Richie Evans (born 1941, died 1985) was an American racing driver who won nine NASCAR Modified Series titles, including eight in a row from 1978 to 1985. The motorsports hall of fame lists this achievement as 'one of the supreme accomplishments in motorsports'. [1]
Evans' left his family's farm aged 16 to work at a local garage. An associate there suggested he try building a car to race at the nearby Utica Speedway. In 1973 he had worked his way up to win the NASCAR national Modified series (a series for stock cars without bodywork). In 1978 he won a second title and did not relinquish his crown during the next seven years. Evans took over four hundred feature race wins before he was killed in a crash at Martinsville Speedway in late 1985.
In 1996 he was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, and as part of Nascar's 50th Anniversary celebration in 1999 he was named one of its 50 greatest drivers of all time.
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