Rick Miaskiewicz

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Rick Miaskiewicz

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|3|22}}

| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date =

| retired = 1987

| related to =

| last series = CART World Series

| years active = 1986-1987

| teams = Mosquito Racing
Machinists Union

| starts = 9

| wins = 0

| poles = 0

| fastest laps =

| best finish = 32nd

| year = 1986

| prev series = Can-Am

| prev series years = 1985

| titles = Can-Am Championship

| title years = 1985

}}

Rick Miaskiewicz (born March 22, 1953) is a former American race car driver from Pittsburgh. He won the Can-Am championship in 1985, the series' next to last year of operations, and then moved to the CART series for 1986. He competed in five races in a Cosworth-powered March chassis. He returned the following year with a 1986 March and competed in four more races. His best CART finish was an 11th place at Cleveland in 1986, one of the best finishes for any rookie that season. Miaskiewicz also raced AMA Motocross and was an Alpine Ski racer.

Racing results

=CART PPG Indy Car World Series=

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colspan=24\| PPG Indy Car World Series results
Year ! Team ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! {{Tooltip\|Pos.\|Championship position}} ! Pts ! Ref
rowspan=2\| 1986 ! Mosquito Autosport ! March 85C ! Cosworth DFX \| PHX \| style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| LBH {{small\|21}} \| style="background:#FFCFCF;"\| INDY {{small\|DNQ}} \| style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| MIL {{small\|16}} \| POR \| style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| MEA {{small\|15}} \| style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| CLE {{small\|11}} \| style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| TOR {{small\|13}} \| MCH \| POC \| MDO \| SAN \| MCH \|colspan=4\| ! style="background:#CFCFFF;" rowspan=2\| 32nd ! style="background:#CFCFFF;" rowspan=2\| 2 ! rowspan=2\| {{cite web\|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/miaskri01/1986/R\|title=Rick Miaskiewicz – 1986 CART Results\|work=Racing-Reference\|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC\|access-date=August 17, 2023}}
Machinists Union Racing ! March 86C ! Cosworth DFX \| colspan=13\| \| style="background:#FFCFCF;"\| ROA {{small\|DNQ}} \| LAG \| PHX \| MIA
rowspan=3\| 1987 ! WENS ! March 86C ! Cosworth DFX \| LBH \| PHX \| style="background:#FFCFCF;"\| INDY {{small\|DNQ}} \| MIL \|colspan=13\| ! style="background:#CFCFFF;" rowspan=3\| 36th ! style="background:#CFCFFF;" rowspan=3\| 1 !rowspan=3\| {{cite web\|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/miaskri01/1987/R\|title=Rick Miaskiewicz – 1987 CART Results\|work=Racing-Reference\|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC\|access-date=August 17, 2023}}
rowspan=2\| Machinists Union Racing ! March 86C ! Cosworth DFX \| colspan=4\| \| style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| POR {{small\|22}} \| MEA \| \| style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| TOR {{small\|12}} \| MCH \| POC \| ROA \| style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| MDO {{small\|16}} \| NAZ \| LAG \| MIA \|
March 87C ! Cosworth DFX \| colspan=6\| \| style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| CLE {{small\|14}} \| colspan=10\|

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colspan=24| PPG Indy Car World Series results

Year

! Team

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=2| 1986

! Mosquito Autosport

! March 85C

! Cosworth DFX

| PHX

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LBH
{{small|21}}

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| INDY
{{small|DNQ}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MIL
{{small|16}}

| POR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MEA
{{small|15}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLE
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TOR
{{small|13}}

| MCH

| POC

| MDO

| SAN

| MCH

|colspan=4|

! style="background:#CFCFFF;" rowspan=2| 32nd

! style="background:#CFCFFF;" rowspan=2| 2

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/miaskri01/1986/R|title=Rick Miaskiewicz – 1986 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 17, 2023}}

Machinists Union Racing

! March 86C

! Cosworth DFX

| colspan=13|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ROA
{{small|DNQ}}

| LAG

| PHX

| MIA

rowspan=3| 1987

! WENS

! March 86C

! Cosworth DFX

| LBH

| PHX

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| INDY
{{small|DNQ}}

| MIL

|colspan=13|

! style="background:#CFCFFF;" rowspan=3| 36th

! style="background:#CFCFFF;" rowspan=3| 1

!rowspan=3| {{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/miaskri01/1987/R|title=Rick Miaskiewicz – 1987 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 17, 2023}}

rowspan=2| Machinists Union Racing

! March 86C

! Cosworth DFX

| colspan=4|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR
{{small|22}}

| MEA

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TOR
{{small|12}}

| MCH

| POC

| ROA

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MDO
{{small|16}}

| NAZ