Richie Evans
Richie Evans was born in Westernville, New York, United States on July 23rd, 1941 and is the Race Car Driver. At the age of 44, Richie Evans biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Richard Ernest Evans (July 23, 1941 – October 24, 1985), an American racing ner, winning nine NASC National Modified Championships, six in a row from 1978 to 1985.
This achievement is regarded as "one of the finest achievements in motorsports" by the International Motorsport Hall of Fame.
Evans won virtually every major race for asphalt modifieds, most of whom were winning the Race of Champions three times.
On June 14, 2011, Evans was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Evans is one of the first 15 inductees into the Hall of Fame, and he is the first Hall of Famer from outside of NASCAR's premier series.
Early career
At the age of 16, Evans left his family's farm in Westernville, New York, to work at a local garage in Rome, New York. An associate suggested that he build a car to race at the nearby Utica-Rome Speedway after finding early success in street racing and then became a champion in drag racing. In 1962, he rode his first oval-track vehicle, a 1954 Ford Hobby Stock numbered PT-109 (after John F. Kennedy's torpedo boat in World War II). He made it to the Modifieds, the premier division, in 1965, winning his first appearance in the season's final night.
Motorsports career results
(Bold) (key) (Bold – Pole position won by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)