Wes Evans, a former tight end on Arizona State’s 2008 football team will be honored on the Sun Devil Stadium video board Saturday night when his alma mater takes on highly ranked Notre Dame. Less than 24 hours later he’ll serve as jackman on Brian Vickers’ #55 Aaron’s Dream Machine pit crew in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at nearby Phoenix International Raceway. ‘It seems like it was just yesterday when I was playing at ASU,’ laughed the 6-foot-3, 235-pounder who made four starts and played in all 12 games for ASU in 2008. That year he won the team’s iron man award for exemplary work ethic in the weight room, on the field and in the community. Evans became interested in NASCAR after meeting pit crew members who visited the ASU campus for a workout in 2007. That contact led Evans to a life as a NASCAR pit crew member and his ASU degree led him to a job in the Michael Waltrip Racing marketing office. Each week Evans hosts the ‘Wednesday’s With Wes- Ask MWR’ video feature on the team website answering viewer questions about NASCAR racing.(MWR)(11-7-2014)
