Richie Evans was born July 23, 1941.  At age 16, he left the family farm in Westernville, NY to become a mechanic.  Evans drag raced for six years before turning his attention to stock car racing at age 22.  After experiencing limited success in the local Hobby divisions, Evans graduated to the Modified class in 1965.  Now a resident of Rome, NY, Evans’ first modified coupes were numbered 109, but he switched to number 6 when the NASCAR tracks in eastern NY began to frown on triple digit numbers.  As Ritchie began to travel more, he frequently found himself having to change his number since local drivers like Dick Nephew and Maynard Troyer already had laid claim to that numeral.

In 1969, Evans chose his famous number – 61 – and his bright orange Chevrolet coupes stormed the short tracks, collecting the lion’s share of purses and trophies from New York to Florida.  The fun-loving Evans, now dubbed “The Rapid Roman” would use this signature color and number until the end of his career.  Evans tragically lost his life in a crash during practice at Martinsville (VA) Speedway in 1985.

 During his 22 year stock car racing career, Richie won nearly 500 feature races and 26 track championships.  And when the big money was on the line, Evans usually was first at the payoff window, winning the prestigious Race of Champions for Modifieds three times.

Evans won an unprecedented nine NASCAR Modified championships.  The most popular Modified driver of all time was inducted into the National Motorsports Press Hall of Fame in 1986.  In 1998, during its 50th anniversary year, NASCAR named Evans to its list of the top 50 drivers of all time.

This kit is brand new and factory sealed.  It has some box warp.  It is from a private collection and comes from a smoke free and pet-free home.

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