Richard Rawlings

Richard Rawlings: Biography in Details

Who is Richard Rawlings?

Richard Rawlings is an entrepreneur, auto mechanic, and media personality. Multi-talented Richard is also a race car driver. He is also the owner of Gas Monkey Garage.

Additionally, he owns other companies like “Gas Monkey Bar N’ Grill”, and “Gas Monkey Live”.

Presently, he is the star of “Fast N’ Loud”, which is a reality-styled Discovery Channel TV show.

Richard Rawlings: Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity

Richard Rawlings was born in the city of Fort Worth in the state of Texas. Born on March 30, 1969. He possesses an American personality and his ethnicity is Caucasian.

During his early childhood, he used to go to different car shows with his father. He has a sister named Daphne Rawlings Kaminski and a brother named John Rawlings.

Richard Rawlings was passionate about cars from a very young age. Furthermore, he began buying cars when he was 14. He was into building cars from his early days in his childhood.

Education

As per his education, Richard Rawlings attended Eastern Hills High School. He completed high school from there.

Richard Rawlings: Career, Profession

Richard Rawlings pursues multiple careers. He is a reality TV star, car mechanic, race driver, and media personality.

Racer Richard grew up with a passion for buying and building cars. Consequently, this influenced his racing career.

Richard Rawlings also claims to have worked as a law enforcement officer, firefighter, and paramedic. In 1999, he founded Lincoln Press. It was a print/advertising company.

Gas Monkey Garage

Afterward, in 2002, he founded a car building garage named, “Gas Monkey Garage”. He worked hard as an entrepreneur.

Additionally, in 2013, he established an American restaurant and live music bar, “Gas Monkey Bar N’ Grill”. He also started this restaurant in other locations.

After a year, in 2014, Richard Rawlings started a new business dedicated to living music lovers named, “Gas Monkey Live”.

Cannonball Run

In May 2007, Richard Rawlings and co-pilot Dennis Collins broke the Cannonball Run time from New York to Los Angeles of 32 hours and 51 minutes.

Their final time was 31 hours and 59 minutes. They were the only pair to defeat the 1975 mark in a Ferrari Dino.

On 12 May 2015, Richard Rawlings published his first autobiography called Fast N’ Loud: Blood, Sweat, and Beers.

Net Worth, Salary

Richard Rawlings has a net worth of $20 million. Also, he has a salary of around $50k per episode of Fast and Loud. He has a house in Dallas worth $1.7 million.

Richard Rawlings: Rumors, Controversy

Various rumors regarding his show have come out through the years. Some people believe the content of his show is vague.

Also, there was this controversy that believed his co-mate, Aaron Kaufman in Fast N’ Loud show left because of him.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Richard Rawlings has a height of 6 feet 1 inch. His body weighs 86kg. He has brown eyes and salt-pepper hair.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Richard Rawlings is active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. He has more than 4.1 million followers on Facebook, 2.3 million followers on Instagram, and 336.1k followers on Twitter.

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