Mention Richie Evans, and the response is universal: Now, there was a racer. NASCAR legends speak of him with awe. Former competitors remain stunned by the talent he displayed. People who watched ...

Holding off a cast of fellow Modified legends, Richie Evans picked up his eighth Modified victory at Martinsville Speedway in the 1981 Azalea 150. It was the first Modified race at Martinsville ...

The unquestioned king of modified racing, Richie Evans won more than 450 races and nine NASCAR national modified championships, including eight in a row from 1978 to 1985. He hailed from Rome ...

A native of Westernville, Richie Evans hoped to win money rather than the trophies he was accumulating in drag racing. Richie won one feature in that initial modified season that was the start of ...

the late Richie Evans. Evans, of Rome, whose legendary career saw him become the leader of his division, was ultra-popular with fans across the Eastern United States. He scored nine NASCAR ...

In the first year of the current NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour format in 1985, Evans won 12 races, including wins in four of five events at Thompson, Conn. Evans ranked No. 1 in the 2003 voting of ...

Richie Evans won 518 feature races during during his 20 year modified racing career from 1965 to 1985. This Rome racer is considered the greatest pavement modified driver of all time. Evans also ...

Headlining the group was Richie Evans, a legend in the discipline whose accomplishments at that point included eight national championships and four Thompson track titles. Joining Evans in the ...

Utica-Rome (N.Y.) Speedway, the home track of NASCAR Hall of Famers Richie Evans and Jerry Cook, is up for sale. The track made the announcement on its social media channels Tuesday, with the ...

While not as well-known as the rivalries between Richard Petty, David Pearson, Cale Yarborough and the Allison brothers, the battles between Cook and the late Richie Evans are legendary to fans of ...