“The man was a genius… He could figure fuel mileage, tire stagger, anything, while he was driving the race car. He was a very calculating individual. He had an unbelievable mind and memory.” This is what Ray Evernham once said about Alan Kulwicki. Back in 1991, veteran broadcaster Mike Joy lined up Evernham with Alan Kulwicki’s AK Racing team. Kulwicki, a rare driver-engineer hybrid, quickly butted heads with his new hire. However, the story behind it has remained untold from Evernham’s perspective… until now.

Just six weeks of working with Alan Kulwicki, tensions boiled over during Daytona, and the two went their separate ways. Speaking to Kenny Wallace on the Kenny Conversations podcast , Evernham recalled those days: “I wear my feelings on my sleeve. I don’t like being yelled at. I

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