune
Laverne Everett, 81, gives the thumbs up as during a lap on the All American Speedway in Roseville Thursday afternoon.
Laverne Everett, 81, gives the thumbs up as during a lap on the All American Speedway in Roseville Thursday afternoon.
Philip Wood/Roseville Press Tribune
Bill McAnally, left, talks with 81-year-old Laverne Everett after she completes riding several laps at the All American Speedway Thursday afternoon.
Bill McAnally, left, talks with 81-year-old Laverne Everett after she completes riding several laps at the All American Speedway Thursday afternoon.
Philip Wood/Roseville Press Tribune
Laverne Everett, 81, gives the thumbs up as during a lap on the All American Speedway in Roseville Thursday afternoon.
Laverne Everett, 81, gives the thumbs up as during a lap on the All American Speedway in Roseville Thursday afternoon.
Philip Wood/Roseville Press Tribune
Laverne Everett, 81, sits in her race car at the All American Speedway Thursday afternoon after completing several laps riding in a NASCAR race car.
Laverne Everett, 81, sits in her race car at the All American Speedway Thursday afternoon after completing several laps riding in a NASCAR race car.
Laverene Everett, 81, checked off another item on her bucket list Thursday afternoon after riding several laps around the track at the All American Speedway. Everett attempted a parachute jump in May for her birthday, where came loose from her straps that held her to her tandum skydiver in Lodi, Calif. and later appeared on the Today Show. Bill McAnally, of Bill McAnally Racing in Roseville, heard that one of the things she wanted to do was ride in race car, and he invited her for a spin at the All American Speedway.