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Keen’s Buildings Joins Rick Ware Racing at Indy

by MikeAugust 30, 2025August 30, 2025

Leading Prefab Building Manufacturer Keen’s Buildings To Serve as an Associate Partner on Top Fuel Dragsters of Clay Millican and Tony Schumacher During U.S. Nationals

INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 30, 2025) – Keen’s Buildings, a leading garage and prefab building manufacturer serving the southeastern United States, has joined Rick Ware Racing (RWR) in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series as an associate partner of the Top Fuel dragsters Clay Millican and Tony Schumacher will drive in the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals this Labor Day weekend at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.

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“The Busch Light 100 Presented By Try-It Distributing” With The George Decker Memorial & Rick Wylie Classic Set To Roll This Saturday, August 23 At Holland Speedway

by MikeAugust 15, 2025August 15, 2025

Race of Champions Sportsman Modified; Race of Champions Late Model; Race of Champions Super Stock Series; and Race of Champions FOAR SCORE Four Cylinder Dash Series set to go on the High Banks of Holland Speedway

Holland, N.Y. – (August 15, 2025) – The Race of Champions “Family of Series” is ready to take on one of its biggest nights of the season with the running of the Busch Light 100 presented by Try-It Distributing at Holland (N.Y.) Speedway on Saturday, August 23. This marquee event will close out the 2025 stock car racing season at Holland.

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Costa Oil Joins Rick Ware Racing at Iowa

by MikeJuly 29, 2025

Costa Oil 10-Minute Oil Change To Serve as Primary Partner of No. 51 Ford Mustang and Driver Cody Ware During Iowa Corn 350

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (July 28, 2025) – Costa Oil 10-Minute Oil Change, one of the fastest-growing models in the quick-lube space, has joined Rick Ware Racing (RWR) as its primary partner for this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series event at Iowa Speedway in Newton.

With a national footprint of more than 65 locations, Costa Oil specializes in no-appointment, drive-through, 10-minute oil changes. The brand will be featured prominently on the No. 51 Ford Mustang Dark Horse driven by Cody Ware during the Iowa Corn 350, which goes green on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by USA and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

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Goin’ Back to Cali: Rick Ware Racing Returns to West Coast After Team Owner’s Induction Into West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame

by MikeJuly 10, 2025

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (July 10, 2025) – A diverse motorsports career that began more than 40 years ago and continues to this day earned racing team owner and California native Rick Ware a place in the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame Class of 2025.

Induction took place back in March in conjunction with the NASCAR Cup Series’ visit to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but this Sunday’s race at Sonoma Raceway marks Ware’s first trip to the Sunshine State since being honored amongst his West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame Class of 2025 counterparts, which included AJ Allmendinger (Los Gatos, California), Chuck Gurney (Oakland, California), Davey Hamilton (Nampa, Idaho), Jeff Jefferson (Naches, Washington), Justin Marks (Menlo Park, California) and Boris Said (Carlsbad, California).

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Costa Oil Joins Rick Ware Racing at Pocono

by MikeJune 20, 2025

Costa Oil – 10-Minute Oil Change To Serve as Co-Primary Partner of No. 51 Ford Mustang and Driver Cody Ware During The Great American Getaway 400

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (June 19, 2025) – Costa Oil – 10-Minute Oil Change, one of the fastest-growing models in the quick-lube space, has joined Rick Ware Racing (RWR) as a co-primary partner for this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series event at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway.

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Rick Ware Racing’s Cavalcade of Motorsports at RWR FanFest

by MikeMay 21, 2025

WHAT: Rick Ware Racing’s Cavalcade of Motorsports at RWR FanFest – Friday, May 23 Beginning at 9:30 AM EDT
● Driver and rider interview opportunities (NASCAR, NHRA and American Flat Track)
● Fire up of 12,000-horsepower Top Fuel dragster
● Racecars and motorcycles on display

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Rick Martin ‘just kept at it,’ and now he’s entering Year 51 at Seekonk Speedway

by Lou ModestinoApril 29, 2025

By Cara Cooper, NASCAR.com

Rick Martin never had grand ambitions when it came to racing. After watching his dad compete for 21 years, the sport was just something he wanted to try.

“Me and one of my friends bought a $50 car and went out there,” Martin said. “The other cars went by us so fast, I thought to myself, ‘I ain’t never gonna go that fast, I’m going to just quit now.’

“But I just kept at it, kept at it, and I guess it was the challenge that I enjoyed.”

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It Was a Very Good Saturday for Rick Ware Racing: 1st CARS Tour Win, Second Straight AFT Win

by MikeApril 29, 2025

Team Earned First zMAX CARS Tour Late Model Win with Driver Luke Baldwin and Second Straight American Flat Track SuperTwins Victory with Rider Briar Bauman

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (April 28, 2025) – In the span of a few hours this past Saturday, Rick Ware Racing (RWR) added two more trophies to its mantle. Driver Luke Baldwin won the zMAX CARS Tour Pro Late Model race at Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, North Carolina, before Progressive American Flat Track (AFT) rider Briar Bauman won the Mission AFT SuperTwins feature at California’s Ventura Raceway.

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Rick Ware Racing’s Darlington Throwback Design is More Than Skin Deep

by MikeApril 1, 2025

Cody Ware’s Yellow-and-Black Caterpillar-Inspired Paint Scheme is Most Associated With Two-Time Darlington Race Winner Ward Burton, but the Crew Chief for Those Wins was Rick Ware Racing Competition Director Tommy Baldwin

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (March 31, 2025) – In 146 career NASCAR Cup Series starts between 1994 and 1998, Ward Burton had just five top-five finishes and a best points result of 16th. Aside from a breakthrough win at Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway on Oct. 22, 1995, Burton was still in search of the kind of front-running consistency displayed by his peers, including his brother, Jeff, who already had five of his 21 career Cup Series victories before a dominant, six-win season in 1999.

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Rick Ware Racing Earns Third Win of Weekend; NHRA Top Fuel Driver Clay Millican Delivers Victory for RWR in the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at Pomona

by MikeMarch 31, 2025

NHRA Top Fuel Driver Clay Millican Delivers Victory for RWR in the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at Pomona Less Than 24 Hours After RWR Riders Briar Bauman and Chase Saathoff Sweep American Flat Track SuperTwins and Singles Races in Georgia

POMONA, Calif. (March 30, 2025) – Rick Ware Racing (RWR) earned its third victory in less than 24 hours when NHRA Top Fuel driver Clay Millican drove the RWR-prepared Mighty Fire Breaker/Parts Plus dragster to a final round victory in the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals Sunday at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip.

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