Colby A. Howard (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 TRD Pro for Tricon Garage.

Racing career

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. After that, Howard raced Bandoleros and late models before moving to full-bodied stock cars.

In November 2019, Howard 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.

On January 9, 2020, it was announced that Howard would join JD Motorsports for twenty races in the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. 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.

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, replacing Mark Setzer, who left the team to be the crew chief for the No. 51 of Jeremy Clements and his team. 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.

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.

Howard scored a career-best fourth-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.

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 Pts Ref 2020 JD Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY LVS CAL PHO34 DAR27 CLT37 BRI19 ATL15 HOM17 HOM17 TAL POC IRC KEN32 KEN21 TEX23 KAN ROA DRC DOV30 DOV26 DAY12 DAR19 RCH33 RCH35 BRI21 LVS21 TAL36 ROV KAN TEX28 MAR25 PHO20 29th 267 2021 DAY35 DRC23 HOM36 LVS20 PHO16 ATL21 MAR39 TAL19 DAR29 DOV28 COA28 CLT30 MOH22 TEX28 NSHDNQ POC24 ROADNQ ATL20 NHA30 GLN31 IRC MCH25 DAY26 DAR27 RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 32nd 225

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 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 PHO21 HOM24 61st 29 2021 CR7 Motorsports 9 Chevy DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR13 BRI15 LVS TAL MAR38 PHO 104th 01 2022 McAnally–Hilgemann Racing 91 Chevy DAY30 LVS34 ATL26 COA24 MAR18 BRD12 DAR13 KAN11 TEX34 CLT14 GTW23 SON19 KNX16 NSH16 MOH9 POC18 IRP32 RCH28 KAN9 BRI24 TAL8 HOM13 PHO15 17th 422 2023 CR7 Motorsports 9 Chevy DAY4 LVS18 ATL27 COA24 TEX20 BRD27 MAR17 KAN35 DAR17 NWS24 CLT20 GTW12 NSH29 MOH36 POC15 RCH24 IRP35 MLW17 KAN19 BRI22 TAL23 HOM30 PHO21 21st 340 2024 Tricon Garage 1 Toyota DAY ATL17 LVS BRI COA MAR TEX KAN DAR7 NWS CLT GTW32 NSH POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR PHO 41st 55

Season still in progress 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 Pts Ref 2018 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 78 Chevy DAY NSH SLM8 TAL TOL CLT POC MCH MAD9 GTW CHI IOW ELK BLN POC ISF DSF IRP SLM KAN 60th 375 2019 Win-Tron Racing 32 Chevy DAY FIF SLM TAL NSH TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI ELK IOW10 POC ISF DSF SLM10 IRP KAN 49th 360 2022 Bill McAnally Racing 91 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH17 POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 99th 27

ARCA Menards Series West ARCA Menards Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts Ref 2022 Bill McAnally Racing 91 Toyota PHO IRW KCR PIR SON2 IRW EVG PIR AAS LVS PHO 48th 42

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 Pts Ref 2016 Colby Howard 16H Ford SNM ROU HCY TCM GRE9 ROU CON MYB HCY SNM 44th 24 2017 Rodney Howard CON22 DOM DOM HCY HCY BRI AND ROU TCM ROU HCY CON SBO 66th 11 2018 TCMDNQ MYB12 ROU HCY BRI ACE CCS KPT HCY WKS ROU SBO 45th 23 2023 CR7 Motorsports 97A Chevy SNM FLC HCY19 ACE NWS LGY DOM CRW HCY ACE TCM WKS AAS SBO TCM CRW 67th 14

ASA STARS National 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.) ASA STARS National Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2024 Wilson Motorsports 24 Toyota NSM FIF8 HCY MAD MLW AND OWO TOL WIN NSV 45th 57 2025 Anthony Campi Racing 18 Chevy NSM15 FIF5 DOM HCY1* NPS6 MAD SLG AND OWO TOL WIN NSV 17th 278 2026 Lyon Racing 44H Toyota NSM FIF HCY11 SLG MAD NPS9 OWO TRI WIN NSV NSM -* -*

IHRA Late Model Sportsman Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) IHRA Late Model Sportsman Series Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 Pts Ref 2026 Neil Meredith 16H N/A DUB CDL AND10 N/A 0

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