Shelby Howard

Shelby Howard
Shelby Howard
	O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 (Texas)
Built Ford Tough 225 (Kentucky)
	Statistics current as of April 13, 2010.

Shelby Dean Howard IV (born July 25, 1985)^[1] is an American former professional stock car racing 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

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

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

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 started 2009 as a free agent, but was picked up by

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

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

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

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			Dodge	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]
2003			Chevy																				TAL 27						3rd	5015	^[17]

References

^ Shelby Howard Career Stats
^ ARCA RE/MAX factsheet, Salem
^ "Shelby Howard – 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ "Shelby Howard – 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ "Shelby Howard – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ "Shelby Howard – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ "Shelby Howard – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ "Shelby Howard – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ "Shelby Howard – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ "Shelby Howard – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ "Shelby Howard – 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ "Shelby Howard – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ "Shelby Howard – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ "Shelby Howard – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ "Shelby Howard – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ "Shelby Howard – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ "Shelby Howard – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.

External links

Shelby Howard driver statistics at Racing-Reference

[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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v t e Bill Davis Racing
Years active	1989–2008
Personnel	Bill Davis
Former drivers	A. J. Allmendinger Michael Annett Johnny Benson Jr. Dave Blaney Geoff Bodine Mike Borkowski Ward Burton Wally Dallenbach Jr. Jeff Gordon Jimmy Hensley Shane Hmiel Shelby Howard Tom Hubert Bobby Labonte Justin Labonte Randy LaJoie Butch Leitzinger Bill Lester Donny Lia Tayler Malsam Mark Martin Ryan Mathews Phillip McGilton Jeremy Mayfield Steve Park Tony Raines Dennis Setzer Mike Skinner Scott Speed Hut Stricklin Jacques Villeneuve Tyler Walker Kenny Wallace Michael Waltrip Chris Wimmer Scott Wimmer
NASCAR Hall of Fame	Ray Evernham Jeff Gordon Bobby Labonte Mark Martin
NASCAR Truck Series Championships	2008 (Benson)
Daytona 500 wins	2002 (W. Burton)
Southern 500 wins	2001 (W. Burton)
Partnerships and affiliations	Michael Waltrip Racing Red Bull Racing Team
Buyouts and mergers	Jasper Motorsports (2006) Triad Racing Technologies (2008)

v t e Team Rensi Motorsports
Years active	1997–2012
Personnel	Ed Rensi Sam Rensi Ronnie Russell Gary Weisbaum
Former drivers	Kelly Bires David Blankenship Johnny Borneman III Chad Chaffin Ricky Craven David Donohue Tim Fedewa Chad Finley Jeff Finley Rick Fuller Mark Gibson David Gilliland Bobby Hamilton Jr. Jimmy Hensley Ron Hornaday Jr. Andy Houston Shelby Howard Matt Hutter Richard Johns D. J. Kennington Scott Lagasse Kevin Lepage Tracy Leslie Ashton Lewis Jr. Mike Lorz Eric McClure Mike McLaughlin Butch Miller Ryan Newman Elliott Sadler Boris Said Sammy Sanders Andy Santerre Jay Sauter Ken Schrader Randy Tolsma Billy Venturini Kenny Wallace Mike Wallace Vince Whitmire
NASCAR Hall of Fame	Ron Hornaday Jr.