On Monday, Rick Ware Racing (RWR) confirmed that they may swap from Ford to Chevrolet forward of the 2026 NASCAR Cup season.
One of many few one-car groups with a constitution, RWR may even type a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing and ECR engines. It’s a multi-year partnership.
Ware’s group completed final within the standings amongst charters groups this previous 12 months, with Cody Ware driving the No. 51 Ford Mustang to thirty sixth within the ultimate standings, and ending the season as one in all simply two full-time drivers and not using a single high ten (the opposite being Riley Herbst at 23XI Racing). Ware’s finest results of the 12 months got here at Atlanta, the place he completed thirteenth.
RWR has been competing on the Cup degree since 2012, operating each Fords and Chevrolet over time. Nevertheless, they’ve been with Ford for the reason that begin of the Subsequent Gen period in 2022. The group has by no means received, however has completed as excessive as fourth on two events — the 2020 Daytona 500 with David Ragan and the 2024 Daytona summer season race with Cody Ware.
With the choice to rejoin the bowtie camp, there at the moment are 17 full-time Cup entries planning to run Chevrolets in 2026. They comply with one other single-car program in Haas Manufacturing unit Group, which additionally lately switched to Chevrolet whereas forming a technical alliance with Hendrick Motorsports.
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