Personal:
Full name: William Theodore Ribbs Jr.
Birth date: January 3rd, 1956, San Jose, California.
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 165 lbs.
Residence: San Jose, California
Indy Car Year: 5th
First Season: 1990
IndyCar Victories: 0
Poles: 0
*Indy Car Earnings: US$1,241,952
(*To end of 1994 season),
Has one daughter Sasha and a son William Theodore Ribbs III. Grandfather Henry Ribbs founded successful plumbing business in San Jose, California in 1927. Mentor is Bill Crosby. Boxes with heavyweights such as Ray Mercer to keep in shape. Enjoys viewing video tapes of other drivers to learn techniques. Columbia Pictures and actor Michael Douglas purchased the rights to Ribb's life story for a future movie. Received Sports Image Award. Hero is Mario Andretti "because he is as tough as a tiger now as he was twenty years ago". If he wasn't racing he would be a jazz musician. First job was as a ranch hand on grandfather's ranch at age nine. Occasionally moonlights as an "extra" on the set of "The Cosby Mysteries".
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