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SITKA, KY – When St. Albans, WV driver Rod Evans went to the pits to change a flat tire on lap 9, he never dreamed he would be able to work his way back up through the field and win the A-Main. But that’s exactly what happened in a dramatic finish to Saturday night’s O’Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series race at 201 Speedway.
In 1974, Rod Evans of St. Albans, WV, began his racing. career on motorcycles at the age of 18. He remembers. getting the racing fever when he was little, watching his uncle. Dave Webster on the paved track at Ona.
Rod Evans. 3,017 likes · 78 talking about this. Appreciation fan page for Rod Evans (The Horizons/The Maze/Deep Purple/Captain Beyond).
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Ian Paice of Deep Purple said ""If anyone knows where Rod is or even if he is still on the planet, that would be good news. We haven't had contact with him since the late 1970s. Nobody seems to know where the hell he is, or even if he is still alive.
Rod Evans is a words guy living in Houston. Writing, editing and story telling is his game. This is his world. I grew up mostly in Houston, with a pit stop in Indianapolis when I was a kid, which explains my illogical addiction to racing, the Indy 500 specifically. But I digress.
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Evans began his professional career in The Maze before becoming a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968, with whom he recorded their first three studio albums. After recording a solo single, he co-founded Captain Beyond in 1971, with whom he recorded their first two studio albums.
