American stock car racing driver and team ownerNASCAR Xfinity Series career2 races run over 2 yearsBest finish95th (1990)First race1990 Pontiac 300 (Nazareth)Last race1995 Busch Light 300 (Atlanta)NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career16 races run over 3 yearsBest finish24th (2000)First race1999 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Fontana)Last race2003 Sears 200 (Michigan)Statistics current as of July 4, 2012.

Rick 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 cl* 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 *les 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.

Contents

• 1 Motorsports career results
  • 1.1 NASCAR
    • 1.1.1 Winston Cup Series
    • 1.1.2 Busch Series
    • 1.1.3 Craftsman Truck Series
• 2 External links

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

Busch Series

Craftsman Truck Series

External links

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

NASCAR Xfinity SeriesNASCAR Pinty's SeriesIndyCar Series

• (51) Ta*a Sato

IMSA SportsCar Championship

• (51) Ryan Eversley / Aidan Reed

Carolina Pro Late Model Series

• (51) Mason Maggio

Former driversAsian Le Mans Series LMP2 Am ChampionshipsPartnerships and affiliations

• Dale Coyne Racing
• DGM Racing
• Ford Performance
• Roush-Yates Engines
• Stewart-Haas Racing

Buyouts and mergers

• Premium Motorsports