

Not much else really needs to be written in this introduction here. He often said, ‘If you get to do something you love for a living, you’re truly blessed.’ He was blessed. To everyone who ever threw a leg over their bike or set foot there, he was so very grateful. We’re so thankful that he left this earth just the way he wanted to: peacefully, at home with his dogs and family. The Facebook post the Ritchie family posted up shortly after passing away on February 20, 2016: “Our dad passed away this morning. Read below this nice story from Eric Johnson. It’s a great piece and the event will be a great tribute to the man who started it all at the amazing Redbud facility.


Legendary American moto journalist and a great friends of ours at MXlarge, Eric Johnson caught up with Tim Ritchie, the promoter of this years Monster Energy Motocross of Nations.
