Ray Evernham Biography

Fast Facts

• In 2000, he won the title of crew chief of the decade for his success working with Jeff Gordon
• The media voted him the greatest crew chief of all time in 2006
• When he was 15, he started working on short track race cars
• During the 1990s, he was the crew chief for the rainbow warriors, Jeff Gordon's auto racing team that won three championships, 47 wins and 216 starts
• With a focus on performance and technology, he built his own team in 2000, bringing manufacturer Dodge back into a prominent position with NASCAR with driver Bill Elliott
• Moved his personal car collection along with other memories from his racing days into a private facility
• Was involved in the creation of engineering systems that changed the racing industry and builds and designs specialty cars