Ray Evernham
Ray Evernham
Ray Evernhamis an American consultant for Hendrick Companies, formerly an auto racing crew chief for Bill Davis Racing and Hendrick Motorsports, owner of his own team Evernham Motorsports from 2001–2010, and analyst for ESPN's NASCAR coverage. A three time Winston Cup Series Champion with driver Jeff Gordon, in 1999, Evernham won the NASCAR Winston Cup Illustrated “Person of the Year”...
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I can't ever remember him not responding in a clutch situation. He's what I call a big-money player. Whenever there was a big challenge or big money on the line he would seem to step up.
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I'm very loyal to my friends and family in New Jersey. When someone I went to high school with calls and asks for help, I'm going to do what I can to get the word out.
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Just like major corporations move their leadership teams into new assignments every 12 to 24 months to expand their experience and collectively build the organization, we want to share our Group IQ to increase our performance and success,
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I can't ever remember him not responding in a clutch situation,
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He just doesn't feel like his cars felt like last year.
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We are going to run the full (NASCAR Craftsman) Truck Series. We are going to run six Busch races and probably six or seven ARCA races. At this time, it's the best way for our program. Our ultimate goal is to get Erin Crocker to be competitive at the Nextel Cup level. We are just looking at changing our steps a little bit, and we feel that the plan now is a little better plan than we originally came up with.
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Right now, the car has not completed a successful test. We need to get that done first. They need to settle down the rules, and they need to find a direction and then we'll build them.
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Pit stops have become such a big, big part of our sport. I'm proud to see they're starting to get some of the recognition I think they deserve.
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Really, there's a part of me that's concerned, and there's a part of me that takes my hat off to Jack Roush. It's pretty amazing what the man's done. I don't think that NASCAR can be concerned, because everybody else had the same opportunity Roush had. He's been able to capitalize on it.
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NASCAR has done a great job branding, a great job marketing, helping everyone with business. But, right now, it's time to focus on what competition's going to be five years from now.
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He's had some bad luck, and now, people are unhappy. I guess that's to be expected.
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We're excited about the opportunity to work with Scott Riggs,
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We've qualified for the Chase for the championship for the second year in a row, but we have high expectations for this team, both for the remainder of the 2005 season and for next year,
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Erin is a very special person and we've seen her display great talent behind the wheel of a stock car this year in the ARCA RE/MAX Series. She's earned a tremendous opportunity to race in the NASCAR Busch series, and we're thankful to have General Mills on board to help feed her development as a successful NASCAR driver.