Patrick Richard achieved success in rally racing, competing in events across North America in the 2000s. He won the Canadian Rally Championship four times (2002, 2004, 2008, 2009), the North American Rally Championship in Group N twice (2002 and 2004), and the North American Rally Cup title once (2004).

Richard was part of four victories by Subaru in the North American Rally Brands Cup in the early 2000s, while winning overall and Group N SCCA ProRally championships in 2004, with his sister and fellow CMHF inductee Nathalie Richard. He won the Rally America overall and Group N title in 2005 and won the Pikes Peak championship twice in Group N.

Richard was one of few North American rallyists to compete in Europe, along with John Buffum and Ken Block. He raced in the British Peugeot 206 Super Cup, often leading and recording fastest lap times, and won the Group N class in the Rallye Sezoens and Rallye Wallonie events in Belgium. Back at home, he founded Rocket Rally Racing, a Squamish, BC-based rally builder that operated the Subaru Rally Team Canada from 2008 to 2012.

A medical setback, related to neck and head compression, forced Richard into an early retirement in 2014, bringing an abrupt end to his battles with eventual 10-time champion and fellow CMHF member Antoine L’Estage. While his career was cut short, Richard was still able to inspire the next generation of rallyists through videos of his flat-out driving style.