Got Your Number: Ray Evernham
Nine Lives: Evernham Knew the Perfect Numbers to Choose By Ben White After a very successful career as a Cup series crew chief for Hendrick Motorsports and four-time champion Jeff Gordon from 1992 to 1999, Ray Evernham was given the opportunity to start his own racing organization with support from Dodge in 2000. The storied automaker returned to NASCAR that year. In 492 starts through 2007, Evernham’s cherry-red Dodge Chargers went to Victory Lane 12 times with drivers Bill Elliott, Kasey Kahne, and Jeremy Mayfield driving his No. 9 and No. 19 machines. Their biggest victory of all came when Elliott…