🇺🇸 Ricky Sanders

Ricky Sanders is a retired American racing driver who competed in Trans-Am series racing from 2022 to 2024. His career record comprised 17 starts across two seasons, yielding 3 wins and 10 podium finishes, with an average finish of ninth place. He began in Trans-Am TA2 in 2022 with six starts but failed to reach the podium, then moved to the premier Trans-Am series in 2023 and 2024, where he found considerably greater success, collecting all three of his wins and most of his podiums across 11 starts.[1]

Sanders' results placed him among competitive fields that included multiple professional-graded drivers and former champions. He compiled a balanced head-to-head record against FIA Gold graded Connor Zilisch, a champion, finishing ahead of him four times in six meetings despite Zilisch's substantially higher rating. Against FIA Silver graded professionals Brent Crews and Sammy Smith, both champions, Sanders finished ahead on multiple occasions. He also ran evenly with FIA Bronze graded Misha Goikhberg and held winning records against lower-rated rivals including two-time champion Danny Lowry. His results suggest a semi-professional career competing in national-level road racing; his wins were concentrated in the premier Trans-Am series, where he proved capable of defeating significantly stronger drivers on occasion, though his average finish position and inability to sustain a consistent podium record indicate he did not establish himself as a dominant force in that field.[2]