Colby Howard

Colby Howard
Howard at Daytona International Speedway in 2023
BornColby A. Howard
(2001-10-28) October 28, 2001 (age 23)
Simpsonville, South Carolina, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
43 races run over 2 years
2021 position32nd
Best finish29th (2020)
First race2020 LS Tractor 200 (Phoenix)
Last race2021 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
54 races run over 5 years
2024 position41st
Best finish17th (2022)
First race2019 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Last race2024 Toyota 200 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 5 0
ARCA Menards Series career
5 races run over 3 years
Best finish49th (2019)
First race2018 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA 200 (Salem)
Last race2022 Dawn 150 (Mid-Ohio)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish48th (2022)
First race2022 General Tire 200 (Sonoma)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of November 8, 2024.

Colby A. Howard[1] (born October 28, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 1 Toyota Tundra for Tricon Garage.

Racing career

Howard's 2018 ARCA car at Madison
Howard's No. 91 truck at Sonoma Raceway in 2022
Howard's No. 91 car in the ARCA Menards Series West race at Sonoma Raceway in 2022

Howard started racing at six years old, racing dirt bikes. He raced bikes for six years until a broken leg and collarbone ended his career.[2] After that, Howard raced Bandoleros and late models before moving to full-bodied stock cars.[2]

In November 2019, he joined Young's Motorsports for the final two races of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season starting with the Lucas Oil 150 at ISM Raceway.[3]

On January 9, 2020, it was announced that Howard would join JD Motorsports for 20 races in the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.[4] When Howard was choosing his team for 2020, he had a few offers to run full-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, but chose the part-time Xfinity ride with JDM in an effort to get to the NASCAR Cup Series faster.[2]

For 2021, Howard remained in the No. 15 for JD Motorsports with returning primary sponsorship from the Project Hope Foundation but ran the full season. Also, Wayne Carroll Jr. moved from the No. 6 JDM car to crew chief Howard in the No. 15 in 2021,[5] replacing Mark Setzer, who left the team to be the crew chief for the No. 51 of Jeremy Clements and his team.[6] Setzer crew chiefed Howard in all his starts in 2020 except for Talladega in October 2020, when Carroll was his crew chief instead.

For 2022, Howard left the Xfinity Series to compete full time for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.[7]

On February 7, 2023, it was announced that Howard would drive the No. 9 truck full-time for CR7 Motorsports in the Truck Series in 2023. He drove the same truck part-time in 2021.[8]

Howard scored a career-best 4th-place finish in the 2023 NextEra Energy 250 at Daytona.

Personal life

Howard is a third-generation racing driver; his grandfather earned track championships at Greenville-Pickens Speedway and his father Rodney Howard is a former NASCAR Busch Series driver.[2]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2020 JD Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY LVS CAL PHO
34 		DAR
27 		CLT
37 		BRI
19 		ATL
15 		HOM
17 		HOM
17 		TAL POC IRC KEN
32 		KEN
21 		TEX
23 		KAN ROA DRC DOV
30 		DOV
26 		DAY
12 		DAR
19 		RCH
33 		RCH
35 		BRI
21 		LVS
21 		TAL
36 		ROV KAN TEX
28 		MAR
25 		PHO
20 		29th 267 [9]
2021 DAY
35 		DRC
23 		HOM
36 		LVS
20 		PHO
16 		ATL
21 		MAR
39 		TAL
19 		DAR
29 		DOV
28 		COA
28 		CLT
30 		MOH
22 		TEX
28 		NSH
DNQ 		POC
24 		ROA
DNQ 		ATL
20 		NHA
30 		GLN
31 		IRC MCH
25 		DAY
26 		DAR
27 		RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 32nd 225 [10]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NCTC Pts Ref
2019 Young's Motorsports 20 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO
21 		HOM
24 		61st 29 [11]
2021 CR7 Motorsports 9 Chevy DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR
13 		BRI
15 		LVS TAL MAR
38 		PHO 104th 01 [12]
2022 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing 91 Chevy DAY
30 		LVS
34 		ATL
26 		COA
24 		MAR
18 		BRD
12 		DAR
13 		KAN
11 		TEX
34 		CLT
14 		GTW
23 		SON
19 		KNX
16 		NSH
16 		MOH
9 		POC
18 		IRP
32 		RCH
28 		KAN
9 		BRI
24 		TAL
8 		HOM
13 		PHO
15 		17th 422 [13]
2023 CR7 Motorsports 9 Chevy DAY
4 		LVS
18 		ATL
27 		COA
24 		TEX
20 		BRD
27 		MAR
17 		KAN
35 		DAR
17 		NWS
24 		CLT
20 		GTW
12 		NSH
29 		MOH
36 		POC
15 		RCH
24 		IRP
35 		MLW
17 		KAN
19 		BRI
22 		TAL
23 		HOM
30 		PHO
21 		21st 340 [14]
2024 Tricon Garage 1 Toyota DAY ATL
17 		LVS BRI COA MAR TEX KAN DAR
7 		NWS CLT GTW
32 		NSH POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR PHO 41st 55 [15]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 AMSC Pts Ref
2018 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 78 Chevy DAY NSH SLM
8 		TAL TOL CLT POC MCH MAD
9 		GTW CHI IOW ELK BLN POC ISF DSF IRP SLM KAN 60th 375 [16]
2019 Win-Tron Racing 32 Chevy DAY FIF SLM TAL NSH TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI ELK IOW
10 		POC ISF DSF SLM
10 		IRP KAN 49th 360 [17]
2022 Bill McAnally Racing 91 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH
17 		POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 99th 27 [18]

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 AMSWC Pts Ref
2022 Bill McAnally Racing 91 Toyota PHO IRW KCR PIR SON
2 		IRW EVG PIR AAS LVS PHO 48th 42 [19]

References

  1. ^ "Team Event Rosters – Texas Motor Speedway – Saturday, October 24, 2020" (PDF). NASCAR. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Albino, Dustin (July 21, 2020). "Eyes on Xfinity: Getting to Know Rookie Colby Howard". Frontstretch. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Brooks, Amanda (November 5, 2019). "Colby Howard to make NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series debut with Young's Motorsports". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "Howard Lands Xfinity Deal With JD Motorsports". Speed Sport. January 9, 2019.
  5. ^ "Colby Howard to run full-time for JD Motorsports". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. December 14, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  6. ^ "Mark Setzer to serve as crew chief for Jeremy Clements". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 27, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  7. ^ Srigley, Joseph (September 9, 2021). "Colby Howard Joins McAnally-Hilgemann Racing in Second Entry for 2022 Season". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  8. ^ Srigley, Joseph (February 7, 2023). "Colby Howard Secures Full-Season Deal with CR7 Motorsports for 2023 Truck Series Season". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "Colby Howard – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  10. ^ "Colby Howard – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  11. ^ "Colby Howard – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  12. ^ "Colby Howard – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  13. ^ "Colby Howard – 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  14. ^ "Colby Howard – 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  15. ^ "Colby Howard – 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  16. ^ "Colby Howard – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  17. ^ "Colby Howard – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  18. ^ "Colby Howard – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  19. ^ "Colby Howard – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2022.