🇦🇺 Steven Richards

Steven Richards competed in the 2019 Supercars Championship, a single season that produced five starts for IRWIN Racing without a win or podium finish. His rating of 4,587 places him among professional drivers; this level describes competitors capable of holding a full-time seat at the top level or winning in strong fields, though Richards' record did not demonstrate that calibre in his sole season of racing on record. He finished on average in 13th position across his five appearances.[1]

Richards raced against several capable rivals in that brief campaign. He finished ahead of Craig Lowndes, a Platinum-graded professional and two-time Bathurst winner, once, though he trailed him in their other four shared races. He also beat Dale Wood, a Gold-graded professional, three times in five encounters. Against Tom Randle and Warren Luff, both professionals in their own right, Richards won the head-to-head once each but lost it overall. His record against his most frequent rival, Garth Tander, another Platinum-graded professional, was one win and four defeats. On isolated occasions he finished ahead of significantly stronger drivers; he beat Brodie Kostecki, the 2023 Supercars champion, once, and Shane Van Gisbergen, a two-time champion, once, though these represented single results in a limited sample rather than sustained competitiveness at that level.[2]

Richards retired after 2019 and has not raced since. His tenure in the championship was brief and ultimately unsuccessful, yielding no race wins or podiums across five rounds in a single season.