Rick Ware

Richard Shane Ware (born August 6, 1963) is an American professional racecar driver and owner of Rick Ware Racing.

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

In 1983, Ware was named Rookie of the Year in the California Sports Car Club.

In 1990, Ware 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.

Ware ran nine of the fourteen 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 ran a limited schedule due 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 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 GLN36 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 97th 55 1998 Ware Racing Enterprises 70 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL CLT DOV RCH MCH POC SONDNQ NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI NHA DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT TAL DAY PHO CAR ATL NA 0

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 Pts Ref 1990 Linville Racing 62 Chevy DAYDNQ RCH CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH25 HCY CLT DOV ROU VOL MYB OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NHA CAR MAR 95th 88 1995 Ware Racing Enterprises 98 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL41 NSV DAR BRI HCY NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLTDNQ CAR HOM 110th 40

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 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 LVSDNQ LVL TEXDNQ 71st 174 81 CAL24 2000 51 DAYDNQ HOM PHO23 MMRDNQ MARDNQ PIR19 GTYDNQ MEM21 PPR31 EVG17 TEX18 KEN24 GLN22 MLW NHA NZH MCH26 IRP34 NSV21 CIC21 RCH23 DOV TEX13 24th 1585 81 CALDNQ 2003 MLB Motorsports 66 Chevy DAY DAR MMR MAR CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH36 IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA CAL LVS SBO TEX MAR PHO HOM 129th 55