Rick Ware
American stock car racing driver and team owner
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.
01Motorsports 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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