A technically superb driver, which also helped his relationship, and success, with Honda, Ginther retired from driving as he no longer enjoyed the driving enough to warrant the risks, however he later worked as a team manager for Eagle before running his own racing team and worked as a mechanic for a while. Later lived for a long time in Mexico, enjoying his new life, especially with his pets, gardening, and particularly, fireworks, enjoying his privacy away from the sport. However, his love of the latter pastime saw him once get in trouble the day before a race at Daytona - Richie let a firework off that went under a police car by accident and so he had to endure a night in jail! One activity that Ginther excelled at was making his own jewellery, which he did for aeons. A big fan of Native American history, Richie had been ill for a while, before suffering his fatal heart-attack, whilst on holiday in France, just days after attending a BRM reunion at Donington. A book on his life and career was released in 2020 - https://www.performancepublishing.co.uk/richie-ginther-motor-racings-free-thinker.html

Biography last updated 22 Feb 2020