Shelby Howard

Infobox NASCAR driver


Name = Shelby Dean Howard IV
Birthdate = birth date and age|1985|7|25 | Birthplace = Greenwood, Indiana
Awards = 1997 Mini Cup Points Champion

1997 Mini Cup Champion - Jefferson Speedway

1997 250cc Adult Class Rookie of the Year - Miami County Speedway

1998 600cc Miami County Speedway Rookie of the Year & Champion

1999 Jasper Modified Series Rookie of the Year

1999 Anderson Speedway Rookie of the Year

2002 ARCA RE/MAX Series Rookie of the Year
Prev_Busch_Year = 2004
Prev_Busch_Pos = 66th | Best_Busch_Pos = 66th - 2004
First_Busch_Race = 2003 Mr. Goodcents 300 (Kansas)
Last_Busch_Race = 2007 Kroger 200 (ORP)
Truck_Car_Team = #13 - ThorSport Racing
Prev_Truck_Year = 2004
Prev_Truck_Pos = 33rd | Best_Truck_Pos = 33rd - 2004
First_Truck_Race = 2004 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 (Daytona)
Truck_Top_Tens = 2
Updated_On = July 25, 2008

Shelby Dean Howard IV (born July 25, 1985 in Greenwood, Indiana) is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver. He currently races the #13 Chevrolet Silverado for ThorSport Racing.

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. [ [http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2001/09/07/029078.html ARCA RE/MAX factsheet, Salem ] ] The next season, he won ARCA's Sportmanship 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. He will return to the Truck Series in the #13 in 2008.

References

External links

* [http://www.shelbyhoward.com Official Website]
* [http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=howarsh01 Shelby Howard Career Statistics]