Erin Crocker Evernham
Crocker atDaytona in 2008
Born	Erin Mary Crocker (1981-03-23)March 23, 1981 (age 44) Wilbraham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Achievements	1993–1996 Quarter Midgets of America Northeast Regional Champion
Awards	1993–1995 Quarter Midgets of America Female Driver of the Year 2003Knoxville Nationals Rookie of the Year
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
10 races run over 2 years
Best finish	67th (2006)
First race	2005Emerson Radio 250 (Richmond)
Last race	2006Ford 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
29 races run over 3 years
Best finish	25th (2006)
First race	2005Chevy Silverado 150 (Phoenix)
Last race	2008San Bernardino County 200 (Fontana)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

Erin Mary Crocker Evernham (born March 23, 1981) is an American race car driver and broadcaster with theMotor Racing Network's Winged Nation. In the past, she playedsoccer,tennis, and varsitylacrosse on both her high school and college teams.^[1] 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.^[2]

Crocker first started racingquarter midgets at the age of 7 in the Custom Quarter Midget Club, based inThompson, Connecticut, and the Silver City Quarter Midget Club fromMeriden, 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 LimitedSprint Series, and was named Rookie of the Year.

Crocker started racing professionally in theWorld of Outlaws while attendingRensselaer Polytechnic Institute inTroy, New York, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in industrial and management engineering in 2003.^[1] 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 theNational 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 theKnoxville Nationals. She won the 410 division's Rookie of the Year honors at season's end.

In 2004, Crocker won an opportunity to drive forFord Motor Company'sdriver development program, and tested a Ford sprint for Bob East (racing) andSteve Lewis that season. She also became the first female World of Outlaws driver to win a feature race that year inTulare, California.

The following season, she left Ford to joinEvernham Motorsports' driver development program. During the season, she raced in theARCA RE/MAX Series and collected three top 5s, including a second-place finish, five top 10s, and two poles in six starts. She also made herNASCAR debut that season atRichmond International Raceway driving the No. 6 Dodge for Evernham in theBusch Series. She started 42nd after a wreck in qualifying, and proceeded to finish 39th after another wreck. In her next start atDover International Speedway, she qualified ninth, but wrecked eleven laps into the race after being tapped byJustin 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 forFitzBradshaw Racing, her best finish coming atMemphis Motorsports Park, where she finished 29th for FitzBradshaw in the No. 40 Dodge Charger. She also ran a pair of Truck races forBobby Hamilton Racing, at Phoenix andHomestead-Miami Speedway. Crocker crashed in both races.

In 2006 Crocker drove the No. 98 full-time in the Truck Series. She finished 25th in the Craftsman Truck standings. After struggling during the2006 season, Evernham decided to close the No. 98 team.

During her tenure as a Truck Series driver, a dispute between then-Evernham Cup driverJeremy Mayfield and Ray Evernham resulted in a series of lawsuits between Mayfield and Evernham.^[3] 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.^[4]

In 2007, Crocker ran a select number of ARCA Series events.^[5] She won the pole for the season-opening ARCA race atDaytona International Speedway in 2007. She however struggled, finishing 20th in the race.^[6]

Following the fall 2007 ARCA race atTalladega Superspeedway, it was confirmed that she had left Evernham Motorsports. She ran a limited two-race schedule in the truck series forMorgan-Dollar Motorsports, before she was replaced byRed Bull driversA. J. Allmendinger andScott Speed. For the ARCA/REMAX race on September 6, 2008, she joined the broadcast booth forSPEED.^[7]

Crocker and former boss/team ownerRay Evernham were wed on August 26, 2009 in Las Vegas.^[8][9]

On July 25, 2015, Crocker gave birth to a daughter, Cate Susan Evernham.^[10]

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

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

• Erin Crocker driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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• Racing drivers from Massachusetts
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• American women's lacrosse players
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