Erin Crocker

Erin Crocker

Born: March 23, 1981
Age: 43
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Erin Mary Crocker Evernham (born March 23, 1981) is an American race car driver. In the past, she played soccer, tennis, and varsity lacrosse on both her high school and college teams. Her entrance to the world of top tier motorsports has been stalled due in part to a personal relationship between Crocker and her former boss, team owner and current husband, Ray Evernham.

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Early career

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 2002, Crocker signed with Woodring Racing to drive a 360 winged sprint car. She won five feature races as well as twelve heat events, earning her the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Outstanding Newcomer Award. The following season, she switched to 410 Dirt Sprints, and became the first woman to qualify for the Knoxville Nationals. She won the 410 division's Rookie of the Year honors at season's end.

NASCAR and ARCA

2004

In 2004, Crocker won an opportunity to drive for Ford Motor Company's driver development program, and tested a Ford sprint for Bob East and Steve Lewis that season. She also became the first World of Outlaws driver to win a feature race that year in Tulare, California.

2005

The following season, she left Ford to join Evernham Motorsports' driver development program. During the season, she raced in the ARCA RE/MAX Series and collected 3 top 5's, including a second-place finish, five top 10's, and two poles in six starts. She also made her NASCAR debut that season at Richmond International Raceway driving the #6 Dodge for Evernham in the Busch Series. She started 42nd after a wreck in qualifying, and proceeded to finish 39th after another wreck. In her next start at Dover International Speedway, she qualified ninth, but wrecked eleven laps into the race after being tapped by Justin Labonte. Crocker sustained a cracked rib from the incident forcing her to sit out some races she was scheduled to compete in. She ran two more races that season, one for Evernham and the other for FitzBradshaw Racing, her best finish coming at Memphis Motorsports Park, where she finished 29th for FitzBradshaw in the #40 Dodge Charger. She also ran a pair of Truck races for Bobby Hamilton Racing, at Phoenix and Homestead-Miami Speedway. Crocker crashed in both races.

2006

In 2006 Crocker drove the #98 full-time in the Truck Series. She finished an abysmal 25th in the Craftsman Truck standings. After struggling during the 2006 season, Evernham decided to close the #98 team.

2007

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.

During her tenure as a Truck Series driver, a dispute between then-Evernham Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield and Ray Evernham resulted in a series of lawsuits between Mayfield and Evernham. In Mayfield’s legal filings, he asserted that the #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 Motorports. Evernham confirmed in an interview with ESPN that the relationship exists and has hurt Crocker's career. However, one could also make the case that their relationship was the only reason that Crocker had a career, as her results in NASCAR have been universally poor for every team she has raced for, yet she was still employed with Evernham for multiple years.

2008

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.

Personal life

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.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Busch Series

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 NBSC Pts
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 RCH
DOV
KAN CLT TEX PHO
HOM 90th 223
Fitz Racing 40 MEM
2006 Evernham Motorsports 98 DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH
PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW
DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY
IRP
GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO
67th 474
Curb-Agajanian Motorsports 43 HOM

Craftsman Truck Series

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 NCTC Pts
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 PHO
91st 55
05 HOM
2006 Evernham Motorsports 98 Dodge DAY
CAL
ATL
MAR
GTY
CLT
MFD
DOV
TEX
MCH
MLW
KAN
KEN
MEM
IRP
NSH
BRI
NHA
LVS
TAL
MAR
ATL
TEX
PHO
HOM
25th 2113
2008 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 46 Chevy DAY
CAL
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

ARCA Re/Max Series

(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 ARSC Pts
2005 Evernham Motorsports 98 Dodge DAY NSH
SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH
KAN KEN
BLN POC
GTW LER NSH
MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL
33rd 1285
2006 DAY
NSH
SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH
KAN
KEN
BLN POC GTW
NSH
MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 36th 1110
2007 DAY
USA NSH
SLM KAN
WIN KEN
TOL IOW POC
MCH
BLN KEN
POC
NSH
ISF MIL GTW
DSF CHI
SLM TAL
TOL 21st 2240

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