Erin Crocker

American racing driver

Erin Mary Crocker Evernham (born March 23, 1981) is an American race car driver and broadcaster with the Motor Racing Network's Winged Nation. In the past, she played soccer, tennis, and varsity lacrosse on both her high school and college teams. She eventually moved to focus more on building a family after starting a personal relationship with her team owner and superior, Ray Evernham, whom she eventually married.

Crocker first started racing quarter midgets at the age of 7 in the Custom Quarter Midget Club, based in Thompson, Connecticut, and the Silver City Quarter Midget Club from Meriden, Connecticut and was named the Most Improved Novice during her first year of competition. She then moved on to win several awards and three Northeast Regional Quarter Midgets of America championships from 1993 to 1996 while in middle and high school. In 1997, Crocker began running Mini Sprints at Whip City Speedway in Westfield, MA. She became the youngest driver and the first female to win a race at the track. In 1998 she again competed in a 1200cc Mini sprint at Whip City and also with the Central New York Mini Sprint Association (CNYMS). In 1999, she moved to the Eastern Limited Sprint Series, and was named Rookie of the Year. Crocker started racing professionally in the World of Outlaws while attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in industrial and management engineering in 2003. In Mayfield’s legal filings, he asserted that the No. 19 team’s lack of on track success was due in large part to Evernham’s attention being focused on his personal relationship with an unnamed female driver. At the time, Crocker was the only female driver employed by Evernham Motorsports. Evernham confirmed in an interview with ESPN that the relationship exists and has hurt Crocker's career.

In 2007, Crocker ran a select number of ARCA Series events. She won the pole for the season opening ARCA race at Daytona International Speedway in 2007. She however struggled, finishing 20th in the race.

Following the fall 2007 ARCA race at Talladega Superspeedway, it was confirmed that she had left Evernham Motorsports. She ran a limited two race schedule in the truck series for Morgan Dollar Motorsports, before she was replaced by Red Bull drivers A. J. Allmendinger and Scott Speed. For the ARCA/REMAX race on September 6, 2008, she joined the broadcast booth for SPEED.

Crocker and former boss/team owner Ray Evernham were wed on August 26, 2009 in Las Vegas. On July 25, 2015, Crocker gave birth to a daughter, Cate Susan Evernham.

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

NASCAR Busch Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 2005 Evernham Motorsports 6 Dodge DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH39 DOV35 KAN CLT TEX PHO40 HOM 90th 223 Fitz Racing 40 Dodge MEM29 2006 Evernham Motorsports 98 Dodge DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH37 PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW28 DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY19 IRP26 GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO30 67th 474 Curb Agajanian Motorsports 43 Dodge HOM28

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 2005 Bobby Hamilton Racing 4 Dodge DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY MFD CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS MAR ATL TEX PHO36 91st 55 05 HOM30 2006 Evernham Motorsports 98 Dodge DAY27 CAL27 ATL26 MAR25 GTY22 CLT18 MFD28 DOV24 TEX33 MCH24 MLW25 KAN16 KEN27 MEM30 IRP27 NSH29 BRI35 NHA32 LVS24 TAL20 MAR26 ATL23 TEX36 PHO16 HOM34 25th 2113 2008 Morgan Dollar Motorsports 46 Chevy DAY14 CAL27 ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 60th 203

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Re/Max Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pts Ref 2005 Evernham Motorsports 98 Dodge DAY NSH12 SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH7 KAN KEN2 BLN POC3 GTW LER NSH3 MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL4 33rd 1285 2006 DAY15 NSH14 SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH4 KAN2 KEN27 BLN POC GTW8 NSH36 MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 36th 1110 2007 DAY20 USA NSH3 SLM KAN7 WIN KEN2 TOL IOW POC20 MCH3 BLN KEN5 POC4 NSH6 ISF MIL GTW17 DSF CHI5 SLM TAL18 TOL 21st 2240