Quin Houff

Quin Walton Houff (born September 15, 1997) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He has previously competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the ARCA Racing Series.

Racing career Early years Houff started to race when he was eight, driving go-karts. A year later, he upgraded to Mini-Cup cars and by age thirteen, he was racing Limited Late Model cars at local tracks. During his formative years, Houff often competed at legendary short track South Boston Speedway.

Late models Houff ran the entire 2015 CARS Super Late Model Series schedule at the age of seventeen. He won one race, in Hudson, North Carolina, recorded four more top fives and finished fourth in points. On the strength of that season, Houff was named to the 2016 Kulwicki Driver Development program. He won the 2016 CARS season opener, but ran only the first seven races, a move he made after consulting with a strategy team. He also ran the 2016 All American 400 for David Gilliland. Houff returned to the series on a limited basis in 2017. After not racing since the 2021 Cup Series finale at Phoenix, Houff attempted to run South Boston Speedway's Crown Jewel race and the first race of the Virginia Triple Crown, the Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200.

ARCA Racing Series Houff teamed up with Mason Mitchell and his team to run the opening race of the 2017 ARCA Racing Series after a test at Daytona International Speedway. After leading laps and earning an award for leading at halfway, he was caught up in a wreck.

On January 8, 2018, Houff and Mason Mitchell Motorsports announced that they would run at least four races together in 2018, at Daytona, Pocono Raceway, Michigan International Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. He would work together with Mark Setzer, his crew chief from his Xfinity Series races.

Xfinity Series

On March 21, 2017, it was announced that Houff would drive two NASCAR Xfinity Series races for Precision Performance Motorsports, at Bristol Motor Speedway and Richmond International Raceway. He tested for the races at Motor Mile Speedway. At Bristol, Houff hovered around the top ten most of the day after a strong qualifying run but damage due to an incident with Ross Chastain dropped him to fifteenth. After the race at Richmond, Houff signed on for two more races with the team, at Iowa Speedway and Kentucky Speedway. He took advantage of good pit strategy at Iowa to score a career-best twelfth but spun during his qualifying lap at Kentucky and failed to qualify. He made starts at Kentucky and Kansas, finishing in the mid-twenties. He failed to qualify for his final scheduled start of the year, at Homestead.

Houff was left without a ride as PPM shuttered its team at the end of the 2017 season.

On September 7, 2018, it was announced that Houff would make his 2018 Xfinity debut with JD Motorsports' No. 4 entry at Richmond. After finishing 31st in a one-off for the team, a deal came together on October 18, 2018 for Houff to run the final four races of the Xfinity Series season in the organization's No. 15 entry. The deal was made quickly, with Houff finalizing the deal and traveling to Kansas Speedway for the first race of the agreement on the same day.

Cup Series

On January 22, 2019, Spire Motorsports announced Houff would drive the team's No. 77 on a part-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule starting at ISM Raceway. Early estimates pegged the number of races at approximately half of the 36-race schedule.

On November 27, 2019, StarCom Racing announced that Houff would drive the team's No. 00 on a full-time basis during the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

At the 2020 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas, Houff made a last-minute decision to enter pit-road with 29 laps to go, clipping the cars of Christopher Bell and Matt DiBenedetto in the process before crashing into the outside retaining wall. He was later on criticized by DiBenedetto and Brad Keselowski, who proposed that NASCAR should add a relegation structure that would demote developmental drivers to the lower divisions should they commit a mistake similar to Houff's. Later that season, in the 2020 Yellawood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, he finished a career high thirteenth place after avoiding multiple accidents on the ending laps.

In 2021, Talladega would again be Houff's strong suit, as he scored a season-high nineteenth place finish in the 2021 YellaWood 500. StarCom Racing would shut down at the end of 2021, leaving Houff without a ride.

Personal life Houff works with Duke University School of Medicine's cancer programs, as his mother was treated for cancer there. His grandmother also had cancer.

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.) Cup Series NASCAR 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 Pts Ref 2019 Spire Motorsports 77 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO30 CAL MAR TEX BRI32 RCH34 TAL DOV36 KAN34 CLT28 POC29 MCH32 SON CHI38 KEN34 NHA31 POC31 GLN TEX33 PHO HOM 33rd 77 Premium Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY37 27 MCH31 BRI30 DAR IND LVS RCH35 ROV DOV TAL KAN MAR 2020 StarCom Racing 00 Chevy DAY39 LVS32 CAL35 PHO34 DAR36 DAR26 CLT35 CLT32 BRI27 ATL32 MAR34 HOM33 TAL27 POC40 POC31 IND23 KEN35 TEX34 KAN24 NHA32 MCH27 MCH32 DAY33 DOV33 DOV34 DAY23 DAR31 RCH32 BRI29 LVS34 TAL13 ROV28 KAN33 TEX33 MAR33 PHO39 33rd 214 2021 DAY29 DAY40 HOM35 LVS33 PHO32 ATL33 BRD25 MAR24 RCH34 TAL37 KAN37 DAR30 DOV29 COA34 CLT32 SON36 NSH38 POC31 POC33 ROA34 ATL35 NHA35 GLN32 IND22 MCH30 DAY38 DAR30 RCH35 BRI34 LVS34 TAL19 ROV30 TEX31 KAN35 MAR34 PHO37 31st 176

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2020 StarCom Racing Chevrolet 35 39 2021 33 29

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 Pts Ref 2017 Precision Performance Motorsports 46 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI15 RCH27 TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW12 DAY KENDNQ NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN27 DOV CLT KAN22 TEX PHO HOMDNQ 41st 82 2018 JD Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH31 CLT DOV 49th 56 15 KAN14 TEX26 PHO29 HOM29

K&N Pro Series East NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts Ref 2014 Ken Schrader Racing 52 Chevy NSM DAY BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS FIF LGY NHA COL IOW GLN VIR GRE21 DOV 63rd 23

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Racing 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 Pts Ref 2017 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 98 Chevy DAY28 NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 115th 95 2018 DAY32 NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT6 POC MCH8 MAD GTW CHI IOW ELK 34th 585 78 POC21 ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN

CARS Super Late Model Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) CARS Super Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2015 LFR Chassis 17 Chevy SNM10 HCY24 ROU13 SNM5 TCM1 MMS15 ROU4 CNC5 MYB5 HCY10 4th 251 2016 SNM1* ROU8 HCY5 TCM8 GPS7 ROU21 CNC3 MYB HCY SNM 6th 182 2017 Anthony Campi Racing 81 Toyota CNC DOM4 DOM4 HCY HCY BRI AND ROU TCM ROU HCY CNC SBO 24th 58