THOMASVILLE, N.C. – Rick Ware Racing has added 26-year-old Joey Gase to its NASCAR Cup Series lineup for the upcoming season.

Starting during the season-opening Daytona 500 in February at Daytona Int’l Speedway, Gase will be piloting an RWR entry full time at the top level of the sport.

“I am excited to have Joey Gase join the Rick Ware Racing family in 2020,” said team owner Rick Ware. “Joey and his family are great people whose values align perfectly with RWR. I am looking forward to growing our team and having a great season next year.”

“I am very excited to be able to call Rick Ware Racing my home for 2020,” added Gase. “It’s a dream come true to be able to compete in the NASCAR Cup Series full-time. It has been a dream of not only mine, but my whole family ever since I can remember, and it’s taken a lot of hard work and sacrifices to get me here. I feel very fortunate to be able to say this and can’t thank Rick, Lisa and everyone at RWR enough for this opportunity, and all of our partners for making it possible.

Gase’s Cup Series confirmation continues a month of December that also saw he and wife Caitlin welcome twin boys – Carson and Jace – into their family.

“December has been an amazing month that God has blessed me with so far,” noted Gase. “I started the month with Caitlin and I’s one year wedding anniversary, and then a few days later the birth of our twins, and now this. Daytona can’t come soon enough!”

Gase, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa native, will welcome back many of his long-standing partners, as well as several new ones. Those supporters include Donate Life and OPO partners, EFX Corporation, Page Construction, Agri Supply, The Racing Warehouse, SAFE, ProMaster and Eternal Fan.

More backers for Gase’s tenure at Rick Ware Racing will be announced at a later date.

“I am very fortunate to have so many great, loyal partners with me and they are all passionate about raising awareness for organ, eye, and tissue donation and honoring donor heroes, like my mom, which is something that is very important to my family and I,” said Gase.