Trophies and Scars: Ray Evernham

Trophies and Scars is the profoundly personal, sincere, and remarkably revealing story of the life and times of NASCAR Hall of Famer Ray Evernham.

Starting out with a rollicking trip through his early days racing modifieds on the Jersey shore, Evernham recounts how a brief and downright volatile stint on Alan Kulwicki's crew sparked a seminal partnership with racing phenom Jeff Gordon. They would prove to be one of the most potent racing duos in history.

Evernham shares previously untold tales of how the duo led the No. 24 team to three championships in four seasons (1995, 1997, 1998) and a series-leading forty-seven wins, revealing in candid detail how and why their storied relationship came to an end.

Evernham traces all the twists and turns of his life. Read about how he built Evernham Motorsports, his transformation to a TV personality with roles on SPEED, ESPN, ABC, FOX, and NBC, and his role as host of his own TV series, AmeriCarna, on the Velocity channel.

You needn't be a racing fan to appreciate Evernham's inspiring journey of tireless persistence, radical determination, steadfast leadership, and fearless reinvention. For as he believes, a life lived to the fullest is packed with trophies-and scars.

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 force in 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.

Deemed "The Ken Burns of the written and recorded word" by talk show legend Larry King, six-time New York Times bestselling author Joe Garner took the publishing world by storm with the release of his seminal audio-and-hardcover book We Interrupt This Broadcast. Garner's inspired pairing of audio, photographs, and written word graced the New York Times Bestselling List for two consecutive years and sold over one million copies. Joe Garner is the author of Jeff Gordon: His Dream, Drive, and Destiny, the only authorized biography of the NASCAR Hall of Fame three-time champion. Academy Award winner Tom Cruise provided the foreword. The book became Garner's sixth New York Times bestseller.