Rick Ware

Rick Ware
Ware at Pocono Raceway in 2021
Born (1963-08-06) August 6, 1963 (age 61)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
AwardsWest Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame (2025)
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish97th (1990)
First race1990 Budweiser at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish95th (1990)
First race1990 Pontiac 300 (Nazareth)
Last race1995 Busch Light 300 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
16 races run over 3 years
Best finish24th (2000)
First race1999 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Fontana)
Last race2003 Sears 200 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of July 4, 2012.

Richard S. Ware (born August 6, 1963) is a professional racecar driver and owner of Rick Ware Racing.

When he was nine years old, he began racing motocross and moved up to the BMX class when he was 12.

In 1983, he was named Rookie of the Year in the California Sports Car Club. He went on to win several titles in that series, as well as the SCCA and IMSA. He also competed in the 1984 Long Beach Grand Prix.

In 1990, he moved to North Carolina and made his NASCAR Winston Cup Series debut that year at The Bud at the Glen in the No. 22 owned by Buddy Baker. He spent the next decade running short tracks in the ARCA, and the Busch Series. He suffered injuries in 1996 at Watkins Glen International Raceway, while practicing a Winston Cup car, he crashed into the wall and was unconscious for 45 minutes. He made his return to NASCAR in 1998, when he was unable to qualify for the Save Mart/Kragen 350 in his No. 70 Ford Thunderbird.

He ran 9 of the 14 races in NASCAR West Series in 1999, before he moved up to the Craftsman Truck Series in 2000, where he ran his own No. 51 Chevys, but only ran a limited schedule to sponsorship issues and injuries. Since then, he has run one Craftsman Truck race and is owner of Rick Ware Racing. He is the father of Cody Ware and Carson Ware.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup 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 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NWCC Pts Ref
1990 U.S. Racing 22 Pontiac DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN
36 		MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 97th 55 [1]
1998 Ware Racing Enterprises 70 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL CLT DOV RCH MCH POC SON
DNQ 		NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI NHA DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT TAL DAY PHO CAR ATL NA 0 [2]

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NBSC Pts Ref
1990 Linville Racing 62 Chevy DAY
DNQ 		RCH CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH
25 		HCY CLT DOV ROU VOL MYB OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NHA CAR MAR 95th 88 [3]
1995 Ware Racing Enterprises 98 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL
41 		NSV DAR BRI HCY NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT
DNQ 		CAR HOM 110th 40 [4]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 21 22 23 24 25 NCTC Pts Ref
1999 Ware Racing Enterprises 51 Chevy HOM PHO EVG MMR MAR MEM PPR I70 BRI TEX PIR GLN MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA IRP GTY HPT RCH LVS
DNQ 		LVL TEX
DNQ 		71st 174 [5]
81 CAL
24
2000 51 DAY
DNQ 		HOM PHO
23 		MMR
DNQ 		MAR
DNQ 		PIR
19 		GTY
DNQ 		MEM
21 		PPR
31 		EVG
17 		TEX
18 		KEN
24 		GLN
22 		MLW NHA NZH MCH
26 		IRP
34 		NSV
21 		CIC
21 		RCH
23 		DOV TEX
13 		24th 1585 [6]
81 CAL
DNQ
2003 MLB Motorsports 66 Chevy DAY DAR MMR MAR CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH
36 		IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA CAL LVS SBO TEX MAR PHO HOM 129th 55 [7]

References

  1. ^ "Rick Ware – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  2. ^ "Rick Ware – 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  3. ^ "Rick Ware – 1990 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  4. ^ "Rick Ware – 1995 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  5. ^ "Rick Ware – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  6. ^ "Rick Ware – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  7. ^ "Rick Ware – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 15, 2023.