Wells made his first appearance in the
World Under 21 Championships in
2008 by winning the 2007
U.S. Under 21 National Championship. He scored 9 points in Qualifying Round 1 held in
Norden, Germany which qualified him to move onto Semi-Final Round 1 held in
Rye House. Only scoring 6 points which did not qualify him to move onto The Final Round. Wells came home and won the 2008
U.S. Under 21 National Championship also which placed him in the
2009 World Under 21 Championships. Scoring 9, and beating off Pawel Zmarzlik and
Kozza Smith in a race-off, in Qualifying Round 3 held in
Rye House Stadium moved him into Semi-Final 2 held in
Kumla. In Kumla, Ricky scored 5 and again was in a race-off situation, in which he beat
Justin Sedgmen and Patrik Pawlaszczyk to securing a reserve spot in the Final held in
Goričan. Through the injury off
Przemyslaw Pawlicki, Wells was awarded a place in the main line-up of the Final, where he scored 2 points, finishing in 16th place, ahead of
Ludvig Lindgren. On 19 September 2009, Wells won the
United States Individual Speedway Championship, winning all of his heat races and the main event. The same season Wells rode for
Elite League team
Coventry Bees and for the
Stoke Potters in the
Premier League in 2010 on loan from Coventry. In 2011 he rode for the
Elite Shield-winning
Wolverhampton Wolves team in the Elite League and
Plymouth Devils in the Premier. He has remained with Wolves until the end of 2013, while also riding for
Sheffield Tigers in the Premier League. In 2018 he signed for
Leicester Lions. In 2020, when the speedway season was cancelled because of the
COVID-19 pandemic he worked at Amazon. In 2022, he rode for the
Berwick Bandits in the
SGB Championship 2022. == Honours ==