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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build car completed direction settle successful
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.
pit proud starting stops
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.
amazing capitalize everybody hat jack nascar opportunity takes
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.
build expand experience group increase iq leadership major months move performance share teams
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,
five focus great helping job nascar time
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.
body missed
We've just missed it aerodynamically with the new body on this car,
again car exactly fast knew money problem
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.
excited opportunity work
We're excited about the opportunity to work with Scott Riggs,
changes earlier ensure momentum next people places planning races recognize regain several team win year
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.
cars felt last
He just doesn't feel like his cars felt like last year.
bad guess luck people
He's had some bad luck, and now, people are unhappy. I guess that's to be expected.
call challenge clutch line money remember responding seem step whenever
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.
clutch remember responding
I can't ever remember him not responding in a clutch situation,
both chase high next qualified season second year
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,