Garth Rickards

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Garth Rickards (born September 23, 1992) is a former American racing driver residing in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and Management.

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Rickards grew up around racing but began racing himself in 2012-2013 where he completed the Skip Barber Racing School program. The following year, 2014, Garth partnered up with Team Pelfrey in the F1600 Championship Series for his second season in open wheel racing. [1] He received Rookie of the Year honors with 1 win and 9 podiums. Also, Garth was nominated for the Team USA Scholarship [2] because of his performance in the 2014 season, where he placed second in the F1600 Championship Series.

In 2015, Rickards entered the Mazda Road to Indy in the U.S. F2000 National Championship with Team Pelfrey. [3]

In his final racing season, he competed with Carlin in the 2017 Indy Lights season taking home four top-tens.

Complete motorsports results

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

F1600 Championship Series

YearTeam1234567891011121314RankPoints
2014 Team Pelfrey ATL
3
ATL
5
WAT
3
WAT
2
VIR
3
VIR
5
MOH
2
MOH
4
PIT
2
PIT
Ret
CON
3
CON
2
WAT
1
WAT
5
2nd479

U.S. F2000 National Championship

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints
2014 JDC Motorsports STP
STP
BAR
BAR
IMS
IMS
LOR
TOR
16
TOR
16
MOH
MOH
MOH
SNM
SNM
23rd10
2015 Team Pelfrey STP
7
STP
15
NOL
11
NOL
8
BAR
6
BAR
11
IMS
7
IMS
17
LOR
9
TOR
5
TOR
6
MOH
18
MOH
5
MOH
8
LAG
9
LAG
10
9th186
2016 Pabst Racing Services STP
24
STP
6
BAR
9
BAR
7
IMS
15
IMS
7
LOR
7
ROA
23
ROA
5
TOR
15
TOR
17
MOH
7
MOH
6
MOH
3
LAG
12
LAG
15
10th172

U.S. F2000 National Championship - Winterfest

YearTeam12345RankPoints
2015 Team Pelfrey NOL
18
NOL
9
NOL
4
BAR
7
BAR
5
7th82

Atlantic Championship

YearTeam123456789101112131415RankPoints
2015 K-Hill Motorsports PBI ATL ATL WGL
3
WGL
3
VIR
2
VIR
3
MOH MOH PIT PIT NJMP
3
NJMP
2
PIT
1
PIT
3
6th321

Indy Lights

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints
2017 Carlin STP
11
STP
13
ALA
14
ALA
12
IMS
10
IMS
12
INDY
7
ROA
13
ROA
13
IOW
13
TOR
9
TOR
8
MOH
13
MOH
14
GMP
13
WGL
DNS
14th146

References

  1. "Three Car Program for Pelfrey Announced". F16000 Series. Archived from the original on 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
  2. "Rickards Named to Team USA Scholarship Shootout". F1600 Series. Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
  3. "TEAM PELFREY ADDS ANOTHER STRING TO ITS OPEN-WHEEL BOW". USF2000.com.