Rick Ware
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Ware in 2025 | |||||||
| Born | 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) | ||||||
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| 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) | ||||||
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| 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) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | N/A (1995) | ||||||
| First race | 1995 Hoosier General Tire 500k (Atlanta) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 10 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 19th (1999) | ||||||
| First race | 1998 Sam's Town 125 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
| Last race | 1999 Golden Coast 150 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of May 30, 2025. | |||||||
Richard S. Ware (born August 6, 1963) is an American 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.
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.