Ryan Eversley

Ryan A. Eversley (born December 22, 1983) is an American professional auto racing driver.^[1] Since 2015, Eversley has been a Honda factory driver who primarily races in sports car racing championships such as the Michelin Pilot Challenge and Pirelli World Challenge. He won the 2018 PWC TCR championship.

Ryan Eversley
Eversley in 2011
Nationality	American
Born	Ryan A. Eversley (1983-12-22) December 22, 1983 (age 39) Lithonia, Georgia
Michelin Pilot Challenge career
Debut season	2019
Current team	L.A. Honda World Racing
Car number	37
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2021 position	41st
Best finish	41st (2021)
First race	2021 Jockey Made in America 250 (Road America)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
2021 position	112th
Best finish	112th (2021)
Pirelli World Challenge career
Debut season	2010
Current team	Gradient Racing Acura
Car number	5
Best finish	1st in 2018
Previous series
2019 2014–2016 2010 2007–2013 2004, 2010	Stadium Super Trucks IMSA SportsCar Championship SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge Rolex Sports Car Series American Le Mans Series
Championship titles
2018	Pirelli World Challenge TCR
Last updated on: December 25, 2021.

Early career

Though his parents could not fund his racing career, they were supportive and helped Eversley to find opportunities. He left public school and pursued his high school degree in a homeschooling program so he could pursue a driving career.

Eversley got a job from Mike Johnson in 2001 with the Archangel Racing Team as a mechanic, allowing him to leave his full-time job at the local mill. He vowed that his entrance into motor sports would allow him to never need to return to the mill.

"I was one of the first guys in the shop every day and I was the one they had to tell to go home because I was so excited to be working on prototypes at 16 and 17 years old," Eversley stated in an interview on the Marshall Pruett Podcast in 2016.^[2] His first race as a mechanic was with the Archangel team the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona in 2001.

Using the money he made working, Eversley went to the Panoz Racing Schools at Road Atlanta and raced go-karts whenever possible to gain experience. A driver himself, Mike Johnson was able to help Eversley get seat time and eventually a ride in the Continental Tire Series.

First race

Eversley's first race took place in Sonoma in the Spring of 2003 in a Star Mazda. In his own words: “I rented a ride from a kid I met on Auto Racing AOL chatroom. This kid, Chris Nelson, him and his dad Bob Nelson help me out”. The Nelsons had the car, but didn't have enough money to race it. Eversley continues: “They said come to Sonoma. As long as you don’t crash you’re fine. It was kind of nerve wracking, because I don’t have two pennies to rub together… We go. I finish dead last, I sucked and I was so happy.”^[3]

Major racing (2003–present)

2003

Debuted in ST I class. He finished 16th in only one race at Virginia International Raceway.

2004

In 2004, James Cook offered Eversley a ride in three IMSA races if he would build the car for him. Eversley accepted and created a team with Crew Chief Jason Duncan. They built the B2K/40 Lola with a Millington turbo engine and raced it at Mid-Ohio, Lime Rock and Road Atlanta in the LMP2 class. Though the class was small, the car finished 2nd in each race.

Finished 15th in lone ST race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

2006

Did not score any points after driving in four races.

2007

Finished 83rd in GS points. ... Three races, best finish 15th at Daytona International Speedway.

2008

Finished 26th in GS points. ... Seven races, best finish ninth at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

2009

Eversley competed in the 24 Hours of Daytona in the GT class for Stevenson Motorsports. The team finished 22nd overall and 13th in class.

2010

Eversley competed in the SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and won both rounds of the TC class in his series debut.^[4] He made another Rolex Sports Car Series start in 2010 for Matt Connolly Motorsports at Barber Motorsports Park. The team failed to finish the race. He also drove in the American Le Mans Series' Petit Le Mans for Magnus Racing in the GTC class and finished third in class.^[5] Finished 84th in GS points. Four races, best finish 10th at Virginia International Raceway. Eversley drives in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge for Compass360 Racing in the ST class. He captured a class victory in the race at Virginia International Raceway. He also competed in the 2011 24 Hours of Daytona for The Racer's Group in the Children's Tumor Foundation charity Porsche. The team finished 20th overall and 8th in class.

2015

2015 was his first year competing full-time in the Pirelli World Challenge series in the GT class. In the first Pirelli World Challenge race of 2015, the Nissan Grand Prix of Texas at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX, Eversley, in the No. 43 RealTime/Acura Motorsports/HPD Acura TLX-GT, rocketed up to finish fifth after starting 25th on the day. Eversley was awarded the Optima Batteries Best Start Award for gaining eight positions, and the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award for gaining 20 positions in the race.

Driving an Acura TLX for RealTime Racing, Eversley recorded a win at St. Petersburg, ultimately finishing 6th in the GT standings.

2016

Eversley returned to World Challenge racing with RealTime in 2016, again driving the TLX. He recorded back-to-back wins at Road America, finishing 6th in the GT standings for the second year in a row with four podiums.^[6]

2017

RealTime Racing returned to the World Challenge in 2017 with a new program in the Acura NSX GT3.^[7] They scored one podium with a 2nd-place finish at Utah, but Eversley reported in the Mario Andretti episode of his Dinner With Racers podcast that the team is struggling with downforce in their first year in development with the new car.

2018

In December 2017, Eversley announced that he would be joining Honda of America Racing Team (HART) in 2018 to drive an Acura NSX GT3 with co-driver Chad Gilsinger in Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup races.

In the inaugural season of the Pirelli World Challenge TCR class, Eversley won five races to clinch the championship.^[8]

2019

A few weeks prior to the opening weekend of the Blancpain GT Series of America, Eversley announced his commitment to the Gradient Racing team, running an Acura NSX GT3 Evo. Eversley continued his IMSA career with co-driver Chad Gilsinger in HART's Honda Civic Type R TCR under the Michelin Pilot Challenge.

In July, he made his Stadium Super Trucks debut at Honda Indy Toronto, driving the No. 43 Continental Tire truck.^[9] The following month, he competed in the series' second Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course weekend. In the Friday round, he was involved in a wreck with Jeff Hoffman on the first lap that sent his truck into a flip before landing on its wheels; although he finished fourth, he was promoted to third when Cole Potts received a one-position penalty for cutting the course.^[10][11]

2020

Eversley joined the LA Honda World team in the Michelin Pilot Challenge for 2020.^[12]

2021

On June 18, 2021, Eversley announced he would make his NASCAR Cup Series debut at Road America in the No. 53 for Rick Ware Racing.^[13]

Children's Tumor Foundation charity work

After driving the Children's Tumor Foundation (CTF) charity car in the 2011 24 Hours of Daytona, Eversley has been committed to raising money and awareness to battle neurofibromatosis, a condition that causes tumors to form in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. Over the last few years Eversley has raised tens of thousands of dollars for CTF, largely through an annual event called the Cupid's Undie Run, which he and other team members run in their underwear every February.

Dinner with Racers podcast

Eversley co-hosts the racing podcast Dinner with Racers with Sean Heckman. They travel across the United States to interview other racing drivers, team owners, engineers and general motorsports personalities over meals. The show has had 3 seasons and over 90 guests from various motorsports series, mostly focused on American racing series like NASCAR, IndyCar and the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Personal life

Ryan is the son of veteran sports car racing mechanic John Eversley. He currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. His daily driver is an Acura MDX with Continental tires.

Motorsports career results

(key)

Pirelli World Challenge results

Year	Team	Make	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Rank	Points
2010		Mazda	RX-8	TC	STP1	STP2	LBH	MOS1	MOS2	WAT	TOR	MDO1 1	MDO2 1	VIR1	VIR2	MIL									15th	249
2014	C360R	Subaru	Impreza WRX STI	GTS	STP	LBH	BAR1 12	BAR2 8	DET1	DET2	ELK1	ELK2	TOR1	TOR2	MDO1	MDO2	SON1	SON2	MIL1	MIL1					28th	122
2015	RealTime Racing	Acura	TLX-GT	GT	COA1 34	COA2 5	STP1 1	STP2 7	LBH 6	BAR1 14	BAR2 12	MOS1 15	MOS2 10	DET 9	ELK1 9	ELK2 10	ELK3 23	MDO1 11	MDO2 12	MIL1 11	MIL2 9	SON1 10	SON2 17	LAG 10	6th	1198
2016	RealTime Racing	Acura	TLX-GT	GT	COA1 10	COA2 12	STP1 10	STP2 6	LBH 7	BAR1 20	BAR2 12	MOS1 3	MOS2 18	LRP1 6	LRP2 4	ELK1 1	ELK2 1	MDO1 5	MDO2 2	UTA1 4	UTA2 17	SON1 10	SON2 12	LAG 10	6th	1365
2017	RealTime Racing	Acura	NSX GT3	GT	STP1 DNF	STP2 8	LBH 11	VIR1 19	VIR2 11	MOS1 11	LRP1 5	LRP2 5	ELK1 10	ELK2 8	MDO1 10	MDO2 8	UTA1 5	UTA2 2	COA1 9	COA2 9	COA3 6	SON1 DNF	SON2 DNF		8th	206
2018	RealTime Racing	Honda	Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	TCR	STP1 NH	STP2 NH	COA1 3	COA2 3	LBH NH	VIR1 1	VIR2 2	MOS1 NH	MOS2 NH	LRP1 1	LRP2 4	ELK1 NH	ELK2 NH	POR1 3	POR2 1	UTA1 3	UTA2 3	WGI1 1	WGI2 1		1st	276

* Season is still in progress.

Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge results

Year	Team	Make	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2008	Motorsport Technology Group	Porsche	997	GS	DAY	LRP	MOS	MDO	WAT	BAR	IA	CTR	NJ	MIL	VIR		26th	111
2009	Kinetic Motorsports	BMW	M3	GS	DAY	MIA	NJ 16	LAG	LRP 13	WAT	MDO 11	BAR	CTR	MIL	VIR 10		44th	33
2010	C360R	Honda	Civic Si	ST	DAY 5	MIA 30	BAR 3	VIR 1	LRP 3	WAT 2	MDO 3	NJ 4	CTR	MIL 4			4th	239
	BGB Motorsports	Porsche	Carrera	GS	DAY	MIA	BAR	VIR	LRP	WAT	MDO	NJ	CTR	MIL 16			80th	15
2011	C360R	Honda	Civic Si	ST	DAY 11	MIA 5	BAR 22	VIR 1	LRP 3	WAT 5	ELK 16	LAG 6	NJ 9	MDO 10			2nd	229
2012	C360R	Honda	Civic Si	ST	DAY 12	BAR 7	MIA 5	NJ 30	MDO 7	ELK 6	WAT 29	IMS 29	LAG 4	LRP 18			11th	164
2013	C360R	Honda	Civic Si	ST	DAY 3	COA 6	BAR 13	ATL 11	MDO 3	WAT 2	IMS 19	ELK 16	KAN 3	LAG 9	LRP		2nd	259
2014	C360R	Honda	Civic Si	ST	DAY DNF	SEB 17	LAG 7	LRP 2	KAN 4	WAT 1	MOS 4	IMS 21	ELK 19	VIR	COA 1	ATL 1	9th	234
2016	HART	Honda	Civic Si	ST	DAY	SEB	LAG	WAT 21	MOS 3	LRP 26	ELK 2	VIR 1	COA	ATL			20th	139

Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series

Rolex Sports Car Series
Year	Track	No.	Car	Team	Class	Start	Finish	Status
2007	Daytona	87	Porsche GT3	Farnbacher Loles Racing	GT	12	19	Running
2007	Lime Rock	24	BMW M3	Matt Connolly Motorsports	GT	3	4	Running
2009	Daytona	97	Chevrolet Corvette	Stevenson Motorsports	GT	22	12	Running
2010	Birmingham	19	Chevrolet Corvette	Matt Connolly Motorsports	GT	12	15	DNF
2011	Daytona	4	Porsche GT3	TRG	GT	6	8	Running
2011	Watkins Glen	67	Porsche GT3	TRG	GT	16	16	Running
2011	Laguna Seca	67	Porsche GT3	TRG	GT	16	11	Running
2012	Daytona	4	Porsche GT3	Magnus Racing	GT	17	36	Running
2012	Watkins Glen	67	Porsche GT3	Horton Autosport	GT	10	10	Running
2013	Daytona	38	Porsche Cayman	BGB Motorsports	GX	2	3	Running

American Le Mans Series

American Le Mans Series
Year	Track	No.	Car	Team	Class	Start	Finish	Status
2004	Mid-Ohio	13	Lola B2K/40	Marshall Cooke Racing	LMP2	4	2	Running
2004	Lime Rock	13	Lola B2K/40	Marshall Cooke Racing	LMP2	2	2	Running
2004	Road Atlanta	13	Lola B2K/40	Marshall Cooke Racing	LMP2	3	2	Running
2010	Road Atlanta	19	Porsche 911 GT3	Magnus Racing	GTC	3	3	Running

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2014	Bar1 Motorsports	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8.	DAY	SEB	LGA 10	KAN	WGL	IMS	ELK	VIR	COA				36th	27
	Starworks Motorsport													PET 5
2016	Bar1 Motorsports	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	DAY 5	SEB	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	COA	PET		31st	1
2018	HART	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 16	SEB 15	MOH	BEL	WGL 15	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	ATL		41st	47
2022	RWR Eurasia Motorsport	GTD	Acura NSX GT3 Evo22	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY	SEB	LBH 8	LGA 8	MDO 10	DET 9	WGL	MOS 3	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET	-*	0*

Stadium Super Trucks

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

Stadium Super Trucks results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	SSTC	Pts	Ref
2019	COA	COA	TEX	TEX	LBH	LBH	TOR 9	TOR 8	MOH	MOH	MOH 3	MOH 6	ROA	ROA	ROA	POR	POR	SRF	SRF	11th	61	^[14]

NASCAR

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

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup 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	36	NCSC	Pts	Ref
2021	Rick Ware Racing	53	Ford	DAY	DAY	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	BRI	MAR	RCH	TAL	KAN	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	SON	NSH	POC	POC	ROA 39	ATL	NHA	GLN	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO	41st	1	^[15]

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity 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	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2021	JD Motorsports	6	Chevy	DAY	DAY	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	MAR	TAL	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	MOH	TEX	NSH	POC	ROA	ATL	NHA	GLN	IND DNQ	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO	112th	-	^[16]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References

1. "Ryan Eversley – Pirelli World Challenge". Pirelli World Challenge. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
2. Development, PodBean. "75: Acura Sports Car Driver Ryan Eversley, Nov. 2016". Retrieved December 22, 2016.
3. Development, PodBean. "The Marshall Pruett Podcast". marshallpruett.podbean.com. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
4. Eversley Wins in Touring Car Debut at Mid-Ohio, Go Racing TV, August 7, 2010, Retrieved August 29, 2011
5. STRONG ALMS DEBUT FOR MAGNUS RACING WITH THIRD-PLACE IN GTC AT PETIT LE MANS, American Le Mans Series, October 5, 2010, Retrieved August 29, 2011
6. "Pirelli World Challenge results: Ryan Eversley, Acura sweep Road America weekend". June 26, 2016.
7. "Here's How Acura Turned the NSX into a GT3 Race Car". Road & Track. August 4, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
8. "Ryan Eversley Claims Title with Civic Type R TCR". Honda Performance Development. Honda. September 2, 2018. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
9. Nguyen, Justin (July 10, 2019). "Ryan Eversley, Casey Mears join SST grid at Toronto". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
10. Nguyen, Justin (August 10, 2019). "Cole Potts penalised for course cutting, Ryan Eversley promoted to first SST podium". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
11. Hamilton, Rob (August 12, 2019). "Cindric wins Saturday". Galion Inquirer. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
12. Pruett, Marshall (December 30, 2019). "Eversley joins LA Honda World team in Michelin Pilot Challenge". Racer. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
13. Tomlinson, Joy (June 18, 2021). "Ryan Eversley to Make Cup Debut at Road America for Rick Ware Racing". Frontstretch. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
14. "2019 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
15. "Ryan Eversley – 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
16. "Ryan Eversley – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Ryan Eversley driver statistics at Racing-Reference