Ever wonder what happened to #188..

[dnf736]

Regis "Andy" Harrington?

Regis, from El Cajon, was a former professional supercross & motocross racer and once his professional career was over he became a somewhat normal member of society with a regilar job plus trying to break into the movie industry and dabbeled in the beginning of UTV racing as well driving the #188 iShock, HRT, Black Rhino, Super Stock Yamaha Rhino where he absoluelty killed the competition.

2008 came, he moved from Super Stock to Unlimited and was begining to have succes with it when CORR imploded and he disappeared from the UTV scene entirely, from what I heard it was time to make a decision between play time and his new career.


The following was taken from MXA today

MINI-VIEW: REGIS HARRINGTON
Regis Harrington is the head moto judge at the X Games, but he’s also a retired professional racer and current stunt man living in Louisiana. I have had the pleasure of working with Regis for several years now as an X Games judge, and we had a little time to chat between judging sessions.

MXA: Why are you living in Louisiana?
Regis: I moved there to pursue my dream of being a full-time stunt man. The government is giving a huge tax break to motion pictures and production companies for doing work in Louisiana. They are filming a lot of commercials, television shows and feature films there. I’ve done stunt work part-time for about ten years, but I’m not getting any younger. I made the commitment to move there in hope of getting a full-time gig.

You were living in San Diego and working at a car collision repair shop. It must be a change of pace moving from southern California to Louisiana.
I owned a house in San Diego and worked for Greg Carter at Carter Collision. He was a great boss that allowed me to take time off for stunt work and freestyle judging gigs, but I wanted to be a stunt man full-time for a living. So far everything is going very well.

What productions have you been in lately?
Since the beginning of the year I’ve been in eight different feature films. I’ve made a lot of connections and have worked with a lot of good actors.

Are you only doing motorcycle stunt work, or are you branching out into other stunts?
That was the most important thing about moving to Louisiana. In southern California I made a decent name for myself in the motorcycle stunt segment, but there are so many great motorcycle stunt men in Hollywood. So far I’ve done car driving and some fight scenes. I actually just did my first three-quarter body fire burn. I’ve been training and approaching stunt work just like I did when I raced professionally. I try to better myself every week and get hired to do work.

What sparked your interest to become a stunt man in the first place?
It all comes from riding. I get the same feeling doing stunts as I did when I raced Supercross or the Nationals. The adrenaline gets going and it feels great. I also like the preparation and the planning that goes along with it. I like to be the guy in front of the camera, too. I developed a passion for doing stunts when I started doing motorcycle stunts. I got to see what stunt men did and it interested me.

Here's a link to Andy's imdb page, looks like he made the right choice...
Regis Harrington - IMDb

 

[JoeyD23]

Wow!!! Great find Doug! Pretty cool, glad to hear he is doing so well!