One of off-road racing’s truly untouchable legends, Walker Evans, passed away Saturday at the age of 86.
Evans, an inductee into the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame, the SEMA Hall of Fame and the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, struggled with health issues in recent years. Born in Cedar Lake, Michigan in 1938, Evans is survived by wife Phyllis and son Evan.
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In 1995 Evans was among a group of off-road racing team owners who created the foundation of NASCAR’s truck racing series. He completed in 41 NASCAR races, with four top-10 finishes to his credit, but Evans pivoted back to his off-road roots in 1999, competing in large rock crawling competitions. Along with Jones, in 2010 he returned to the Baja peninsula with his restored Class 8 Dodge as part of the rebirthed NORRA Mexican 1000 rally. Thanks to NORRA, Evans enjoyed another decade competing – and often winning – the annual trans-peninsula rally.
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