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10 Questions with Sportsmen Driver Howie Ware
How did you get into racing?
went to the races when I was little and got hooked
How many years have you been racing? And What Divisions?
I've been racing for 32 years, I've ran RoadRunners, Short Trackers, Sportsmen in 92' and currently. Then i ran a late model for 4 races for a back up car for Bobby Wilberg in mid 90's.
What has been your favorite division to race and your least favorite and why?
My favorite was probably the RoadRunners because there were 30 plus cars back in the day. My least favorite was the short trackers, Those cars are too finicky.
What do you like to do outside of the racetrack?
Spend time with my grand kids
What is your favorite memory at Rockford Speedway?
Short track weekends when they use to be fun in late 80's and early 90's.
What sponsor has been with you the longest and what do they they mean to you?
Gilley's Heating and Air Conditioning has been with me when I started racing in 1987. I worked for Ron Gilley back then and we would take show cars around to different places and parades to show them off. They taught me a lot on how to how support the other sponsors that were on the cars.
What race win would you consider your most prestigious?
My most memorable race win is going to have to be 3 or 4 years ago when I had hit the wall because my brake pedal went to the floor going into turn 3 and I road the wall into turn 4 and broke my LR brake rotor and bent the sway bar and other things. I took a back start in the feature because I didn't know what the car was going to be like and the next thing I know I was passing Brett McCoy with 6 laps to go and got the checkered flag. That was awesome.
What Rockford driver (past or present) do you respect the most?
That is a tough question. I've raced with quite a few people to decide on that so I guess whoever ran me clean would get the most respect.
You always tend to have the nicest cars in whatever you may race throwback cars to Mark Martin/Joe Shear. What makes the so special?
They have always been my my favorite drivers when I was a little kid probably because of the cool paint schemes they had.
Who do you need to thank?
Well I need to thank the Deery's first of all for having a great place to race at, Second of all I need to thank all of my sponsors that have supported me for all of the years I've been racing, Third of all is my family that has supported me for all of these years and especially the ones that go weekly rain or shine. My crew that that spends countless hours on and off the track . Last but not least the fans who support local short track racing. if it wasn't for all the these people we wouldn't have any excitement going on.
Howie's 2020 Sportsmen Car
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