Colby Howard

Colby A. Howard^[1] (born October 28, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 1 Toyota Tundra for Tricon Garage.

Colby Howard
Howard at Daytona International Speedway in 2023
Born	Colby A. Howard (2001-10-28) October 28, 2001 (age 23) 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)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
54 races run over 5 years
2024 position	41st
Best finish	17th (2022)
First race	2019 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Last race	2024 Toyota 200 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 5 0
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)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 4 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	48th (2022)
First race	2022 General Tire 200 (Sonoma)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics up to date as of November 8, 2024.

Racing career

Howard's 2018 ARCA car at Madison

Howard's No. 91 truck at Sonoma Raceway in 2022

Howard's No. 91 car in the ARCA Menards Series West race at Sonoma Raceway in 2022

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
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
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
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
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]

CARS Late Model Stock Car 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 Late Model Stock Car Tour results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	CLMSCTC	Pts	Ref
2016	Colby Howard	16H	Ford	SNM	ROU	HCY	TCM	GRE 9	ROU	CON	MYB	HCY	SNM							44th	24	[20]
2017	Rodney Howard			CON 22	DOM	DOM	HCY	HCY	BRI	AND	ROU	TCM	ROU	HCY	CON	SBO				66th	11	[21]
2018				TCM DNQ	MYB 12	ROU	HCY	BRI	ACE	CCS	KPT	HCY	WKS	OCS	SBO					45th	23	[22]
2023	CR7 Motorsports	97A	Chevy	SNM	FLC	HCY 19	ACE	NWS	LGY	DOM	CRW	HCY	ACE	TCM	WKS	AAS	SBO	TCM	CRW	67th	14	[23]