Richard Rawlings

Birth Name:

Richard Rawlings

Birth Place:

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Profession

Producer, Soundtrack, Casting department

Broke the 1979 record in the Cannonball Run after completing the 2,811 drive from New York to Los Angeles in 31 hours and 59 minutes
Started his own printing and advertising company, which he later sold to fund a venture that followed his true passions, a hot rod shop called Gas Monkey Garage
Worked as a firefighter, a police officer and a paramedic to fund his fascination with cars
Quote: "Bottom line, if we're gonna have fun, it better have a motor!"
Known for repairing run down classic cars on the television series "Fast N' Loud" and selling them for a profit
His first car, which he bought when he was 14, was a green '74 Mercury Comet
In the early 1990s, he was shot in the arm while defending his '65 Mustang 2+2 Fastback from a carjacker

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