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Ray Iddings got his start in automotive entertainment in 2005 when he developed, produced, and hosted an Internet Radio Show. This led to Ray becoming a Producer and eventually a Show Runner, having produced and developed multiple unscripted series for 16 years. Ray has produced hundreds of hours of television, webisodes, and music videos. He produced several successful shows for Fox’s Speed Network including PassTime, the first automotive game show, Drag Race High, shows for MTV, MavTV, MotorTrend, Food Network, CMT, and Outdoor Channel. Ray joined Brian Bassone a year ago to launch Speedtube TV, a streaming automotive channel that just changed its name to PowerTube TV.
SHOW SPONSORS
American Collectors Insurance • Linkage Magazine • Techforce Foundation • RPM Foundation
INSPIRATION
Producing shows is a collaborative venture and Rich Christianson suggested to Ray that he could be a producer. Martin Fisher, who owned High Five Entertainment where Ray worked for years, was another inspiration. Finally, Clay Millican, 6-time top fuel champ, provided Ray with a lot of inspiration and advice.
CHALLENGES
Ray got involved with a show that turned out to not be what he was told which resulted in him leaving the show before it was completed.
SPECIAL VEHICLES
A 1970 VW Camper Bus named Hank
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
The Outpost by Jake Tapper
WORDS OF INSPIRATION
No matter what you are doing be sure that you are doing the best you can.
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” – Kurt Vonnegut
WHERE TO FIND RAY
SpeedTube TV is now PowerTube TV
SHARE THE INSPIRATION
If you enjoyed this show, please go to Apple Podcast and leave me a five-star review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and help others to be inspired by Cars Yeah. * indicates a past Cars Yeah guest.