Pat Richard

Driver Profile: Pat Richard
Age: 33
Nationality: Canadian
Languages: English / French
Interests: Snowboarding, Mountain Biking, Skateboarding, Rally Driving
Status: Married and Happy Father of 2
Participant since: 1999
Competitor since: 2001
Nickname(s): ROCKET / THE 'MAN'
Country: CAN
Resides In: WHISTLER, BC CAN
Occupation: RALLY DRIVER; OWNER OF ROCKET RALLY (RALLY PREP SHOP)

Overall Rally Championship Titiles

• 2008 Canadian National Champion


• 2005 Rallly America National Champion


• 2004 Rally America National Champion


• 2004 Canadian National Champion


• 2004 North America Rally Champion


• 2002 Canadian National Champion

• 2004 Canadian National Open Class Champion

• 2005 Rally America Group N Champion


• 2004 Rally America Group N Champion


• 2004 North American Group N Champion


• 2002 North American Group N Champion


• 2002 Canadian Group N Champion


• Pikes' Peak International Hillclimb Group N Record Breaker (2004)

• 2000 Canadian PGT Champion


• 2000 SCCA ProRally PGT Champion


• 2000 North American PGT Champion

Other notable achievements

• First rally was summer of 1999


• Was picked up by Subaru Canada 6 months after his first rally!


• 1995 North American Boardercross Champion (Snowboarding)


• Winner, International Sezoens Rally, Belgium (tarmac)


• 1st North American to ever score points in WRC Production Cup


• Led every gravel round of British Peugeot 206 Super Cup


• Won stages on every round of British Peugeot 206 Super Cup (including tarmac)


• Fastest Grp N car, Rally GB 2002, barring mechanical failuers


• First time ever driving a Group N car - finished 22 seconds off of British champion Mark Lovell in Factory backed Open Class car


• Never beaten by current crop of top drivers in American or Canadian Rally Championships