Shelby Howard

Shelby Dean Howard IV (born July 25, 1985) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He has previously driven in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the ARCA Re/Max Series.

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 fifteen. The next season, he won ARCA's Sportsmanship Award.

Howard 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 twentieth in the No. 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 No. 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 No. 35 Volvo Trucks/Snap-On Ford Taurus for Team Rensi Motorsports.

Howard 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 No. 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 started 2009 as a free agent, but was picked up by ML Motorsports to drive the No. 70 Foretravel Motorcoach Chevrolet after the team released Mark Green in late March. He would run a total of seventeen Nationwide races with a best finish of twelfth 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 twelfth 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 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 PHO CAR HOM NA -

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 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 KAN20 CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM 120th 103 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 IRP24 MCHDNQ BRI CAL RCH25 DOV31 KAN CLT MEM36 ATL18 PHO DAR HOM 66th 413 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 MEM40 TEX PHO HOM 141st 43 2007 D.D.L. Motorsports 01 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN27 MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP36 CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 118th 137 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 IRP20 CGV GLN MCH BRI23 CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 94th 197 2009 ML Motorsports 70 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX32 NSH14 PHO TAL27 RCH13 DAR CLT DOV NSH12 KEN26 MLW23 NHA DAY CHI26 GTY13 IRP19 IOWDNQ GLN MCH18 BRIDNQ CGV ATL21 RCH35 DOV KAN26 CAL CLT MEM12 TEX31 PHO HOM33 33rd 1603 2010 DAYDNQ CAL LVS20 BRI34 NSH16 PHO TEX25 TAL19 RCH30 DAR DOV CLT NSH22 KEN17 ROA NHA DAY26 CHI20 GTY12 IRP14 IOW12 GLN MCH23 BRI24 CGV ATL RCH24 DOV KAN20 CAL CLT39 GTY27 TEX28 PHO HOM36 26th 1962 2011 DAY22 PHO28 LVS29 BRI27 CAL TEX30 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

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 Pts Ref 2004 Bill Davis Racing 23 Toyota DAY29 ATL25 MAR23 MFD23 CLT33 DOV TEX21 MEM24 MLW21 KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR HOM 33rd 692 2008 ThorSport Racing 13 Chevy DAY15 CAL25 ATL26 MAR34 KAN16 CLT20 MFD6 DOV19 TEX20 MCH19 MLW14 MEM16 KEN36 IRP5 NSH22 BRI26 GTW23 NHA14 LVS18 TAL17 MAR13 ATL22 TEX17 PHO19 HOM25 17th 2636 2010 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 2 Chevy DAY ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP11 POC NSH DAR BRI CHI31 KEN19 NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 63rd 306

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 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 2002 Pontiac DAY 27 TAL13 5th 4745 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 POC5 NSH12 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 Chevy TAL 27