Name: Chris Rado
Location: Hollywood, CA & Reading, PA
Previous Locations: Reading, PA & Providence, RI
Career Path: Racecar Driver, Product Developer, Professional Showoff
Previous Career Paths: Automotive Application Micro-Chip Design at Cherry Semi Conductor
Notable Projects/Wins: 7 Career Event Wins, 2000 Rookie of the Year,
Documentary on MTV and MTV2 " Life in The Fast Lane " featuring
Chris Rado, First Uni-Body Front Drive to run 8's in the quartermile,
First Sport Compact Driver to get Factory Toyota Support, Two
existing Road Course Front Drive Course Records. First Factory Spokes
Person for Scion.
Car: 2000hp Black 1994 Widebody Toyota Supra V-8, 1000hp White 1994
Toyota Supra, 700hp Black LexusGS 400 Twin-Turbo, 350+hp Black Lexus
SC430, 650hp Black 2005 Toyota 4-Runner Supercharger and Nitrous
Injected, 550hp Black 2006 Scion tC Widebody Turbo ( Spy Car ) 400hp
Black 2008 Scion xB Turbo, 600hp Black Toyota Tundra CrewMax Turbo,
Depends on the coast I'm on and weather!!
Fav Past Cars: 300hp Black 1994 Acura Integra GS-R Turbo ( I blew it up and turned it into my first racecar.), Stock 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee I kicked the crap out of this thing, also my first and last American car. Stock 1962 Cream MG MGA MKII Convertible ( First car ever )
Next Car: Lexus LF-A & LF-A Roadster ( and will be Turbocharged Immediately )
Car Passions: I knew from the time I was little that cars were gonna be
my whole life. From chopping up my Match Box and Hot Wheels cars as a
5 & 6 year old to design and building of new cars. My parents
wanted to kill me,... anyway I guess when I got behind the wheel for
the first time in a Go-Cart and kicked everyones butt I was 12 years
old and creamed all the adults and college kids by laps. My first car
was an 1988 Acura Integra LS; I drove it like a lunatic with all of
it's 116hp, WEAK. Anyway I needed way more and bought my first new car
after High School 1994 Integra GSR Black of course. The addiction for
Real Speed thus began. I now enjoy laying down 2000hp out of my
4-Banger in my Scion tC drag machine running low 7's at 200mph+ , I
also began formally Road Racing and Time Trialing in 2007 and I don't
think I'll ever stop. Something about these cars accelerating into,
through, and liquefying the tires the whole time is just too tempting
for me to resist. Developing new ways to make horsepower and lay it
down for the wildest G- Experience possible.
Personal Style: Sleek Jeans a Plain Fitted Tank Top and Sneakers but Rockin all of it.
Favourite Band of the Moment: I normally don't listen to the same
Artist for more than 1 song a day, I am a music junky.. just no country.
Personal Motto: Go Fast or Go Home!!!