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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and we're going to lend our trucks and truck drivers to take some product down there.
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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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Most of the sponsors and partners you deal with are interested in what your Joyce Julius television numbers are, what your number of impressions are,
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Last year we just couldn't really figure out what the car wanted. We felt like there was a lot more potential. ... My guys ... were right.
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When they told me, I don't know, I was blown away. I was fortunate to have a great team with Rick Hendrick and Jeff Gordon and all the Rainbow Warriors.
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We're excited about the opportunity to work with Scott Riggs,
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We are already planning for next year, and we recognize that we need to make several changes to regain the momentum this team had earlier in the year and to ensure we have the right people in the right places to win races and a championship.
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We've just missed it aerodynamically with the new body on this car,
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We saw guys who had pretty good cars and they would lose a second or two on pit road and never be able to make it up. We decided to go after the more athletic side of it.
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We knew we had to be exactly right on the money to do this. We had a car again that was fast enough, and we had a problem in the pits.
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He just doesn't feel like his cars felt like last year.
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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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I'm working on my stuff to get it going fast. That's what I've got to race.