Shelby Howard
Howard at the Milwaukee Mile in 2009
BornShelby Dean Howard, IV
(1985-07-25) July 25, 1985 (age 38)
Greenwood, Indiana, U.S.
Achievements1997 Mini Cup Points Champion
1998 600cc Miami County Speedway Champion
Awards1997 Miami County Speedway 250cc Adult Class Rookie of the Year
1999 Jasper Modified Series Rookie of the Year
1999 Anderson Speedway Rookie of the Year
2002 ARCA RE/MAX Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
54 races run over 8 years
Best finish26th (2010)
First race2003 Mr. Goodcents 300 (Kansas)
Last race2011 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
36 races run over 3 years
Best finish17th (2008)
First race2004 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 (Daytona)
Last race2010 Built Ford Tough 225 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
Statistics current as of April 13, 2010.

Shelby Dean Howard IV (born July 25, 1985)[1] is a Former NASCAR driver.

Racing career

Howard began racing in 1996 in Junior Sprints. In his first season in the National Series, he finished fifth in points. He competed in various racing series. He won the points championship in the Mini Cup Series, as well as winning the Mini Cup championship at the Jefferson Speedrome, and the 250cc Mini Sprints Rookie of the Year at Miami County Speedway. In 1998, he moved up to the 600cc Adult Class at Miami County, and simultaneously won the championship and Rookie of the Year honors. He also became the youngest driver to win a feature race at the Indianapolis Speedrome.

In 1999, Howard joined the Jasper Modified Series, and won the Rookie of the Year award and finished fifth in the points standings. He also raced at Anderson Speedway, winning two feature races and the Rookie of the Year award. He won his first Jasper Modified feature race in 2000 at Winchester Speedway, becoming the youngest driver since Jeff Gordon to win a race in that series. He finished fifteenth in the Kendall Late Model Series points standings as well. He moved up to the ARCA RE/MAX Series in 2001, becoming the youngest driver ever to compete at the age of 15.[2] The next season, he won ARCA's Sportsmanship Award.

He won his first ARCA race in 2003, becoming the youngest winner in the series, and finished third in the final standings. That same season, he moved up to NASCAR, making his debut in the Busch Series at Kansas Speedway. He finished 20th in the #43 Dr Pepper Dodge fielded by the Curb Agajanian Performance Group. He also attempted his first Winston Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, but failed to qualify. In 2004, he joined NASCAR's Craftsman Truck Series division, driving the new #23 Toyota Tundra for Bill Davis Racing. After eight races, he did not finish any higher than 21st, and was subsequently replaced by Johnny Benson. He ended the season running five races in the #35 Volvo Trucks/Snap-On Ford Taurus for Team Rensi Motorsports.

He joined Tony Stewart's USAR team in 2005, and had three poles and four top-tens in USAR's Northern Division. He had three wins in his first USAR season. In 2006, he returned to the Busch Series driving for Odle Motorsports at Memphis Motorsports Park. He finished 41st after being plagued by ignition failure. In 2007, he drove two races in the #01 for Johnny Davis Motorsports, his best finishing being a 27th at Kentucky Speedway. Howard returned to the Trucks with ThorSport Racing in 2008, but only managed two top tens and a single top five before he was released in favor of Johnny Sauter.

Howard's 2009 Nationwide #70 car

Howard started 2009 as a free agent, but was picked up by ML Motorsports to drive the #70 Foretravel Motorcoach Chevrolet after the team released Mark Green in late March. He would run a total of 17 Nationwide races with a best finish of 12th at the second Nashville race and Memphis Motorsports Park.

In 2010, Howard returned to ML Motorsports. Despite missing the season opening race at Daytona, Howard and ML ran 21 races with a best finish of 12th at Gateway and Iowa. Howard returned to ML in 2011, but departed from the team after Texas. He has not raced in NASCAR since then.

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.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup 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 34 35 36 NWCC Pts Ref
2003 Bill Davis Racing 27 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX TAL MAR CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL
DNQ 		PHO CAR HOM NA - [3]

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide 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 34 35 NNC Pts Ref
2003 Curb Racing 43 Dodge DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN
20 		CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM 120th 103 [4]
2004 Team Rensi Motorsports 35 Ford DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP
24 		MCH
DNQ 		BRI CAL RCH
25 		DOV
31 		KAN CLT MEM
36 		ATL
18 		PHO DAR HOM 66th 413 [5]
2006 Odle Motorsports 79 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
40 		TEX PHO HOM 141st 43 [6]
2007 D.D.L. Motorsports 01 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN
27 		MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP
36 		CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 118th 137 [7]
2008 ThorSport Racing 13 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP
20 		CGV GLN MCH BRI
23 		CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 94th 197 [8]
2009 ML Motorsports 70 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX
32 		NSH
14 		PHO TAL
27 		RCH
13 		DAR CLT DOV NSH
12 		KEN
26 		MLW
23 		NHA DAY CHI
26 		GTY
13 		IRP
19 		IOW
DNQ 		GLN MCH
18 		BRI
DNQ 		CGV ATL
21 		RCH
35 		DOV KAN
26 		CAL CLT MEM
12 		TEX
31 		PHO HOM
33 		33rd 1603 [9]
2010 DAY
DNQ 		CAL LVS
20 		BRI
34 		NSH
16 		PHO TEX
25 		TAL
19 		RCH
30 		DAR DOV CLT NSH
22 		KEN
17 		ROA NHA DAY
26 		CHI
20 		GTY
12 		IRP
14 		IOW
12 		GLN MCH
23 		BRI
24 		CGV ATL RCH
24 		DOV KAN
20 		CAL CLT
39 		GTY
27 		TEX
28 		PHO HOM
36 		26th 1962 [10]
2011 DAY
22 		PHO
28 		LVS
29 		BRI
27 		CAL TEX
30 		TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 44th 84 [11]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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 24 25 NCTC Pts Ref
2004 Bill Davis Racing 23 Toyota DAY
29 		ATL
25 		MAR
23 		MFD
23 		CLT
33 		DOV TEX
21 		MEM
24 		MLW
21 		KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR HOM 33rd 692 [12]
2008 ThorSport Racing 13 Chevy DAY
15 		CAL
25 		ATL
26 		MAR
34 		KAN
16 		CLT
20 		MFD
6 		DOV
19 		TEX
20 		MCH
19 		MLW
14 		MEM
16 		KEN
36 		IRP
5 		NSH
22 		BRI
26 		GTW
23 		NHA
14 		LVS
18 		TAL
17 		MAR
13 		ATL
22 		TEX
17 		PHO
19 		HOM
25 		17th 2636 [13]
2010 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 2 Chevy DAY ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP
11 		POC NSH DAR BRI CHI
31 		KEN
19 		NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 63rd 306 [14]

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max 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 ARSC Pts Ref
2001 CIMCO Racing 64 Chevy DAY NSH WIN SLM GTY KEN CLT KAN MCH POC MEM GLN KEN MCH POC NSH ISF CHI DSF SLM
6 		TOL
18 		BLN
6 		CLT
21 		TAL ATL
30 		49th 750 [15]
2002 Pontiac DAY
27 		TAL
13 		5th 4745 [16]
Chevy ATL
9 		NSH
9 		SLM
21 		KEN
8 		CLT
19 		KAN
7 		POC
19 		MCH
30 		TOL
11 		SBO
13 		KEN
9 		BLN
12 		ISF
20 		WIN
2 		DSF
10 		CHI
40 		SLM
5
Dodge POC
5 		NSH
12 		CLT
19
2003 DAY
37 		ATL
2 		NSH
36 		SLM
1* 		TOL
3 		KEN
4 		CLT
13 		BLN
6 		KAN
1 		MCH
23 		LER
5 		POC
5 		POC
23 		NSH
3 		ISF
33 		WIN
2 		DSF
24 		CHI
22 		SLM
1* 		CLT
8 		SBO
12 		3rd 5015 [17]
Chevy TAL
27

References

  1. ^ Shelby Howard Career Stats
  2. ^ ARCA RE/MAX factsheet, Salem
  3. ^ "Shelby Howard – 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  4. ^ "Shelby Howard – 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  5. ^ "Shelby Howard – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  6. ^ "Shelby Howard – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  7. ^ "Shelby Howard – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  8. ^ "Shelby Howard – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  9. ^ "Shelby Howard – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  10. ^ "Shelby Howard – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  11. ^ "Shelby Howard – 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  12. ^ "Shelby Howard – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  13. ^ "Shelby Howard – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  14. ^ "Shelby Howard – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  15. ^ "Shelby Howard – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  16. ^ "Shelby Howard – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  17. ^ "Shelby Howard – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.

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