NASCAR driver Cody Ware was arrested on Monday ... following allegations he assaulted a female.
According to police records, the 27-year-old was booked into jail in Iredell County, N.C. at 7:38 AM on charges of assault by strangulation -- inflicting serious injury, and assault on a female.
The records show as of Monday afternoon, he was still in custody.
Specifics regarding the allegations against Ware have not yet been revealed ... though police documents, obtained by TMZ Sports, show the alleged incident initially happened on April 3 at a home in Mooresville, N.