Ray Evernham
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Ray Evernham is known as a former race car chief, sports analyst, and current auto consultant. He is most famous for his work at Hendrick Motorsports and ESPN. Ray Evernham, previously an auto racing crew chief for Bill Davis Racing and Hendrick Motorsports, owner of his team Evernham Motorsports from 2001 to 2010, and commentator for ESPN's NASCAR coverage, is an American consultant for Hendrick Companies. Evernham earned the NASCAR Winston Cup Illustrated "Person of the Year" award in 1999, after winning the Winston Cup Series three times with Jeff Gordon. In 2018, Evernham was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame as a Class of 2018. Evernham is a co-founder of the Superstar Racing Experience racing series (SRX).
Quick Facts
- Date of Birth
- 26-08-1957
- Wife
- Erin Crocker
- Marriage Date
- 2009
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- Net Worth
- around $30 million
- Nationality
- American
- Birth Sign
- Virgo
- Birth Place
- Hazlet, NJ
- T.V. Show(s)
- "AmeriCarna"AmeriCarna.
- Profession
- Consultant
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Ethnicity
- White
- Salary
- $ 2 million
- Employer
- consultant for Hendrick Companies
- Birth Date
- 26 Aug, 1957
- Age
- 62 yrs
- Occupations
- NASCAR team owner
Sports commentator - Citizenship
- United States of America
- Birth Place
- Hazlet
- residence
- Cornelius
- Gender
- Male
- Description
- NASCAR team owner
- Spouse
- Erin Crocker
- Net Worth 2020
- 30 million
- Net Worth 2021
- 30 million
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Background
Ray Evernham was born on August 26, 1957, in Hazlet, NJ. Evernham started working on short track race cars at the age of 15. He is a well-known business tycoon and became a part of the television show AmeriCARna. Evernham was a racer that had been modified. He was employed as a chassis expert by the International Race of Champions (IROC) when he was 26 years old. Drivers praised him for converting what they said about the car's handling into technological changes. In the middle of the 1991 season, he wrecked at Flemington Speedway. He suffered an injury to his brain stem, which resulted in a loss of depth awareness. "When you wreck that hard," he added, "you don't remember anything about it." "I couldn't match my standards as a driver," he said, "and that annoyed the heck out of me." Following his accident, officials installed foam blocks in the corners to reduce impact.
Marriage, Wife, and Children
Ray Evernham's first marriage was to a woman named Mary. Their marriage fell through, and he got married to a woman named Erin. They got married at a private ceremony in Las Vegas on August 26, 2009. Ray had a son from his first wife, and he is raising him together with Erin now.
Jeremy Mayfield, Evernham's driver in 2006, was fired for lack of performance, as Evernham claimed. Mayfield blamed Evernham's personal life for degrading his execution, claiming that the relationship between Evernham and Erin Crocker was the reason for losing that race back in 2006.
