Rich's TV Creations

As the creator and host of the original hit television series PINKS, for Fox-Owned Speed Channel, Rich’s leadership built an innovative franchise of shows which reached number one on the network, earning networks, distributors, sponsors, advertisers, and venues well over $100 million dollars while also blazing a trail for an entire genre of motorsports entertainment that remains strong to this day. Rich is one of the most recognized TV personalities in motorsports. 

Television, entertainment, and physical fitness have always been lifelong passions for Rich.  After earning a degree in radio and television from the University of Northern Iowa, he headed to New York and started his TV career as an intern on the long-running soap opera "Another World".  He then moved to Los Angeles, where he spent the next 15 years becoming one of L.A.'s top professional fitness trainers and building and running the gym at the world-famous Riviera Country Club. He also continued in his TV career by creating, producing, and selling ideas for television including: Nascar: Uncut for ESPN, Listener for Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, 53 episodes of Pinks, 47 episodes of Pinks: All Out, 19 episodes of Drag Race High, and 148 episodes of Pass Time for Speed Channel, and 43 Episodes of Won and Done for MavTV.