Owner(s) | Rick Ware |
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Base | Thomasville, North Carolina |
Series |
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Camping World Truck Series |
Car numbers | 1, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 23, 25, 30, 31, 37, 41, 45, 47, 49, 51, 52, 62, 70, 71, 74, 75, 79, 81, 87, 91, 98 |
Race drivers |
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: 51. Timmy Hill, Cody Ware, Kevin O'Connell, Stanton Barrett, Josh Bilicki Camping World Truck Series 12. Spencer Boyd, Jordan Anderson, Cody Ware |
Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
Career | |
Debut | 2004 |
Latest race |
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Xfinity Series: 2016 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead) |
Races competed | 276 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
2017 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 (Texas)
Rick Ware Racing (RWR) is an American professional team that currently competes in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Camping World Truck Series. The team has competed in NASCAR, the ARCA Racing Series, the WMA Motocross Series, AMA Arenacross, Motocross and Supercross Series, Summer X Games and Rolex Sports Car Series since 2008, and is owned by former driver Rick Ware. Since RWR's inception, the organization has won championships in the SCCA (1988), the WMA Motocross Series (2006, 2007) the AMA Arenacross Series (2007, 2008, 2009), in partnership with Tuf Racing, the Whelen Modified Tour at Bowman Gray Stadium (2009) in partnership with Tim Brown Motorsports, as well as "Top Performing Independent Team" in the Motocross and Supercross Series'.
The organizational roots of RWR date back to Ware & Sons Racing with Rick and his father John Ware competing in the SCCA Series. They raced under the banner "Ware & Sons" as early as the 60's when Rick went go kart racing. Once of legal driving age, Rick joined his father John Ware in the SCCA and IMSA Series'
In 1983, Ware & Sons won Rookie of the Year in the California Sports Car Club with Rick behind the wheel. Ware & Sons with Rick as the driver, went on to win several titles in that series, as well as the SCCA and IMSA Championship.
After a stint as a driver in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Ware renamed the organization Ware Racing Enterprises in the 1990s and eventually Rick Ware Racing in 2004.
In 1998 Rick Ware attempted to qualify a Ware Racing Enterprises Ford in the Winston Cup event at Sears Point Raceway, but failed to make the race.
Rick Ware Racing (RWR) had made a handful of attempts in the NASCAR Cup Series beginning in 2004 with Stanton Barrett in the No. 52. In 2005, the organization made attempts with Larry Gunselman, José Luis Ramírez and Derrike Cope. In 2006 Larry Gunselman, Steve Portenga, Donnie Neuenberger and Stanton Barrett in the No. 52 and No. 30 respectively.