Modified Models by Paul Krish Jr!!

An early RITCHIE EVANS Ford Modified

Story from Paul:
Richie Evans' racing career began after leaving his father's farm in Westernville, N.Y. at the age of 16, to become a mechanic at a gas station. His first racing experience was as a drag racer, but he soon switched to running stock cars starting in the Utica-Rome Speedway Hobby Division in 1964.

Richie won his first NASCAR National Modified Championship in 1973 and didn't win his second until 1978, but from 1978 through 1985 he won eight consecutive NASCAR Featherlite Modified titles. Richie's 8 straight Championships is a record for any NASCAR Division to this day. For 13 years' Richie finished 1st nine times and 2nd twice, only finishing out of the top 10 once. Richie was the 1980 Riverside Park Speedway Champion and is 7th on the all-time Riverside Park Speedway win list with 32 wins between 1978 and 1984 in only 7 seasons of competition. The drivers in front of him competed in 10 to 23 different seasons.

Richie was killed in a practice accident at Martinsville in 1985, while preparing for the final race of the season for the NASCAR Modified Tour.

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