Ricky Sanders is a racing driver who last raced in Trans-Am. Sanders has recorded 3 wins and 10 podiums from 11 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,527 ranks Sanders 9179th of 12,418 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Trans-Am | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +93 | 1,558 | |
| 2023 | Trans-Am | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | +115 | 1,465 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Lee Saunders | 1,857 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% |
| 🏳️ Danny Lowry | 1,485 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🏳️ Milton Grant | 914 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% |
| 🏳️ Carey Grant | 1,317 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
Ricky Sanders is an American former stock car racing driver who began his career in NASCAR's national touring ranks, competing part-time in the Craftsman Truck Series between 2000 and 2003 before transitioning to road racing competition. His path through Trans-Am reflected that grounding in oval-track stock car racing, as he moved into a series built around production-based road course machinery. Across his time in Trans-Am, Sanders posted 11 career starts, converting three of those into wins and reaching the podium ten times overall, a strong conversion rate that speaks to consistent front-running pace even without a series championship to his name.[1]
Sanders's final campaign came in the 2026 Trans-Am season, where he took one win and two podiums across two rounds, good enough for 13th in the final standings before his retirement from competition. His Racer Rating of 1,527, ranking him 9179th among active drivers on the database's Elo-style scale, places him well outside the sport's elite tier, though his three career wins and ten podiums from just 11 starts underline a driver capable of winning results when he did take to the grid. Sanders's career stands as that of a NASCAR-trained talent who found late success in Trans-Am before stepping away from racing.[2]