Mike Finnegan Biography

Mike Finnegan is a self-taught engine builder, fabricator, and a hot rod builder. He possesses great skill as a snowboarder, wake surfer, and drag boat racer.  He has several world championships under his belt. Mike Finnegan is also famous for being a TV host of the show Hot Rod Garage.

Mike Finnegan Age

He celebrates his birthday on January 27th. However, we still do not know about his exact birth year and thus his age is still in shadow. Only we can assume by his looks that he might have born in the late 70s or in the early 80s.

Mike Finnegan Wife

Heather Candace “Candy” Finnigan is a professional interventionist who appears regularly in the A&E show Intervention. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, she was adopted at birth.

They tied the knot on 18th September 2005. The couple seems like they are enjoying their married life. It seems like Mike is a bit romantic when it comes to his love life. During their 11th anniversary, Mike renewed his marriage vows to his wife by arranging a ceremony at St. Simons Island during their family trip.

Candy and her husband Mike have two grown children: daughter, Bridget, and son, Kelly. Mike posted a picture of the family on 2nd April 2018, wishing his fans a happy Easter. The family is now well settled in Georgia wherein their own house.

Mike Finegan Roadkill

Roadkill is an automotive-themed internet show produced by MotorTrend and Hot Rod, two magazines from the MotorTrend Group. It is hosted by Hot Rod Magazine editor-in-chief David Freiburger and staff editor Mike Finnegan. The show was described as “…guys behaving badly with cars,” by Scott Dickey, chief executive at Ten: The Enthusiast Network.

Roadkill airs only on the MotorTrend streaming service, formerly MotorTrend On-Demand, a monthly subscription service offering this show and other automotive and motorcycle-themed interests. It was also shown free on the MotorTrend YouTube channel until March 2018, when it was officially announced on the MotorTrend YouTube channel that new episodes of the show would no longer be available to view on YouTube. Instead, they are now hosted on the MotorTrend website (episodes are still free to view eight weeks after being released to premium subscription members).

As of 2015, the show is sponsored by the American automaker Dodge. At that time some episodes of “Roadkill” generated a million views in their first 72 hours on YouTube, and some individual episodes of the monthly show well exceeded 3 million views.

In August 2015 it was announced that TEN: The Enthusiast Network would be publishing a quarterly magazine named Roadkill, based on the show. As of 12 January 2018, Mike Finnegan announced on The Kibbe and Finnegan Show that Roadkill Magazine had been cut due to poor sales on newsstands, but that goes with the fails of some of their builds.

Mike Finnegan Net Worth

Finnegan’s net worth is under review. Some unreliable tabloids suggest that he has a net worth of around $1 million. Besides his gigs, Mike also earns from his YouTube Channel, Finnegan’s Garage

Mike makes money through different means. He is hosting since 2000 which played a significant role in lifting his worth. He also earns from The Enthusiast Network’s Publication “Hot Rod Magazine.” We will let you know about his Net Worth as soon as it is revealed. Stay tuned.

Mike Finnegan Parents

Mike was born to white American parents in the United States of America. No other details about his parents like their name and their residence are available. According to Mike, his parents are married for more than 50 years. Mike also has a sister and a brother with whom he grew together.

Mike Finnegan Education History

The Roadkill star graduated with an Associate of Arts (A.A.) in Journalism from the Orange Country College. This degree helped him to start his career as a journalist. Likewise, he also persuaded a master’s degree in art was an advantage for him while writing and editing articles for automobile magazines.

Mike Finnegan Career

Mike is successful to turn his passion towards automobiles into his career. He made his debut in the automobile industry through Laguna Hills where he installed car stereos and alarms. Later he was into Motor Trend YouTube Roadkill series. Mike along with his co-worker David Freiburger, bought cars, fix them up and drive them back to LA. The web series later turned into a quarterly magazine that still operates.

Finnegan also owns his own YouTube channel; Finnegan’s Garage on January 12, 2016. Mike uploads the videos of his garage, his works and the tips for the car owners. The channel now has a subscriber of more than 482K and cumulative views of more than 24 million.

Mike also wrote and edited articles for several magazines. Some of the magazines he wrote and edited for are Mini Truckin, Dragbaoat, and Truckin.

Mike Finnegan Cars

Here are the most popular cars that come in the list in Mike’s Roadkill Show Project:

• The Raunchero, with 770 votes.
• The ’69 El Camino, with 527 votes.
• The Rotsun, with 2,028 votes.
• The Crusher Camaro, with 621 votes.
• The Muscle Truck, with 1,872 votes.
• The Blasphemi ’55 Chevy, with 713 votes.
• The General Mayhem 1968 Dodge Charger, with 3,461 votes.

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