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Richard Garvie

Richard Garvie (born June 7, 1984) is a British born entrepreneur and stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving for Fast Track Racing.

Richard Garvie
Born (1984-06-07) June 7, 1984 (age 42)
Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
ARCA Menards Series career
5 races run over 2 years
Best finish38th (2021)
First race2021 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona)
Last race2022 General Tire 200 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
4 races run over 2 years
Best finish22nd (2020)
First race2020 Pensacola 200 (Pensacola)
Last race2021 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish57th (2021)
First race2021 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

ARCA Menards Series

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In 2020, Fast Track Racing announced that Garvie was to make his ARCA debut at Memphis with Andy Hillenburg, but failed to start due to a problem with the engine after practice. A few weeks later he went on to make his ARCA East debut at Five Flags Speedway.

Garvie ran the first three races of the 2021 ARCA Menards Series for Fast Track Racing in the No. 11, where he finished 17th at Daytona, 19th at Phoenix and 25th at Talladega and also participated in the first two East Series races of 2021 at New Smyrna and Five Flags Speedway. He didn't return to ARCA competition until Bristol in September 2021, where he would finish 23rd, driving the No. 01. Garvie returned to Fast Track Racing in 2022 at Talladega driving the No. 10 car in a partnership with pharmaceutical company Rugiet.

Political career

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Richard Garvie joined the Labour Party in 2010 in Newbury, Berkshire and was quickly appointed as the Spokesperson and Campaign Co-ordinator for that constituency. Six months after joining the party, Garvie led Labour to a 9.6% vote share at the West Berkshire District Council Elections, up from 0.4% at the 2007 District Elections.[1] Garvie led a variety of campaigns in the Constituency in addition to National campaigns fighting cuts to the Railway industry and was also appointed to the Labour Party Football Group that sought to influence Party policy on issues relating to the National Game. Garvie stood for selection in Milton Keynes South - finishing runner up to Andrew Pakes - and in Bristol North West where he would finish runner up to Darren Jones, the now MP. Garvie was selected to contest the 2015 General Election in Wellingborough against Conservative Peter Bone MP. A very bitter election campaign followed, and a strange turn of events a week prior to polling day would derail his campaign. At the 2015 general election, Garvie stood for Parliament in Wellingborough as a Labour candidate. A week before the election, Garvie was suspended by the party after a dispute over how he paid for around £740 worth of train tickets dating back to journeys taken in 2008 using a bank account that appeared to have insufficient funds led to him appearing in court. The charge filed was fraud by misrepresentation and initially Garvie was sentenced to around sixty hours of community service and to pay any monies owed to the railway company if East Midlands Trains could prove that they were owed any money. At the hearing, Garvie's bank Lloyd's of London insisted that they had no concerns as to how his bank account had been used in these transactions and these details were covered in a blog post by Lawyer and New Statesman Journalist David Allen Green on his Law and Policy Blog questioning whether Garvie had actually committed any offence. The conviction was appealed in August of 2015 and settled prior to Garvie applying to take up Permanent Residency in the United States of America in 2016.[2] Despite his suspension, Garvie still appeared on the ballot paper as the Labour candidate, and finished third of five candidates, with 9,839 votes (19.5%).[3] As of 2026, Garvie appears to be pretty active in West Berkshire politics fighting the Thatcham North East housing development, working to keep the Thatcham Post Office open, leading a petition to oppose cuts to bin collections [4] , successfully fighting of developers plans for high rise commuter flats in Newbury Town Centre [5]. and battling increased parking charges for residents in Newbury [6].

Professional Career

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While living in the UK, Garvie worked as a TV anchor on motorsport programs for Premier Sports and as a radio personality on various stations around England and Scotland. Garvie was also responsible for keeping NASCAR on television in the UK after Sky Sports ended coverage following the 2010 Daytona 500.[7] In 2011, Garvie again brokered the deal to keep NASCAR on television in the UK & Ireland by taking the coverage to Premier Sports TV with sponsorship from 3M, who at the time were a sponsor of Greg Biffle.[8][9] As part of this deal, coverage of BRISCA Formula 1 and MASCAR events were also televised in the United Kingdom. In addition to media work, Garvie had built a career in retail management working as a Senior Manager for both ASDA and TESCO in both retail and wider retail operations such as site acquisition for new stores. [10]

Personal Life

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Garvie was born in Kettering in Northamptonshire and grew up in Corby in Northamptonshire before settling in Newbury in West Berkshire as a teenager.

Garvie moved to the United States in 2015 and later lived in Minneola, Florida[11] and has operated various event, festival and media companies in the United States.[12]

Motorsports career results

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ARCA Menards Series

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 AMSC Pts Ref
2020 Fast Track Racing 11 Ford DAY PHO TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL MCH DAY GTW L44 TOL BRI WIN MEM
DNS		 ISF KAN 92nd 3 [13]
2021 DAY
18		 PHO
19		 TAL
25		 KAN TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN IOW WIN GLN MCH ISF MLW DSF 38th 92 [14]
01 Toyota BRI
23		 SLM KAN
2022 Fast Track Racing 10 Toyota DAY PHO TAL
25		 KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 115th 19 [15]

ARCA Menards Series East

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ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AMSEC Pts Ref
2020 Fast Track Racing 10 Ford NSM TOL DOV TOL BRI FIF
15		 22nd 79 [16]
2021 11 NSM
12		 FIF
10		 NSV DOV SNM IOW MLW 23rd 87 [17]
01 Toyota BRI
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ARCA Menards Series West

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ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 AMSWC Pts Ref
2021 Fast Track Racing 11 Ford PHO
19		 SON IRW CNS IRW PIR LVS AAS PHO 57th 25 [18]

References

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  1. ↑ "Election results by party, 5 May 2011". 5 May 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Labour's Wellingborough candidate Richard Garvie suspended over fraud". BBC News. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "2015 General Election - Wellingborough". Parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "2025 Three Weekly Bin Collection Petition Dismissed- Newbury". BBC NEWS. 20 October 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "2025 Residents React To Kennet Centre Proposal- Newbury". Reading Chronicle. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "2025 Parking Permit Prices Rise - Newbury". Reading Chronicle. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "United Kingdom broadcast news". 21 February 2023. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "UK TV rights go to Premier Sports". 21 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "3M sponsors Premier Sports' NASCAR coverage". 21 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "The Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". Retrieved 26 August 2023. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)[dead link]
  11. ↑ "Official profile". 23 May 2022. Richard Garvie made his first ARCA start in the East Series at Pensacola in 2020.
  12. ↑ "The Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". Retrieved 26 August 2023. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)[dead link]
  13. ↑ "Driver Richard Garvie 2020 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "Driver Richard Garvie 2021 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  15. ↑ "Driver Richard Garvie 2022 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  16. ↑ "Driver Richard Garvie 2020 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  17. ↑ "Driver Richard Garvie 2021 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  18. ↑ "Richard Garvie – 2021 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
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