Ray Evernham

Ray Evernham has more than four decades of experience in the automotive and racing industries. He has worked with the biggest names in motorsport history--including Jeff Gordon, Mario Andretti, A. J. Foyt, and Dale Earnhardt Sr.--was a vital forcein resurrecting the International Race of Champions (IROC) series, won three NASCAR Sprint Cup championships as crew chief for Jeff Gordon, and partnered with Dodge to build Evernham Motorsports into one of the most successful teams in NASCAR. Evernham's career has branched into the television industry, where he served as a NASCAR analyst for SPEED, ESPN, ABC, FOX, and NBC, hosted and produced his own television series, AmeriCarna, on the Velocity channel, and hosted Glory Road on NBCSN. He also served as a consultant and voice talent for Pixar's Cars 3. Evernham was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2018 and into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2023.

Most recently, Evernham co-created a made-for-TV motorsports property for CBS called Superstar Racing Experience (SRX), consisting of a six-race series with twelve legendary drivers from all forms of motorsport competing head-to-head in equally prepared cars on iconic short tracks across America. Evernham led the design and build of the cars and developed the exciting race format that put SRX at the top of American racing programs in just its first season.

Currently, Evernham is an avid car collector, consultant to motorsports and automotive related businesses, and is very active with his foundation, Evernham Family--Racing for a Reason, which funds community centers for young adults with high-functioning Autism or Asperger's Syndrome through his IGNITE program.