Rick Ware Racing will return to the Camping World Truck Series full-time in 2017, temporarily shutting down its XFINITY Series program. 21-year-old Cody Ware says he will pilot the team’s full-time truck for approximately half of the 23-race schedule. The other driver will be announced at a later date. There has been talk within the team of possibly running a second part-time truck with various drivers filling the seat. The organization has purchased the #07 team’s points, owned by Bobby Dotter and SS-Green Light Racing. That team competed in all 23 Truck Series races in 2016, finishing 25th in the owner’s championship. Ware is coming off a season in which he competed in six XFINITY Series races, finishing a season-best 21st at Watkins Glen International. Rick Ware Racing has spent part of 12 years in the Truck Series since debuting in 1999. In 2001, Coy Gibbs finished an organization-high 10th in the standings, resulting in two top-5 finishes and seven top 10s. The organization is coming off a season that witnessed 22 different drivers compete between the team’s two full-time XFINITY Series machines. But with the move to the Truck Series, RWR is leaving that merry-go-round and the sport’s second-tier division behind. In addition to selling the points of the #25 car, the organization also sold some race equipment. It will keep the rest because the family-run organization is hopeful to make a future return to the XFINITY Series.(Frontstretch)(12-29-2016)
