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 PelfreyATL3ATL5WAT3WAT2VIR3VIR5MOH2MOH4PIT2PITRetCON3CON2WAT1WAT5 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 STPSTPBARBARIMSIMSLORTOR16TOR16MOHMOHMOHSNMSNM 23rd 10 2015 Team PelfreySTP7STP15NOL11NOL8BAR6BAR11IMS7IMS17LOR9TOR5TOR6MOH18MOH5MOH8 LAG9 LAG10 9th 186 2016 Pabst Racing Services STP24 STP6 BAR9 BAR7 IMS15 IMS7 LOR7 ROA23 ROA5 TOR15 TOR17 MOH7 MOH6 MOH3 LAG12 LAG15 10th 172
U.S. F2000 National Championship - Winterfest Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points 2015 Team PelfreyNOL18NOL9NOL4BAR7BAR5 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 MotorsportsPBIATLATLWGL3WGL3VIR2VIR3MOHMOHPITPITNJMP3NJMP2PIT1PIT3 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 STP11 STP13 ALA14 ALA12 IMS10 IMS12 INDY7 ROA13 ROA13 IOW13 TOR9 TOR8 MOH13 MOH14 GMP13 WGLDNS 14th 146
References
External links Official Website