Renowned fabricator, designer and painter Rich Evans returns to the
NHRA Manufacturer’s Midway again in 2008 to represent sponsor Chicago
Pneumatic at a select number of POWERade Drag Racing Series events.
Since 2006, Evans’ custom airbrushed Ford F-150, known as the Skull
King, has made a number of appearances at the Chicago Pneumatic Tool
Box display trailer on the circuit. This year Evans’ newest project,
the Hardcore Knight, will adorn CP’s display area at the first Pomona
event, February 7-10; Phoenix, February 22-24; Las Vegas, April 10-13;
Sonoma, July 25-27; the second Las Vegas event, October 30 through
November 2 and the final event of the season at Pomona, November 13-16.
The Hardcore Knight is a 2007 Ford Mustang GT custom designed and built
from the ground up by Evans and his team at Huntington Beach Bodyworks.
The body kit on the car took three and a half months to build, but only
seven days to assemble and put on the vehicle. The completed Hardcore
Knight features custom wheels, a painted fiberglass headliner, steering
wheels, hood scoop, rear wing, rocker panels and stainless steel grill
all specially designed by Evans himself.