richie evans said, "working with the car and working on it in the garage every week is an advantage. while i'm working on the car, i'm thinking about every lap i rode in that thing. it's not like the mechanic who stood and watched it during the feature and then has to make some decisions."

every race they'd gather at his car. he'd help everyone. then, he'd go out and win. although at times he'd paint his shocks or mask the tires so we'd be a few weeks behind. he helped hutter bigtime at new smyrna. richie would use his engines.

richie evans loved the rome free academy (the public high school in rome) football games. he'd have arty newman contact coach bruce for tickets. 10 at least. their colors were orange and black. his home-town, and cross-street, rival's colors were red and white. in more ways than one. when the religious team played the public team, richie pulled for the public bigtime. richie got his colors from the public side. the common folk. richie was not religious. neither was Jesus.

where do you get your colors? don't get them from religion. get them from Jesus Christ. richie evans had a conversation with tony siscone, a true gentleman. richie evans said, "tony, we are just passing through, going on, to something much better than this."

on october 24th 1985, richie evans went into eternity during a practice session at martinsville. tony was the first there. remember that conversation? doug retired on the spot. precious people. (and yes, richie won the championship that year too).

listen, richie evans was not religious. neither was Jesus Christ. it's a Relationship, not religion, that matters. all of us, one day, will have a meeting with God. how you respond to Jesus Christ will determine how that meeting will go. trust Him. forsake religion. forsake all. only trust Him. all that matters is that there was a place and time in your life that you placed your faith and trust in Jesus Christ alone for your salvation, believing He died for your sin, and His shed blood makes you clean. forgiven forever. listen. trust Christ.

richie evans. the rapid roman.

John 3:16

to richie's family...precious people you are. another anniversary has passed. arty... i love your passion for richie. i loved praying with you where bill france stood. i traced the 61 in my Bible.