Residence Texas Role Entrepreneur TV shows Fast N' Loud Name Richard Rawlings | Years active 2002–present Nationality American Citizenship American Height 1.85 m | |
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Full Name Richard Ray Rawlings Born 1969 Fort Worth, Texas Occupation BusinessmanMechanicReality television star Employer Gas Monkey Bar N' GrillGas Monkey GarageGas Monkey Live Known for Star of Fast 'n LoudOwner of Gas Monkey Garage Books Fast N' Loud: Blood, Sweat and Beers Similar Chip Foose, Edd China, Danielle Colby Profiles | ||
Education Eastern Hills High School | ||
What it took for richard rawlings to put together gas monkey garage
Richard Rawlings (born March 30, 1969) is an American entrepreneur, auto mechanic and media personality. He is the star of the reality television show Fast N' Loud on Discovery Channel. He is also a proprietor of the Gas Monkey Garage as well as both the Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill and Gas Monkey Live music venues in Dallas, Texas.
Contents
- What it took for richard rawlings to put together gas monkey garage
- Entrepreneur Richard Rawlings is Fast N Loud
- Early years
- Gas Monkey Garage
- Cannonball RunBullrun
- Gas Monkey Bar N Grill
- Gas Monkey Live
- Autobiography
- References
In 2014, 2015 and 2016 Rawlings was featured in national television commercials promoting Dodge vehicles and Dodge vehicle financing.
Entrepreneur Richard Rawlings is Fast N' Loud
Early years
Rawlings was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1969. As a child, he went to auto shows with his father and constructed cars, having purchased his first automobile at the age of 14. In the next six to seven years, he graduated from Eastern Hills High School and claims to have worked as a law enforcement officer, firefighter and paramedic.
In 1993, Rawlings was briefly married to Karen K. Grames, but divorced the following year. In 1999, he married his second wife Suzanne Marie Mergele in Las Vegas, Nevada (the couple divorced in 2009, however remarried in 2015 in Cabo, Mexico). That same year Rawlings started Lincoln Press, a printing/advertising company.
Gas Monkey Garage
In 2002, Rawlings launched Gas Monkey Garage in Dallas, selling Lincoln Press in 2004. This shop created and transported automobiles for customers worldwide. Since 2012, the facility has been the focus of the Discovery Channel series Fast N' Loud.
Cannonball Run/Bullrun
In May of 2007 Richard Rawlings and co-pilot Dennis Collins allegedly broke the famous 1979 Cannonball Run time from New York City to Los Angeles of 32 hours and 51 minutes. The two bet rival Jay Riecke they could beat the time in their 2007 Bullrun entry, a black Ferrari 550, modified with extra fuel cells. The final time is 31 hours and 59 minutes. They were the only pair to defeat the 1975 Mark by Rick Cline and Jack May in a Ferrari Dino as all other competitors didn't leave and arrive at the correct locations or took alternate routes that didn't follow the original Cannonball runs of the 1970's. Even their personal heroes of Dave Heinz/Dave Yarborough in their Jaguar XJ-S that set the 1979 record actually left from Darien Connecticut and not Manhattan.
Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill
In September 2013, Rawlings started Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill in Northwest Dallas with a second location at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport opened in March 2014. Rawlings has indicated a desire to open a third Texas location outside of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.
Gas Monkey Live
In October 2014, Gas Monkey Live, a venue dedicated predominantly to live music, was opened.
Autobiography
On 12 May 2015, Rawlings published his first autobiography entitled Fast N’ Loud: Blood, Sweat and Beers.