01 · Touring & major events
Major Series Success
- Known as the River Bandit, Picha won numerous dirt-track racing championships during his career
RPDriver Archive
Upper Midwest Driver Archive
Rich Picha
Prairie du Chien, WI
Historical driver profile combining museum-recorded race results, feature wins, championships, photographs and verified broader-career accomplishments.
1996First Recorded Feature Race
200216 Feature Wins — Career High
2000Darlington Speedway Champion
2017Latest Recorded Feature Season
77Recorded Feature Wins
114Recorded Results
110Recorded Top-3 Finishes
1Track Championships
0Series Championships
1996–2017Recorded Career
Career snapshot
Racing Lifetime Totals
Key museum-recorded and verified career indicators.
2Tracks Won At
5Classes Won In
Limited Late ModelTop Winning Class
Darlington SpeedwayTop Winning TrackNo series wins recordedTop Winning Series
Jun 16, 2017Last Feature Win
Documented career history
Career Accomplishments
Verified broader-career milestones alongside the museum's original event records.
Museum series championships and verified broader-career records are merged and deduplicated here. Museum-recorded race results remain in their original event records.
Latest archive activity
View complete results →Recent Feature Results
Jun 16, 2017Darlington SpeedwayCrate Late ModelP1Jun 17, 2016Darlington SpeedwayLimited Late ModelP1Jun 10, 2016Darlington SpeedwayLimited Late ModelP1Aug 29, 2009Grant County SpeedwayLimited Late ModelP3Aug 15, 2009Grant County SpeedwayLimited Late ModelP2Aug 8, 2009Grant County SpeedwayLimited Late ModelP1Aug 1, 2009Grant County SpeedwayLimited Late ModelP1Jul 25, 2009Grant County SpeedwayLimited Late ModelP1Jul 11, 2009Grant County SpeedwayLimited Late ModelP2Jun 27, 2009Grant County SpeedwayLimited Late ModelP1
Feature Wins by Class
01Limited Late Model65
02Pro Stock9
03A-modified1
04Crate Late Model1
05Late Model1
Season-by-season record
Results by Year
20171 Results1 Wins1 Top 3s
20162 Results2 Wins2 Top 3s
200912 Results7 Wins12 Top 3s
20069 Results8 Wins9 Top 3s
20056 Results5 Wins6 Top 3s
20048 Results7 Wins8 Top 3s
200314 Results13 Wins14 Top 3s
200221 Results16 Wins21 Top 3s
200113 Results9 Wins13 Top 3s
200015 Results5 Wins14 Top 3s
19993 Results3 Wins3 Top 3s
19987 Results1 Wins4 Top 3s
19972 Results0 Wins2 Top 3s
19961 Results0 Wins1 Top 3s
Championship history
Track Championships
Museum photo collection
Photo Archive
0 additional images connected to this driver
No additional photos are available yet.
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