Colby A. Howard[1] (born October 28, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 1 Toyota Tundra for Tricon Garage.
| Colby Howard | |||||||
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 Howard at Daytona International Speedway in 2023 | |||||||
| Born | Colby A. Howard October 28, 2001 Simpsonville, South Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 43 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| 2021 position | 32nd | ||||||
| Best finish | 29th (2020) | ||||||
| First race | 2020 LS Tractor 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2021 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 (Darlington) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 54 races run over 5 years | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 1 (Tricon Garage) | ||||||
| 2024 position | 41st | ||||||
| Best finish | 17th (2022) | ||||||
| First race | 2019 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 Toyota 200 (Gateway) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 5 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 49th (2019) | ||||||
| First race | 2018 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA 200 (Salem) | ||||||
| Last race | 2022 Dawn 150 (Mid-Ohio) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 48th (2022) | ||||||
| First race | 2022 General Tire 200 (Sonoma) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of November 8, 2024. | |||||||
Racing career
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
- ^ "Team Event Rosters – Texas Motor Speedway – Saturday, October 24, 2020" (PDF). NASCAR. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Albino, Dustin (July 21, 2020). "Eyes on Xfinity: Getting to Know Rookie Colby Howard". Frontstretch. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Howard Lands Xfinity Deal With JD Motorsports". Speed Sport. January 9, 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (September 9, 2021). "Colby Howard Joins McAnally-Hilgemann Racing in Second Entry for 2022 Season". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Colby Howard – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ "Colby Howard – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Colby Howard – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ "Colby Howard – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
- ^ "Colby Howard – 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
- ^ "Colby Howard – 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ "Colby Howard – 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ^ "Colby Howard – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ "Colby Howard – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ "Colby Howard – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
- ^ "Colby Howard – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Colby Howard driver statistics at Racing-Reference