Rick Ware Racing

Rick Ware Racing Team Information

Car No.	Driver	Manufacturer
01	Corey LaJoie (PT)	Ford
15	Tim Brown (Clash)	Ford
51	Cody Ware	Ford

Rick Ware Racing has existed in the NASCAR Cup Series universe for more than two decades, debuting at Sonoma Raceway in 1998. However, the organization you see on-track in the modern-day, is a completely different team than it used to be.

With the debut of the seventh-generation racecar in 2022, Rick Ware Racing has been working hard to become a competitive NASCAR Cup Series operation, between its expanded relationship with Roush-Yates Engines, and a technical alliance with RFK Racing, which began in 2023.

The organization’s hiring of Justin Haley and Kaz Grala for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series campaign was viewed as a major step forward for the organization, and it was, with lots of record-breaking performances out of the Rick Ware-owned stable last season, including a pair of non-superspeedway top-10s at Darlington and WWT Raceway.

In 2025, Cody Ware, the son of team owner Rick Ware, will pilot the No. 51 Ford Mustang Dark Horse full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series.  Ware brings with him the momentum of a solid part-time stint in 2024, which included a team-best fourth-place result at Daytona in August.

After partnering with Rick Ware Racing late in 2024, Corey LaJoie will return to the organization for a part-time schedule in 2025, starting with the Daytona 500. LaJoie will drive the No. 01 Ford Mustang, in accordance with his Stacking Pennies Performance brand.

The No. 15 Ford Mustang is expected to run sporadically as a second entry for Rick Ware Racing, as well, as It did in the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray with local legend Tim Brown.