Garth Rickards

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.

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.{{cite web|title=Three Car Program for Pelfrey Announced|url=http://www.f1600series.com/news/772-three-car-program-for-pelfrey-announced.html|website=F16000 Series|access-date=2015-01-26|archive-date=2015-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217010045/http://www.f1600series.com/news/772-three-car-program-for-pelfrey-announced.html|url-status=dead}} He received Rookie of the Year honors with 1 win and 9 podiums. Also, Garth was nominated for the Team USA Scholarship{{cite web|title=Rickards Named to Team USA Scholarship Shootout|url=http://www.f1600series.com/news/927-rickards-named-to-team-usa-scholarship-shootout.html|website=F1600 Series}} 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.{{cite web|title=TEAM PELFREY ADDS ANOTHER STRING TO ITS OPEN-WHEEL BOW|url=http://www.usf2000.com/news/team-pelfrey-adds-another-string-to-its-open-wheel-bow|website=USF2000.com}}

In his final racing season, he competed with Carlin in the 2017 Indy Lights season taking home four top 10s.

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==

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! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! Rank

! Points

2014

! Team Pelfrey

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|ATL
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|ATL
5

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|WAT
3

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|WAT
2

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|VIR
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VIR
5

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|MDO
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MDO
4

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|PIT
2

|bgcolor=efcfff|PIT
Ret

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|CON
3

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|CON
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|WAT
1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|WAT
5

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 479

==U.S. F2000 National Championship==

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! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! Rank

! Points

2014

! JDC Motorsports

|STP

|BAR

|IMS

|LOR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|TOR
16

|MDO

|SNM

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23rd

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10

2015

! Team Pelfrey

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|STP
7

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|STP
15

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|NOL
11

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|NOL
8

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|BAR
6

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|BAR
11

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|IMS
7

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|IMS
17

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|LOR
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|TOR
5

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|TOR
6

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MDO
18

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MDO
5

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|MDO
8

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| LAG
9

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| LAG
10

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 9th

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 186

2016

! Pabst Racing Services

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| STP
24

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| STP
6

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| BAR
9

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| BAR
7

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IMS
15

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| IMS
7

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| LOR
7

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROA
23

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ROA
5

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TOR
15

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TOR
17

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MDO
7

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MDO
6

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MDO
3

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LAG
12

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LAG
15

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 10th

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 172

==U.S. F2000 National Championship - Winterfest==

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! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! Rank

! Points

2015

! Team Pelfrey

|bgcolor=efcfff|NOL
18

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|NOL
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|NOL
4

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|BAR
7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BAR
5

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 7th

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 82

==Atlantic Championship==

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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 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\|WGL 3 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\|WGL 3 \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\|VIR 2 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\|VIR 3 \|MDO \|MDO \|PIT \|PIT \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\|NJMP 3 \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\|NJMP 2 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\|PIT 1 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\|PIT 3 \|style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| 6th \|style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| 321

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Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9