Tommy Baldwin Jr. has introduced his exit from Rick Ware Racing as their competitors director. Baldwin shared the information on the most recent episode of Door Bumper Clear.
Baldwin has been with RWR since 2023, overseeing the No.51 entry for Cody Ware. The 59-year-old has nearly three a long time of expertise as a crew chief, group proprietor, and now a contest director.
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His most notable feat stays the 2002 Daytona 500 win with driver Ward Burton at Invoice Davis Racing. NASCAR reporter Dustin Albino shared Baldwin’s assertion on X.
Tommy Baldwin additionally shared that he now intends to take a break and concentrate on the racing profession of his sons, Jack and Luke. Notably, Luke has made a number of NASCAR begins within the Truck and O’Reilly Collection this yr.
On the Cup entrance, Cody Ware presently sits useless final among the many full-time drivers. Standing thirty fifth, his greatest result’s a seventeenth within the season-opening Daytona 500.
Rick Ware Racing was lately embroiled in a authorized battle with Legacy Motor Membership. Staff proprietor Jimmie Johnson sued RWR for backing out of a constitution sale. Former Spire Motorsports co-founder TJ Puchyr was additionally concerned within the dispute.
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Johnson’s lawsuit briefly delayed the constitution sale to Puchyr earlier than he finally purchased RWR in June, 2025. Two months later, Puchyr gave in to Johnson’s calls for and settled for a $45 million constitution sale.
Rick Ware Racing driver feedback on Indianapolis consequence
Oct 31, 2025; Avondale, Arizona, USA; NASCAR Cup Collection driver Cody Ware (51) throughout observe for the NASCAR Championship race at Phoenix Raceway. Obligatory Credit score: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Photos
Cody Ware had yet one more end exterior the top-30 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He started on the penultimate row and landed a P31 end.
The Rick Ware Racing driver broke down his run in a post-race interview.
“It was only a lengthy, laborious day. We saved making the automotive higher, however we fired off so dangerous and so uncontrolled that we needed to spend nearly all of the race engaged on it, making it higher, and by the point we obtained it higher, we did not have a automotive that had a superb aero stability in visitors. So, a irritating day,” he mentioned by way of Speedway Media.
Cody Ware has proven flashes of pace at Daytona. He has two top-10 and a top-5 end on the Superspeedway. At his greatest, the No.51 driver led 23 laps within the Daytona summer time race final yr.
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He now heads to Iowa Speedway for 350 laps across the quick monitor. The Iowa Corn 350 kicks off the USA Community’s four-race broadcast of the Cup Collection. The race is slated for Sunday, August 9, at 3:30 PM ET.
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