Motorsports from seven
A lifelong pull toward cars, racing, and learning what makes a program actually work.
Founder & driver
Richard Hood.
Bad Company Racing is built on a lifetime around motorsports, a hands-on work ethic, and the belief that the work behind a race car matters just as much as the number on the board.
The beginning
Started young. Stayed in it.
Richard Hood has been around motorsports since he was seven years old. The pull was never just the noise or the speed—it was the work, the problem-solving, and the people who show up when something has to be figured out.
That early start grew into real race-team experience, including roughly three years as car chief with the Kimmel Racing ARCA operation. That time taught the kind of preparation, accountability, and calm under pressure that still drives the way BCR works today.
The road here
Built from real experience.
Kimmel Racing
About three years as car chief with the family team—experience that carries into every decision on the C5.
Bad Company Racing
A family-owned Southern Indiana program with a street-driven C5, a record-focused goal, and a mission bigger than racing alone.
See what it became
The C5 is the next chapter.
From a car headed for the junkyard to a turbocharged street-and-track build, the Corvette is the rolling proof of the way Richard approaches the work.
See the C5 Story