MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Rick Ware Racing will field an entry in the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech Sprint Cup Series, which is a mini-series within the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Piloting the Acura NSX GT3 Evo 22 will be veteran sportscar driver Ryan Eversley and former GTD winner Aidan Read.
“Last year we competed in the 24 Hours of Daytona in the LMP2 class and had a great run, finishing fourth,” said team owner Rick Ware. “Later in the year, an opportunity arose for Ryan Eversley to make his NASCAR Cup Series debut with RWR at Road America. After that weekend, Ryan and I continued to have conversations about running full time in IMSA for 2022. It’s been a long journey, but I can’t think of a better driver to jumpstart our IMSA program.”
“We welcome Rick Ware Racing into the HPD/Acura Motorsports family,” said John Whiteman, commercial manager for HPD. “Ryan Eversley, of course, has a long affiliation with HPD and was part of our original Acura NSX GT3 driver lineup in 2017. Ryan also helped lead the successful introduction of the Honda Civic Type R TCR to North America winning a driver’s championship. Aiden Read made a most impressive debut in IMSA competition in 2021 and we believe he will be an important addition to our Acura program this year in IMSA competition, along with everyone at Rick Ware Racing.”
Eversley is no stranger to the IMSA circuit or the Acura family. Eversley has been a factory Acura driver for Honda Performance Development for the past eight years.
“I’m very happy to be racing in the WeatherTech Series for Rick Ware Racing and Acura,” said Eversley. “Rick, HPD and I have been working on putting something together for a while, so it’s great to show the fans what we’ve built. I’m very excited to represent Acura at their home race coming up in Long Beach, as well as the rest of the sprint cup schedule in our Acura NSX.”
Australian Aidan Read will be the co-pilot, who was a GTD class winner at Watkins Glen Int’l last season.
“It’s going to be an exciting year for me working with RWR; as both an Engineer in NASCAR and Driver in IMSA,” Read said. “On the sports car side, I am confident that Ryan Eversley and I will be strong competition in the GTD Sprint Championship with the Acura NSX. Rick and the entire RWR team have always been very supportive, and I am thrilled to be part of this new program.”
Team owner Rick Ware, who also enters cars in the NTT IndyCar Series, NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series, is pleased with his driving team.
“Aidan has been a great asset to Rick Ware Racing,” said Ware. “He started with RWR at the beginning of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season as an engineer, competing as a GT class driver periodically throughout the year. I am looking forward to seeing what Aidan can do behind the wheel for RWR in 2022.”