Rick Ware

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Richard S. Ware (born August 6, 1963) is an American professional racecar driver and owner of Rick Ware Racing.

Key Information

Rick Ware
Ware in 2025
Born	(1963-08-06) August 6, 1963 (age 62) 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
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
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
Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	0	0
ARCA Menards Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	N/A (1995)
First race	1995 Hoosier General Tire 500k (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	1	0
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)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	0	0
Statistics up to date as of May 30, 2025.
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When he was nine years old, he began racing motocross and moved up to the BMX class when he was twelve.

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 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 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.