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123 TV, Radio and Website Personalties Ray Evernham: I was so impressed with the passion that Geoff Hacker and Rick D ’ Louhy have for preserving the history of the fiberglass car and the effect it had on American culture that I was compelled to tell their story in an episode on the AmeriCarna television series. Ray Evernham , driven by a passion for automobiles, started working on short track race cars at age 15 and never looked back. Since then, he has designed, built and driven some of the most advanced race cars known to man. In 1983, Evernham worked with Roger Penske and Jay Signore to resurrect the International Race of Champions (IROC) series. The opportunity offered Ray the chance to work with the world ’ s best racers, including Mario Andretti, A.J. Foyt, Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip and Bill Elliott. In 1993, Ray was offered the opportunity to team with, up and coming driver, Jeff Gordon as his crew chief at Hendrick Motorsports. He would go on to revolutionize the crew chief role at NASCAR ’ s highest level of competition, as leader of the Rainbow Warriors. In 2006, the media vot- ed Ray the greatest crew chief of all time, an honor he believes to be his highest recognition to date. In 2014, following a five - year ab- sence from the competition side of NASCAR, Ray accepted a consulting position at Hendrick Motorsports. Now through his TV show AmeriCarna, Ray gets to share his passion for automobiles and reveal the untold stories of cars that have so heavily influenced Ameri- can culture as we know it today. In 2014, Ray Evernham and crew were here in Tampa, Florida to produce an episode for their AmeriCarna TV show which was featured on the Velocity Channel. The production wrapped on the third day and the episode aired in June, 2016 on Velocity. Shown in front of our 1955 Bangert Manta Ray, from left to right is: Craig Johnson, Rick D ’ Louhy, Ray Evernham, Geoff Hacker and Kyle Feller.