15 Facts About Shelby Howard

Shelby Dean Howard IV was born on July 25,1985 and is an American former professional stock car racing driver.

Shelby Howard 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.

Shelby Howard 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.

Shelby Howard raced at Anderson Speedway, winning two feature races and the Rookie of the Year award.

Shelby Howard 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.

Shelby Howard finished fifteenth in the Kendall Late Model Series points standings as well.

Shelby Howard won his first ARCA race in 2003, becoming the youngest winner in the series, and finished third in the final standings.

Shelby Howard attempted his first Winston Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, but failed to qualify.

Shelby Howard joined Tony Stewart's USAR team in 2005, and had three poles and four top-tens in USAR's Northern Division.

Shelby Howard had three wins in his first USAR season.

Shelby Howard finished 41st after being plagued by ignition failure.

Shelby 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.

Shelby Howard would run a total of 17 Nationwide races with a best finish of 12th at the second Nashville race and Memphis Motorsports Park.

Shelby Howard returned to ML in 2011, but departed from the team after Texas.