Rick Ware

Rick Ware
Ware at Pocono Raceway in 2021
Born	(1963-08-06) August 6, 1963 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Awards	West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame (2025)
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	97th (1990)
First race	1990 Budweiser at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish	95th (1990)
First race	1990 Pontiac 300 (Nazareth)
Last race	1995 Busch Light 300 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
16 races run over 3 years
Best finish	24th (2000)
First race	1999 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Fontana)
Last race	2003 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
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

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
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

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
		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
		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

External links

• Official website
• Rick Ware driver statistics at Racing-Reference