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”...
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.
help helped interested rick team
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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If somebody has come up with a solution that works on the race track, I have not seen it. If it was the Wind Tunnel 500, we would have won that by now.
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If you finish 43rd and the other guys finish in the 20s, there's still a lot of cars separating you. If you want it to come down to where all 10 guys have a shot, then it would be great to just be racing 10 guys.
build car clock design race rules settled test tire
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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I don't know if NASCAR should be concerned, but I'm concerned. 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.
athletic cars decided good guys lose pit road saw second side
We saw guys who had pretty good cars and they would lose a second or two on pit road and never be able to make it up. We decided to go after the more athletic side of it.
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,
bad guess luck people
He's had some bad luck, and now, people are unhappy. I guess that's to be expected.
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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.
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,
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.