Garth Rickards

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

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. He received Rookie of the Year honors with one win and nine podiums. Also, Rickards was nominated for the Team USA Scholarship 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.

In his final racing season, Rickards 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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
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		 2nd 479

U.S. F2000 National Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2014 JDC Motorsports STP
 STP
 BAR
 BAR
 IMS
 IMS
 LOR
 TOR
16		 TOR
16		 MOH
 MOH
 MOH
 SNM
 SNM
 23rd 10
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		 9th 186
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		 10th 172

U.S. F2000 National Championship - Winterfest

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points
2015 Team Pelfrey NOL
18		 NOL
9		 NOL
4		 BAR
7		 BAR
5		 7th 82

Atlantic Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points
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		 6th 321

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
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		 14th 146

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.