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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He's very interested in being a team owner, and I want to help him get started just like Rick Hendrick helped me get started,
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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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It'll set us back some, but we don't know yet how far. We've got to fight hard. I think we're probably a little bit further ahead with our program than Robby was at that time because we've got cars done, we've got things done.
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If you're going to race it, you've got to have it. You've got to build it. You've got to test it. They've got to design a tire around it. They've got to get settled in on the rules. The rules for that car are not settled in yet. What are the aerodynamic rules for that car? I've got to build 20 of them, but there are no rules yet. The clock is ticking.
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The biggest difference between an athlete like Michael Jordan or someone we always compare Jeff to is the fact that those guys can rely largely on their athletic ability. In our world, no matter how good your athletic ability or your driving ability, you still depend largely on whether you've got the car to get the job done.
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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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The job of the crew chief has certainly changed since I held that position, ... Today, the job of the crew chief is almost too big for one person. When you consider the growing responsibilities of managing the big picture for the team, overseeing all of the details for each race weekend, guiding all of the people and still having time to focus on the competition, it's a challenge.
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It's pretty stressful. I think last year we were even in a tighter spot. It was even tougher back then, ... Unfortunately your team is rated now on whether you make the Chase ... and everything you do all season long, no matter how good or bad you were, people are going to look back and see if you made that Chase.
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It's like having three kids and two of them are doing really well. You're more concerned about the one who isn't.
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It's like having three kids and two are doing well, but you're more concerned about the one who isn't. We've got to figure out why they're struggling.
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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 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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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.