Rich Christensen
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Rich Christensen is an American
television producer from New Hampton, IA. Christensen went to school at the University of Northern Iowa
. He is best known as the creator, lead executive producer and host of the racing shows Pinks
and Pinks: All Out, the number two and three shows on the Speed Channel
.
Within two years of the "Pinks" debut in 2005, Christensen created an off-shoot with "Pinks: All Out", the "anti-sandbagging" competition.
Recently Christensen has started a one hour programming block titled LAUNCH Hour.
Coming from the success of "Pinks All Out" This new series goes behind the scenes of the tournament race events and helps to enlighten us on what a "phenomenon" the "Pinks" series has become, with over 40,000 people attending the "All Out" race events, this new show gives insight to the drag racing culture and the people that attend these events which are put on by "Pinks", and the Speed Channel
"Pass Time" (2007)
Originally called "Name that Test-and-Tune" (a reference to a term used in drag strips for test sessions) when it was a pilot, a game show where three contestants predict the times of ten cars from an actual drag strip test session down the quarter-mile.
"Rapid Turnover" (2007)
Dirtbike and ATV riders compete in an unusual race.
COOL
"Speed Records" (2007)
Hosted by Kevin Deane, a qualified driver, where he tests out top speed on exotic cars.
"Blow It Up" (2007)
Top engine builders compete to see whose motor will hold or blow up in a hot lap drag race.
"Pinks: All Out" (2007)
Hundreds of the best drag racers in the country bring their game to the track in search of glory and their share of $18,000 in cold, hard cash in PINKS All Out.
"Drag Race High" (2007)
A documentary series on Speed featuring two classes of high school automobile repair classes from rival Tennessee high schools building drag racing cars to compete in a drag race.
"Pinks" (2005)
Lose the race, Lose your ride! Using the setting of a classic 1950s drag race, PINKS pits contestants in a best two-out-of-three format, with the loser handing over the title (pink slip) to his or her vehicle. The rules are simple: two vehicles show up and drivers negotiate any head-start distance (vehicle lengths); vehicles line up, the flagman drops the flag and the first one down the quarter mile wins. After each round, the drivers have the opportunity to re-negotiate lengths.
Dec 7th 2010
Charlotte-based Speed has shelved the "Pinks All Out" series
Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/12/07/848792/pinks-all-out-production-halted.html#ixzz17Xz6PDYm
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television producer from New Hampton, IA. Christensen went to school at the University of Northern Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
The University of Northern Iowa is a college located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. UNI offers more than 120 majors across the colleges of Business Administration, Education, Humanities and Fine Arts, Natural Sciences, and Social and Behavioral sciences, and graduate college.UNI has...
. He is best known as the creator, lead executive producer and host of the racing shows Pinks
Pinks
Pinks is a franchise series of television programs on Speed Channel based on illegal street racing, held at legal closed drag strips with a theme around drag racing. The original aired from 2005 to 2008, with the spinoff Pinks: All Out following in 2006...
and Pinks: All Out, the number two and three shows on the Speed Channel
SPEED Channel
Speed , is a cable and satellite television network broadcast to various parts of North America, but primarily the United States...
.
Within two years of the "Pinks" debut in 2005, Christensen created an off-shoot with "Pinks: All Out", the "anti-sandbagging" competition.
Recently Christensen has started a one hour programming block titled LAUNCH Hour.
TV series career
"Pinks All Outtakes" (2008)Coming from the success of "Pinks All Out" This new series goes behind the scenes of the tournament race events and helps to enlighten us on what a "phenomenon" the "Pinks" series has become, with over 40,000 people attending the "All Out" race events, this new show gives insight to the drag racing culture and the people that attend these events which are put on by "Pinks", and the Speed Channel
"Pass Time" (2007)
Originally called "Name that Test-and-Tune" (a reference to a term used in drag strips for test sessions) when it was a pilot, a game show where three contestants predict the times of ten cars from an actual drag strip test session down the quarter-mile.
"Rapid Turnover" (2007)
Dirtbike and ATV riders compete in an unusual race.
COOL
"Speed Records" (2007)
Hosted by Kevin Deane, a qualified driver, where he tests out top speed on exotic cars.
"Blow It Up" (2007)
Top engine builders compete to see whose motor will hold or blow up in a hot lap drag race.
"Pinks: All Out" (2007)
Hundreds of the best drag racers in the country bring their game to the track in search of glory and their share of $18,000 in cold, hard cash in PINKS All Out.
"Drag Race High" (2007)
A documentary series on Speed featuring two classes of high school automobile repair classes from rival Tennessee high schools building drag racing cars to compete in a drag race.
"Pinks" (2005)
Lose the race, Lose your ride! Using the setting of a classic 1950s drag race, PINKS pits contestants in a best two-out-of-three format, with the loser handing over the title (pink slip) to his or her vehicle. The rules are simple: two vehicles show up and drivers negotiate any head-start distance (vehicle lengths); vehicles line up, the flagman drops the flag and the first one down the quarter mile wins. After each round, the drivers have the opportunity to re-negotiate lengths.
Dec 7th 2010
Charlotte-based Speed has shelved the "Pinks All Out" series
Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/12/07/848792/pinks-all-out-production-halted.html#ixzz17Xz6PDYm