NASCAR indefinitely suspended driver Cody Ware on Monday as he faces assault charges in connection to an April 3 incident.
Ware was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault on a female and felony assault by strangulation inflicting serious injury after an incident in Mooresville, N.C. He was taken into custody Monday and subsequently released on $3,000 bond.
Ware, 27, is the son of Rick Ware—the owner of Rick Ware Racing, for which Cody drives the No. 51 car. His brother, Carson, is also a stock car driver.