Chris Ridgway hopping on Episode 239

Conversations with Big Rich

“I just wanna go fast,” Chris Ridgway. Chris joins us from the road as he’s hauling multi-million-dollar cars all over the US. If it’s got wheels, Chris has raced it, from motorcycles to Porches. Some great stories in here. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.

6:35 – I wasn’t the most popular guy, I wasn’t the least liked guy, I was just one of the guys.

10:38 – I was still getting lapped in the ADCC beginner class. I wasn’t good. I just wanted it.

19:51 – It was a way of me feeling important and feeling like people like me, and the thing is, as you know about racing, that’s all that matters.

25:31 – I turned pro in ’91, and I got hurt. The big injury came in, I think, ‘95

40:34 – He said, “someone needs to put you in a car.” And I said, “who’s going to put me in a car?” And he said, I will.

48:13 – I had my leg all bandaged up, and I remember smacking it on the dash and someone’s wife duct taped it back up!

52:47 – He had so much more to lose, I felt like I didn’t have much to lose, and so I would take chances like that

1:06:50 – I was like, dude, we can do these doubles, he’s like, well, what happens if we come up short?

1:14:55 – and when you go to SEMA with Jesse Combs on your arm as your co-driver, you get sponsorship

Special thanks to 4low Magazine and Maxxis Tires for support and sponsorship of this podcast.

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