NASCAR Cup Series Early years (1998–2012) In 1998,
Rick Ware attempted to qualify a Ware Racing Enterprises Ford in the Winston Cup event at
Sonoma 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, and
Stanton Barrett in the No. 52 and No. 30 respectively. In 2007, Barrett attempted to make the Daytona 500 only to miss the race by a single position. In 2011, Rick Ware Racing allied with the No. 37
Front Row Motorsports/
Max Q Motorsports Team.
American Le Mans Series driver
Tomy Drissi qualified for the
Sonoma Cup Race race, but NASCAR would not approve him for competition;
Chris Cook drove the 37 to a 27th-place finish. For 2012, Rick Ware Racing again allied with Max Q Motorsports to run
Timmy Hill for the majority of the season in the No. 37 to vie for Rookie of the Year honors. After
Mike Wallace failed to make
Daytona, Hill DNQ'd the next race, but qualified in Vegas; he finished 42nd after a crash. When the team missed five races in six attempts, they were outside the top 35 and Ware moved Hill back to Nationwide, ending the partnership.
Full-time (2017–present) In 2017, Rick Ware Racing came back to the Cup Series with the No. 51 Chevrolet for most of the schedule. In 2018, Rick Ware Racing ran with all three manufacturers and the team also secured a charter for the No. 51 car. Later in the season, the team fielded a part-time No. 52 car. For the
2019 season, Rick Ware Racing dropped Toyota to focus on running Chevrolets and Fords. The No. 51 team was registered as
Petty Ware Racing after RWR leased the charter from
Richard Petty Motorsports. In addition, RWR secured a full-time schedule for the No. 52 team after purchasing a charter from Front Row Motorsports, who had leased it to the now-defunct
TriStar Motorsports. Starting with the
2019 Coca-Cola 600, RWR fielded a third team, the No. 53, on a part-time basis. Starting with the
2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, RWR fielded a fourth team, the No. 54, on a part-time basis. On November 27, 2019, NASCAR imposed penalties to Rick Ware Racing,
Premium Motorsports, and
Spire Motorsports for manipulating their finishing order at
Homestead. Each team was docked 50 owners' points and fined 50,000. In addition, competition directors Kenneth Evans of Rick Ware Racing and Scott Eggleston of Premium Motorsports were suspended indefinitely and fined 25,000 each. For the
2020 season, RWR took a lease of the former charter of Front Row Motorsports' No. 36 team, allowing the No. 53 to run a full-time schedule. However beginning in 2023, RWR would switch their alliance to be with
RFK Racing.
Lawsuit against Legacy Motor Club On April 1, 2025,
Legacy Motor Club sued RWR over the sale of a charter. On March 3, both teams signed a deal for RWR to sell a charter to LMC, but RWR has allegedly backed out on the deal. RWR claims the agreement would go in effect in 2027, but LMC changed the terms to 2026 without any communication with RWR. On April 9, LMC obtained a temporary restraining order preventing RWR from selling, leasing, or otherwise encumbering the charter in question for at least ten days or until agreement by LMC and RWR. However, a North Carolina judge denied LMC the injunction. It was revealed that the lawsuit resulted from a confusion over which of RWR's two charters was in the transaction. The agreement stated Charter 36 (currently used by the No. 51 car) was to be sold for 45 million; LMC's attorney argued that the contract listed Charter 27 (which was leased to
RFK Racing for the No. 60 car in
2025). RWR's attorney claimed that two weeks after the agreement was signed, LMC offered to pay RWR an additional 5 million for Charter 27 for 2026. RFK has an agreement to lease Charter 36 in 2026, as teams are allowed to lease charters once every seven years. On July 14, The courts granted LMC permission to depose RWR following the recent revelation that T.J. Puchyr intends to purchase the race team. On July 16, LMC filed a lawsuit against TJ Puchyr for tortious interference, alleging that he attempted to purchase RWR and violated the state’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act by using insider knowledge and a position of trust to interfere with Legacy’s agreement with RWR. On September 19, 2025, it was announced that LMC and RWR ended their lawsuit under a settlement, with RWR selling the charter to LMC; the rest of their settlement agreement is still unknown.
Possible sale of NASCAR team On June 26, 2025, it was announced that T. J. Puchyr, who co-founded
Spire Motorsports in 2016, entered an agreement to purchase RWR's NASCAR team. The deal will retain Rick Ware as a partner and Cody Ware as the driver of the No. 51 car, as well as all of the current RWR employees. On July 31, a judge granted LMC a temporary restraining order against RWR, preventing RWR from closing the team's sale to Puchyr for ten days.
Car No. 01 history On January 27, 2025, it was announced that
Corey LaJoie would run a part-time schedule with Rick Ware Racing, driving the No. 01.
Car No. 01 results Car No. 15 history in the No. 15 at
Auto Club in 2022 On May 13, 2020,
Premium Motorsports was acquired by the organization and along with it, the team's charter for the No. 15, which was piloted by
Brennan Poole. However, the 15 still ran under the Premium Motorsports banner. Poole ran all but one race (
the Bristol Night Race, where he was replaced by
J. J. Yeley) for the rest of the season. Following 2020, Poole left the team. In 2021, the team would officially be run under the RWR banner. The team announced that
1990 Daytona 500 winner
Derrike Cope would make his final career start in the
Daytona 500 in the car. The car was also fielded in a collaboration with Cope's team,
StarCom Racing. However, after qualifying, Cope was penalized for electrical issues and failing numerous inspections and his qualifying time was disallowed. Also during the duels, Cope had issues with the car, placing seventeenth in his duel race, only completing 59 laps out the 63. Cope started 32nd in the race and only ran three laps before crashing on lap four, ending his day. After the 500, the team used multiple drivers for the 15 team through the rest of the season.
James Davison made the most starts for the team with seventeen starts, and gave the team's best finish with a 22nd-place finish in the
Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 at
Martinsville. Dirt racer
Chris Windom made his NASCAR Cup Series debut with the team at
Bristol Dirt Race, driving the car. However, an engine failure caused Windom to drop out of the race and place the car 33rd. Later in April,
Jennifer Jo Cobb was set to make her NASCAR Cup debut at the
GEICO 500 at
Talladega; however, NASCAR announced on April 19 that she would not be approved to run the race. This was likely due to how the race itself would have been her first time in a Cup car because of the lack of practice and qualifying.
Joey Gase would drive the car at
Las Vegas,
Kansas,
Nashville, and
Daytona. At the
fall Las Vegas race, Gase was involved in a scary crash when the car lost a tire and slammed the wall, sending the car airborne. Gase was transported to the hospital and released a few hours later. At the
Go Bowling at The Glen,
R. C. Enerson would make his NASCAR Cup debut for the team at the race. Enerson would drive the 15 to a 34th-place finish.
Bayley Currey drove at
Atlanta in July.
Ryan Ellis drove at
Kansas in October. He received the ride to make amends with the Ware family following a late wreck with
Cody Ware during the Xfinity Race at Mid-Ohio.
Josh Bilicki would drive the 15 at the
Roval event while
Joey Hand drove Bilicki's usual No. 52.
Garrett Smithley would then finish out the year in the car. The team placed 35th in the owners points. The No. 15 started the
2022 season with
David Ragan, scoring an eighth-place finish at the
2022 Daytona 500, the team's highest finish since its acquisition from Premium Motorsports. The car was shared with Smithley, Hand, Yeley,
Ryan Preece, and
Parker Kligerman. At
Michigan, Yeley triggered a massive pileup on lap 25 that took
Austin Cindric and
Kyle Busch out of contention. The No. 15 started the
2023 season with
Riley Herbst finishing 10th in the
Daytona 500. The car was shared with
J. J. Yeley,
Todd Gilliland,
Jenson Button,
Brennan Poole,
Gray Gaulding,
Andy Lally, and
Ryan Newman. At
COTA, Button finished 18th in his NASCAR debut. In 2024,
Kaz Grala drove in 25 races starting at
Atlanta.
Cody Ware drove the No. 15 in nine races.
Riley Herbst drove at the
2024 Daytona 500, as well as several other races. Following the end of the season, RWR leased out the No. 15's charter to
RFK Racing for the No. 60 in
2025. On December 17, 2024, it was announced that
Tim Brown will run the No. 15 at the
Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium in
2025. Brown had previously worked with the team as a suspension and drivetrain specialist.
Car No. 15 results Car No. 30 history In 2006, RWR fielded the No. 30 for
Stanton Barrett at Sharpie 500. He failed to qualify for the race. In 2007, Barrett attempted to make the Daytona 500 in the No. 30 only to miss the race by a single position.
Car No. 30 results Car No. 37 history In 2011, Rick Ware Racing allied with the No. 37
Front Row Motorsports/
Max Q Motorsports Team.
American Le Mans Series driver
Tomy Drissi qualified for the
Sonoma Cup Race race, but NASCAR would not approve him for competition;
Chris Cook drove the 37 to a 27th-place finish. For 2012, Rick Ware Racing again allied with Max Q Motorsports to run
Timmy Hill for the majority of the season in the No. 37 for Rookie of the Year honors. After
Mike Wallace failed to make
Daytona, Hill DNQ'd the next race, but qualified in Vegas; he finished 42nd after a crash. When the team missed five races in six attempts, they were outside the top 35 and Ware moved Hill back to Nationwide, ending the partnership.
Car No. 37 results Car No. 51 history in the No. 51 at
Bristol Dirt in 2023 In 2017, Rick Ware Racing came back to the Cup Series with the No. 51 Chevrolet with plans to run the full schedule despite not having a charter. However things did not go according to the plan:
Timmy Hill attempted the
Daytona 500, but missed the field, the team then had
Cody Ware make his debut at the next race in the
Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at
Atlanta, driving the No. 51 with sponsorship from Spoonful of Music and
Bubba Burger. Ware qualified for the race as he started and finished 39th, retiring from the race on lap 74 with steering problems. Hill drove the car in the next seven races until RWR withdrew the 51 at
Talladega. the 51 and Hill returned for the next two races at
Kansas Speedway, and the
Coke 600. Cody Ware returned and did both the
Dover and
Pocono, Ware's No. 51 acquired sponsorship from
East Carolina University and
Clemson University, respectively, with the latter also featuring logos celebrating the
football team's
2017 College Football Playoff National Championship win earlier in the year. During the Dover race, Ware withdrew from the event after 283 of 406 laps after suffering from back pain. A week later at Pocono, he left the race after completing 35 laps, again for back problems. Ware was going to race at Michigan but he decided to stay out of the car for the race and the team did not find a replacement driver in time, forcing them to miss their third race of the year.
Josh Bilicki joined the team for the race at Sonoma and New Hampshire, while
Kyle Weatherman,
B. J. McLeod and
Ray Black Jr. joined the team for races in the mid-to-late portions of the season. By the end of the year, the team only participated in 29 of the 36 races that season. On November 22, 2017, it was announced that Black would return to the 51 for a full 2018 season with a charter. The team did not disclose how they had acquired the charter. However, the deal with Black soon fell apart, leaving the 51 open for another driver.
Justin Marks drove the No. 51 at the
Daytona 500, finishing twelfth. The car was fielded in partnership with
Premium Motorsports, powered by
ECR Engines, and was sponsored by
Harry's.
Harrison Rhodes joined the team for a one-off the following week at
Atlanta to make his Cup debut. A partnership with
Stewart–Haas Racing brought
Cole Custer to the car the following week at the
spring Las Vegas race for his Cup debut. Timmy Hill was brought in for the next two races, finishing 33rd at both the
spring Phoenix race and
Fontana. Rhodes returned to the car for the next four races.
Timmy Hill drove the car at the
spring Talladega race.
Cody Ware made his first start of the season at the
spring Dover race. McLeod drove the car at the
spring Kansas race and the
2018 Coca-Cola 600. Custer returned to the No. 51 at the
Pocono 400 Chris Cook drove the No. 51 at
Sonoma.
Jeb Burton drove the No. 51 at the
fall Martinsville race. For the
2019 season, The No. 51 team was registered as
Petty Ware Racing after RWR leased the charter from
Richard Petty Motorsports. At the
2019 Daytona 500, both RWR cars triggered an unusual crash on lap 159. As several cars were entering pit road, Cody Ware and McLeod collided, sending McLeod to the infield grass and Ware slamming into
Tyler Reddick, who inflicted serious damage on
Jimmie Johnson's left rear quarter panel. Ware then hit
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. from behind before resting on the infield grass, causing Stenhouse to collide with Reddick. McLeod, who drove the 51, finished the race 19th.
Andy Seuss joined the team for his Cup debut at
New Hampshire Motor Speedway in July. For the
2020 season,
Joey Gase became the primary driver while
Garrett Smithley drove the car at three races,
James Davison doing four races, and Bilicki returned for the
Charlotte Roval. The team finished the season 38th in the points standings. For the
2021 season, Cody Ware returned as the primary driver for the No. 51
Nurtec ODT Chevrolet. Smithley returned for two races while
J. J. Yeley ran two races and Davison returned for
Watkins Glen. The No. 51 finished the season 34th in points. On December 1, RWR lost its lease to the No. 51's charter after
GMS Racing purchased a majority stake in Richard Petty Motorsports. The charter was transferred to
Petty GMS Motorsports' No. 42 car. Cody Ware returned to the No. 51 for the
2022 season, using the former No. 52's charter. He scored a career-best 17th-place finish at the
2022 Daytona 500. At
Sonoma, the No. 51 failed pre-race inspection four times and was hit with an L1 penalty, resulting in a start at the back of the field and a pass-through penalty on the first lap. In addition, the team was deducted 20 owner and driver points. On August 23, crew chief Billy Plourde was suspended for four races after the No. 51 lost a ballast during the
Watkins Glen race. At
Texas, Ware survived a hard crash, colliding with the turn 4 wall before violently hitting the pit wall. He sustained an impaction fracture on his ankle from the crash. Ware missed the
Charlotte Roval race due to his injury, with
J. J. Yeley substituting him in the No. 51. Ware started the
2023 season with a fourteenth place finish at the
2023 Daytona 500. On April 10, Ware was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR after being arrested and charged with a felony assault by strangulation as well as a misdemeanor assault on a woman in
Iredell County,
North Carolina.
Matt Crafton replaced Ware for the
Bristol Dirt Race (at the time of the change, Ware's arrest had not yet been revealed), with the team using variety of drivers following the race, beginning from
Zane Smith for
Martinsville, Yeley for
Talladega,
Todd Gilliland for
Charlotte and
Sonoma,
Ryan Newman for the
All-Star Race and the
championship race,
Andy Lally for the
Chicago street race, and
Cole Custer for
Atlanta,
New Hampshire, and
Pocono. Despite the team finishing in the bottom three among the 36 chartered teams on the owner standings for the past three consecutive years, NASCAR decided not to repossess the No. 51's charter at the end of the season. In
2024,
Justin Haley drove the No. 51 full-time in a multi-year deal. At the
Circuit of the Americas, he finished seventeenth, but was later disqualified after post-race inspection revealed his car did not meet the minimum weight requirement. During the season, Haley scored two ninth-place finishes at
Darlington and
Gateway. On September 20, RWR and
Spire Motorsports made a driver swap for the remainder of the 2024 season, with Haley moving to the Spire No. 7 and
Corey LaJoie taking over the No. 51. in the No. 51 at
Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2025 Cody Ware returned to the No. 51 car full-time in
2025. After finishing 25th at the
2025 Daytona 500, the No. 51 team was docked ten driver and owner points for improperly securing the car's ballasts. On February 20,
Arby's signed a deal to sponsor the No. 51 car for twelve races.
Harrison Burton drove the No. 51 car at the
2025 NASCAR All-Star Race, as his win with
Wood Brothers Racing at the
2024 Daytona summer race qualified him for the exhibition race. Burton finished 20th out of 23 participants. For the
2026 season, RWR switched from Ford to Chevrolet, forming a team alliance with
Richard Childress Racing.
Car No. 51 results Car No. 52 history in the No. 52 at
Darlington Raceway in 2021 In 2004, RWR fielded the No. 52 with
Stanton Barrett as the driver. 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. In 2018, RWR fielded the No. 52 on a partial schedule. The No. 52 car was set to make its debut at the
Coca-Cola 600 with
B. J. McLeod behind the wheel as Cody Ware was to drive the 51; however, the entry was withdrawn and McLeod was moved to the No. 51 car. The No. 52 instead made its debut with
Cody Ware at
Sonoma.
J. J. Yeley,
Gray Gaulding and
Harrison Rhodes also drove the 52. During the race, McLeod was involved in his second consecutive pit road incident when he pulled towards his pit stall and
Ryan Preece slammed into the back of his car. McLeod's car then slammed into
Chris Buescher's pit box and hit fueler Anthony Pasut, who suffered a broken
fibula, a
torn ACL, and other injuries to his right leg. The collision put Preece's car out of commission with a 35th-place finish while McLeod and Ware finished 32nd and 33rd, respectively. In March,
Bayley Currey made his Cup debut in the No. 52 at
Phoenix. On August 15, 2019, Currey was indefinitely suspended for violating NASCAR's Substance Abuse Policy. On September 18, Currey was reinstated by NASCAR after he successfully completed his Road to Recovery Program. Prior to the
Talladega race, the No. 52's hauler caught fire at the garage due to an electrical short. The No. 52 finished 38th in the points standings. In 2020, the No. 52 ran the first four races of the season with McLeod doing the 500 and Yeley running the following three races. However, after the organization purchased
Premium Motorsports, the No. 52 switched the number to Premium's No. 27, owing to sponsorship considerations. Yeley did the most starts in the 27 in 2020 with 24 starts; his best finish was 21st at
Indianapolis. Gaulding did nine starts with his best finish being 25th at
Texas) while Josh Bilicki and Cody Ware did the remaining two starts. Bilicki drove the 27 at
Atlanta where he finished 34th. Cody Ware participated at the
Talladega fall race. Towards the end of the race, due to a lot of front runners being involved in crashes, Ware was racing in the top ten until he crashed on the backstretch on the final lap, but was able to finish nineteenth for his first Cup Series top-twenty. The No. 52 finished 33rd in the points standings. In 2021, the 27 would revert into the 52 with Bilicki as the full-time driver. At the
Daytona night race, Bilicki scored both his and the 52's first top-ten by finishing tenth in the race. That same year,
Joey Hand made his debut at the
Charlotte Roval. Just like the previous season, the No. 52 finished 33rd in the points standings. At the end the 2021 season, the charter for the No. 52 was moved to the No. 51 car and the team was shut down.
Car No. 52 results Car No. 53 history in the No. 53 at
Sonoma Raceway in 2021 In 2019, RWR fielded a third team, the No. 53, on a part-time basis. The No. 53 finished the season 36th in points. In 2021, The 53 car was returned to full-time competition with
Garrett Smithley as the primary driver. However, during the
spring Talladega weekend, The No. 53 was switched to No. 28 and ran as a tribute to
Davey Allison with Gase as the driver. Just like the previous season, the No. 53 finished the season 36th in the points standings. At the end of the season, the No. 53 team was shut down and its charter was sold to
Spire Motorsports for the No. 7 driven by
Corey LaJoie.
Car No. 53 results -The No. 53 car was renumbered to the No. 36 for the 2020 Daytona 500 with David Ragan as the driver. Front Row Motorsports prepared the car. RWR replaced the sponsor with
PODS for the race. Yeley drove the car to a 28th-place finish.
Garrett Smithley then raced a
Lennie Pond throwback-paint-job at
Darlington and finished 35th. Yeley returned to the team at
Indianapolis and finished 26th, the No. 54's best finish. Smithley returned at
Dover and finished 33rd. In 2020, Yeley attempted the
Daytona 500 in the car, but missed the field. RWR shut down the No. 54 team during the season.
Car No. 54 results Car No. 70 history In 1998,
Rick Ware attempted to qualify in the No. 70 Ford in the Winston Cup event at
Sonoma Raceway but failed to make the race.
Car No. 70 results Xfinity Series Car No. 15 history For 2011, RWR returned to the Nationwide Series, running the No. 15 car with Ford's purchased from
Roush Fenway Racing. Ware ran ARCA development driver
Timmy Hill for Rookie of the Year honors. Hill won Rookie of the Year but was forced to miss the season opener at Daytona because Hill didn't turn 18 (NASCAR's minimum age to drive in the three national series) until February 25.
Germain Racing ran the No. 15 Toyota in Hill's place with
Todd Bodine at
Daytona before selling the points to RWR. Hill would eventually win Rookie of the Year over primary rivals
Blake Koch and
Ryan Truex. In 2012, Koch joined RWR full-time as Hill moved up to RWR's Sprint Cup program. Hill ran the season-opening race at Daytona before the No. 15 was moved to a limited schedule with
Jeffrey Earnhardt driving at Bristol with Sam's Club. Koch's original sponsor dropped their agreement due to ESPN not showing the sponsor's ad due to Koch being an outspoken Christian. Hill returned to Nationwide after a failed Rookie of the Year run in Cup, and drove the 41 while Koch drove the 15 as an occasional start and park. In 2013, the team returned with the No. 15 Ford Mustang driven by
Juan Carlos Blum and
Harrison Rhodes. The team also fielded cars for
Carl Long. For 2014, RWR drove primarily with
Carlos Contreras, Hill, and
Josh Reaume. In 2015, the team reunited with Contreras and Hill, but also ran with
B. J. McLeod and
Jimmy Weller III. For 2016, the team celebrated its 25th anniversary, The team partnered with
B. J. McLeod Motorsports to share the No. 15, while RWR runs the 25. The team shut down the Xfinity program after the 2016 season to focus on the Truck Series.
Car No. 15 results Car No. 17 history at
Road America in 2015 In 2015, the team fielded the No. 17 car part-time for
Stanton Barrett,
Ryan Ellis, and
Timmy Hill. In 2016,
Jeff Green drove the No. 17 car at both Daytona races. In 2019, the team announced that the No. 17 car would run full-time.
Chris Cockrum drove at
Daytona and
Talladega.
Bayley Currey ran most of the races.
Kyle Weatherman ran at
Bristol and other races. Starting sometime around the Charlotte race in May, RWR partnered with Mike Harmon Racing (again) to field the No. 17 car together for the remainder of the season. The font that Harmon uses on his No. 74 car is now used on the No. 17 as well.
Camden Murphy drove at
Charlotte and
Pocono. The team withdrew at
Iowa and was not entered at
Daytona. The team sold their owner points before Iowa to the new No. 28
H2 Motorsports car driven by
Shane Lee, which indicated that the team may only run part-time for the rest of the year.
Josh Bilicki drove at
Chicagoland after Currey qualified the car while Bilicki failed to qualify his own No. 38 car for
RSS Racing. Both Murphy and Currey would return for
Kentucky and
New Hampshire, respectfully. Part-time
ARCA Menards Series driver
Mark Meunier attempted to make his Xfinity debut at Iowa in July but failed to qualify. The No. 17 would also skip both road course races at
Watkins Glen and
Mid-Ohio. In May 2020, Ware formed a partnership with
SS-Green Light Racing to field his drivers in the latter's No. 07 car; Ware is close friends with SS-Green Light owner
Bobby Dotter. The collaboration spawned after the No. 07's regular driver
Ray Black Jr. was forced to exit full-time racing to focus on his family business.
Garrett Smithley took over the car for the partnership's first race at Charlotte. In 2021, Ware's partnership with Dotter continued by Ware using Dotter's No. 08 owner points to field the No. 17 car. However, during the
spring Talladega weekend, The No. 17 was switched to No. 28 and ran as a tribute to
Davey Allison with
Joey Gase as the driver.
Car No. 17 results Car No. 23 history in the No. 23 car at Road America in 2014 In 2013, the team fielded the No. 23 car part-time for multiple drivers such as
Harrison Rhodes,
Carl Long,
Scott Riggs,
Stanton Barrett,
Richard Harriman, Anthony Gandon,
Juan Carlos Blum,
Donnie Neuenberger,
Jennifer Jo Cobb, and
Timmy Hill. In 2014, the No. 23 car returned with multiple drivers such as
Carlos Contreras, Timmy Hill,
Josh Reaume,
Ryan Ellis,
Kevin O'Connell, Richard Harriman, Carl Long,
Cody Ware,
Blake Koch, and
Mackena Bell. The No. 23 car scored the best finish of 3rd at
Road America with O'Connell behind the wheel.
Car No. 23 results Car No. 25 history In 2016, the team celebrated its 25th anniversary by fielding the No. 25 car for multiple drivers such as
Cody Ware,
Harrison Rhodes,
Ryan Ellis,
Travis Kvapil,
Scott Lagasse Jr.,
Stanton Barrett,
Spencer Boyd,
Camden Murphy,
Todd Peck,
Jennifer Jo Cobb,
Austin Theriault, and
Josh Reaume.
Car No. 25 results Car No. 31 history in the No. 31 car at
Road America in 2010 After taking a five-year hiatus from the Nationwide series to focus on the Motocross, Supercross, Arenacross, and Women's Motocross series', the team made a return in 2009. With a new attitude, the organization returned under the Chevrolet banner by fielding the No. 31. RWR purchased equipment from
Stanton Barrett Motorsports to start the season and quickly moved to
ECR engines after power issues hindered the team. Drivers
Stanton Barrett,
Tim Andrews,
Kerry Earnhardt,
Tim Andrews,
Daryl Harr,
Travis Kittleson,
Kevin Hamlin, and
Nick Joanides all split the time in the No. 31 car. RWR later signed developmental driver
Jeffrey Earnhardt, the grandson of
Dale Earnhardt. Jeffrey Earnhardt's series debut at Dover was cut short with a late crash in practice and a subsequent DNQ. 2009 was a significant year for the team. At
Lowes Motor Speedway, Stanton Barrett qualified the No. 31 in the 11th position. Kerry Earnhardt finished 12th at
Talladega Speedway and also qualified 8th at
Daytona International Speedway, both organizational benchmarks.
Tim Andrews went into the history books as he was led by crew chief and father
Paul Andrews, marking the first time in NASCAR history that a father was a crew chief for a son in the Nationwide Series. In 2010, Stanton Barrett competed in the No. 31 Fuel Doctor Chevy at Daytona and Las Vegas.
J.C. Stout also made a race in the No. 31 at IRP.
Car No. 31 results Car No. 39 history At the
2012 Indiana 250, RWR fielded the No. 39
Chevrolet for
Jeffrey Earnhardt using
Go Green Racing's owner points.
Car No. 39 results Car No. 41 history In 2009, RWR fielded the No. 41 Chevrolet for multiple drivers such as
Derrike Cope,
Justin Hobgood,
Stanton Barrett,
Tom Hubert, and,
Kevin Hamlin. In 2010, RWR fielded the No. 41 in select races with
Chrissy Wallace and
Stanton Barrett as the drivers. At
Daytona, RWR went into the record books again, this time with driver Chrissy Wallace. Wallace became the first female driver to make her series debut at Daytona in the No. 41 Chevrolet.
Danica Patrick with
JR Motorsports also accomplished the feat in the same event. Barrett rallied to a fourteenth-place finish at
Darlington Raceway while leading laps for the first time in RWR history. In 2011, RWR ran the No. 41 car full-time with multiple drivers such
Patrick Sheltra,
Carl Long,
Jennifer Jo Cobb Jeffrey Earnhardt,
Doug Harrington,
Fain Skinner,
Matt Carter,
Tomy Drissi,
Johnny Chapman, and Stanton Barrett. In 2012, the No. 41 car returned for another full-time season with multiple drivers such as
Blake Koch,
Timmy Hill,
Fain Skinner,
Juan Carlos Blum,
Nur Ali, and Noel Dowler.
Car No. 41 results Car No. 51 history In 2003, Ware Racing Enterprises made a return in the Busch Series by fielding the No. 51
Chevrolet for
Stan Boyd at
Phoenix and
Homestead. He failed to qualify for both of the races. In 2004, The team run the No. 51 with a combination of Dodge, Chevrolet, and Ford cars with various drivers such as
Stanton Barrett,
Stan Boyd,
Kim Crosby,
Bobby Dotter,
David Eshleman,
Kenny Hendrick, Travis Powell,
Morgan Shepherd,
Shane Sieg, Dana White and
J. J. Yeley.
Car No. 51 results Car No. 52 history At the
2021 Alsco Uniforms 302, RWR fielded the No. 52
Toyota for
Carson Ware using
Jimmy Means Racing's owner points.
Car No. 52 results Car No. 57 history In 2004, The team fielded the No. 57 car part-time with
Stan Boyd,
Morgan Shepherd, and
Bruce Bechtel as the drivers.
Car No. 57 results Car No. 68 history In 2011, RWR formed a partnership with Fleur-de-lis Motorsports by fielding the No. 68 for
Tim Andrews at
Las Vegas.
Car No. 68 results Car No. 70 history At the
2012 Great Clips 200 at
Phoenix Raceway, RWR fielded the No. 70
Chevrolet for
Timmy Hill using
ML Motorsports's owner points.
Car No. 70 results Car No. 71 history In 2011, RWR fielded the No. 71 car part-time for multiple drivers such as
Matt Carter,
Carl Long, and
Clay Greenfield. At Atlanta, Greenfield pinched up into the wall just under 100 laps into the race and finished 35th after starting in the 43rd position. In 2012, the No. 71 car made another part-time season with multiple drivers such as Carter,
Michael Guerity,
Scott Riggs,
Carl Long, and
Timmy Hill.
Car No. 71 results Car No. 74 history Xfinity Series race in 2017 In 2017, the team made a return at
Road America in a partnership with
Mike Harmon Racing.
John Graham drove the No. 74 (usually Harmon's number) for RWR because the car was locked in the race and Harmon's driver:
Nicolas Hammann drove the No. 17 (usually RWR's number) and would have to qualify on time but since other cars withdrew both cars make the race.
Cody Ware also drove for Harmon in a collaborative effort between RWR and MHR and he continues to drive the No. 74 car part-time for 2018.
Car No. 74 results Car No. 75 history in the No. 75 2011 at
Road America in 2011 In 2011, RWR fielded the No. 75 car part-time for multiple drivers such as
Carl Long,
Johnny Chapman,
Andy Ponstein,
Tomy Drissi. In 2012, the No. 75 car made another part-time season with multiple drivers such as
Scott Riggs,
Blake Koch,
Michael Guerity,
Matt Carter,
Carl Long, and
Timmy Hill.
Car No. 75 results Car No. 79 history In 2009, RWR fielded the No. 79 car for
Stanton Barrett at
Kentucky.
Car No. 79 results Car No. 87 history In 2014, RWR fielded the No. 87 car using
NEMCO Motorsports' owner points for multiple drivers such as
Chris Cockrum,
Stanton Barrett,
Rubén García Jr.,
Carlos Contreras,
Josh Reaume,
Mike Harmon,
Timmy Hill,
Jennifer Jo Cobb, and
Carl Long Car No. 87 results Car No. 98 history Ware Racing Enterprises made their NASCAR Busch Series debut in 1995 with
Rick Ware behind the wheel of the No. 98
Chevrolet.
Car No. 98 results Camping World Truck Series Rick Ware Racing made its NASCAR debut in the
Craftsman Truck Series. In 1999, RWR made two starts, one with
Randy MacDonald and the other with driver-owner
Rick Ware in trucks 51 and 81. In 2000, the organization was set to run the entire season with two teams, the 51 and 81 when Rick Ware was injured in a head-on crash at
California Speedway that resulted in a career-ending fractured vertebra to the neck. Ware moved into the ownership role to continue the team. Drivers Tom Boston,
David Starr,
Michael Dokken and
Donnie Neuenberger finished out the twenty race schedule. Dokken produced an eighth place finish at Loudon and led at Nazareth.
Rick Ware finished a career-high of thirteenth at Texas. For 2001,
Brian Rose ran 15 races before heading off to
Bobby Hamilton Racing.
Nathan Buttke, Travis Clark, Dokken,
Coy Gibbs,
Donnie Neuenberger,
Trent Owens, Jonathon Price, Sammy Ragan,
Michael Ritch,
Jerry Robertson,
Brian Sockwell, Jason Thom and
Rich Woodland Jr. completed the roster that watched Rick Ware Racing expand to a three and an occasional four race team with numbers 51, 71, 81, 91. Dokken had a season-high of 11th at Nazareth, Rose finished twelfth at Fontana and many others finished in the top-twenty with laps being led by Dokken and Ritch for the season. In 2002, Rick Ware Racing switched to Dodge and fielded the 5, 51 and 81 entries for several drivers.
Lance Hooper ran the most races for the team with a total of twelve events.
Randy Briggs,
Mike Cofer,
Michael Dokken,
Jason Hedlesky,
Ryan Hemphill, Scott Kirkpatrick, Scott Kuhn,
Carl Long,
Blake Mallory,
Donny Morelock,
Donnie Neuenberger, Jonathon Price,
Michael Ritch,
Brian Rose,
Morgan Shepherd, Jason Thom, Andy Thurman,
Jason White and
Angie Wilson all competed for the team. Most drivers finished in the top 15 with Hooper leading a lap at Darlington. During the 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season, Rick Ware Racing decided to focus on one driver for a full season.
Jerry Hill was slated for the task. Hill competed in 22 of the 25 events and finished 18th in the drivers' standings in the No. 5 Dodge. Ware also raced the number 51 and 81 with a number of drivers such as Rusty Alton,
Stan Boyd,
Randy Briggs,
Doug Keller,
Carl Long,
Blake Mallory, G. J. Mennen Jr.,
Chase Montgomery and
Brian Sockwell. After taking a leave from the series, Ware returned to the newly named NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for just two races in 2009 while competing in the Nationwide Series full-time.
Chrissy Wallace in the No. 08 for Ware competed against her father,
Mike Wallace, as it marked the first time a father and daughter raced in the same event in any of the top three NASCAR Series'. Chrissy finished in front of her father in the thirteenth position, marking the second highest finish by a female in NASCAR history.
Tim Brown, coming off his record-breaking 8th Championship at
Bowman-Gray Stadium in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Series raced the truck at Martinsville as a celebration of their title earlier that month. RWR returned to the Truck Series with two full-time teams and an occasional third, using the 6, 47, and 16.
Brett Butler competed in fifteen races for Rookie of the Year. Neuenberger finished 9th at Daytona as Butler finished eleventh.
Bobby Hamilton Jr. qualified and finished tenth on two occasions each.
Travis Kvapil along with Hamilton Jr. and Butler all led laps during the season.
Amber Cope,
Jeffrey Earnhardt,
Ken Butler III,
J. C. Stout,
Brian Rose, Mike Guerity,
C. E. Falk, Ryan Rust,
Carl Long, Derek White,
Lance Fenton,
Clay Greenfield,
Justin Hobgood and
D. J. Kennington all drove the No. 6 for 2010 in mostly 1–2 race deals.
Jeffrey Earnhardt, the fourth generation driver of the Earnhardt family, made his series debut at Gateway.
Amber Cope and
Angela Cope, the twin daughters of Daytona 500 winner
Derrike Cope, made their respective debuts at Martinsville Speedway, as the two became the first twins to compete against each other. For 2011,
Jeffrey Earnhardt was to run for the Rookie of the Year title in the No. 1 Fuel Doctor Chevy. However, after only 3 races, the team was hit with the double tragedy of losing two crew members and Fuel Doctor announcing it could no longer sponsor RWR. Earnhardt was released from RWR after Fuel Doctor's announcement, but the two mended fences and raced again at Martinsville. However, Earnhardt was caught up in a crash running seventh with just 25 laps remaining. Bobby Hamilton Jr. raced the truck at Nashville and Carl Long and Dover before the team took a temporary break to focus on the Nationwide Series where Earnhardt would drive select races in the No. 41 car. The Truck team would return in 2013 with multiple drivers. The program was revived in 2017, fielding the No. 12
Chevrolet Silverado for
Spencer Boyd,
Jordan Anderson, and
Cody Ware. Ware also fielded the No. 52 full-time for
Alex Guenette. The team earned their first victory in the series on September 12, 2021, at
Flamboro Speedway, with Ranger behind the wheel. It was also the RWR's first victory at a NASCAR-sanctioned event. ==Sports car racing==