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The Evans Legacy Still Lives

The first time Jimmy Spencer met Richie Evans was at Martinsville Speedway in 1979. Spencer was a 22-year-old just beginning to branch out from his native Pennsylvania, while the often unbeatable Evans was at the height of his career as King of the Modifieds. An asphalt track had recently opened near Spencer's hometown, and the younger driver wanted to know how to procure old racing tires that he could sell to make some extra cash. Nobody would know better than Evans, so Spencer worked up the nerve to introduce himself to the godfather of NASCAR's oldest touring division.

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