EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- It is May 10, and Ray Evernham, still two weeks away from becoming NASCAR Hall of Famer Ray Evernham, looks over his glasses and raises his eyebrows to emphasize his seriousness. "We've known each other a long time, and I'm telling you, these people are all-in on NASCAR. They are really worried about getting the racing part right."
Evernham isn't sitting in the headquarters of an auto manufacturer or a potential team sponsor. He's in the common area of Pixar Studios, a massive space tucked into the Oakland side of the Bay Area, a building personally designed by Apple founder Steve Jobs.