Quin Houff

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Quin Houff
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Houff at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2019
BornQuin Walton Houff
(1997-09-15) September 15, 1997 (age 26)
Weyers Cave, Virginia, U.S.
NASCAR Cup Series career
89 races run over 3 years
2021 position31st
Best finish31st (2021)
First race 2019 TicketGuardian 500 (Phoenix)
Last race 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
10 races run over 2 years
2018 position49th
Best finish49th (2018)
First race 2017 Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 (Bristol)
Last race 2018 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of December 25, 2021.

Quin Walton Houff (born September 15, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Racing career

Early years

Houff started to race when he was eight, driving go-karts. A year later, he upgraded to Mini-Cup cars and by age thirteen, he was racing Limited Late Model cars at local tracks. During his formative years, Houff often competed at legendary short track South Boston Speedway. [1]

Late models

Houff ran the entire 2015 CARS Super Late Model Series schedule at age seventeen. He won one race, in Hudson, North Carolina, recorded four more top fives and finished fourth in points. [2] On the strength of that season, Houff was named to the 2016 Kulwicki Driver Development program. [3] He won the 2016 CARS season opener, but ran only the first seven races, [4] a move he made after consulting with a strategy team. [5] He also ran the 2016 All American 400 for David Gilliland. [6] Houff returned to the series on a limited basis in 2017. [7] After not racing since the 2021 Cup Series Finale at Phoenix, Houff will attempt to run South Boston Speedway's Crown Jewel race and the first race of the Virginia Triple Crown, the Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200.

ARCA Racing Series

Houff teamed up with Mason Mitchell and his team to run the opening race of the 2017 ARCA Racing Series after a test at Daytona International Speedway. [8] After leading laps [9] and earning an award for leading at halfway, [10] he was caught up in a wreck. [11]

On January 8, 2018, Houff and Mason Mitchell Motorsports announced that they would run at least four races together in 2018, at Daytona, Pocono Raceway, Michigan International Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. He would work together with Mark Setzer, his crew chief from his Xfinity Series races. [12]

Xfinity Series

Houff's No. 46 at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2017 Quin-Bristol-On-Track-1-042117.jpg
Houff's No. 46 at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2017

On March 21, 2017, it was announced that Houff would drive two NASCAR Xfinity Series races for Precision Performance Motorsports, at Bristol Motor Speedway and Richmond International Raceway. [13] He tested for the races at Motor Mile Speedway. [14] At Bristol, Houff hovered around the top ten most of the day after a strong qualifying run but damage due to an incident with Ross Chastain dropped him to fifteenth. [15] After the race at Richmond, Houff signed on for two more races with the team, at Iowa Speedway and Kentucky Speedway. [16] He took advantage of good pit strategy at Iowa to score a career-best twelfth but spun during his qualifying lap at Kentucky and failed to qualify. He made starts at Kentucky and Kansas, finishing in the mid-20s. [17] He failed to qualify for his final scheduled start of the year, at Homestead. [18]

Houff was left without a ride as PPM shuttered its team at the end of the 2017 season. [19]

On September 7, 2018, it was announced that Houff would make his 2018 Xfinity debut with JD Motorsports' No. 4 entry at Richmond. [20] After finishing 31st in a one-off for the team, a deal came together on October 18, 2018 for Houff to run the final four races of the Xfinity Series season in the organization's No. 15 entry. The deal was made quickly, with Houff finalizing the deal and traveling to Kansas Speedway for the first race of the agreement on the same day. [21]

Cup Series

Houff's No. 00 at Sonoma Raceway in 2021 Quin Houff 00 Sonoma 2021.jpg
Houff's No. 00 at Sonoma Raceway in 2021

On January 22, 2019, Spire Motorsports announced Houff would drive the team's No. 77 on a part-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule starting at ISM Raceway. [22] Early estimates pegged the number of races at approximately half of the 36-race schedule. [23]

On November 27, 2019, StarCom Racing announced that Houff would drive the team's No. 00 on a full-time basis during the 2020 and 2021 seasons. [24]

At the 2020 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas, Houff made a last-minute decision to enter pit-road with 29 laps to go, clipping the cars of Christopher Bell and Matt DiBenedetto in the process before crashing into the outside retaining wall. He was later on criticized by DiBenedetto and Brad Keselowski, who proposed that NASCAR should add a relegation structure that would demote developmental drivers to the lower divisions should they commit a mistake similar to Houff's. [25] Later that season, in the 2020 Yellawood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, he finished a career high 13th place after avoiding multiple accidents on the ending laps.

In 2021, Talladega would again be Houff's strong suit, as he scored a season-high 19th place finish in the 2021 YellaWood 500. StarCom racing would shut down at the end of 2021, leaving Houff without a ride.

Personal life

Houff works with Duke University School of Medicine's cancer programs, as his mother was treated for cancer there. His grandmother also had cancer. [26]

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.)

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NCSCPtsRef
2019 Spire Motorsports 77 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO
30		 CAL MAR TEX BRI
32		 RCH
34		 TAL DOV
36		 KAN
34		 CLT
28		 POC
29		 MCH
32		 SON CHI
38		 KEN
34		 NHA
31		 POC
31		 GLN TEX
33		 PHO HOM 33rd77 [27]
Premium Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY
37
27 MCH
31		 BRI
30		 DAR IND LVS RCH
35		 CLT DOV TAL KAN MAR
2020 StarCom Racing 00 Chevy DAY
39		 LVS
32		 CAL
35		 PHO
34		 DAR
36		 DAR
26		 CLT
35		 CLT
32		 BRI
27		 ATL
32		 MAR
34		 HOM
33		 TAL
27		 POC
40		 POC
31		 IND
23		 KEN
35		 TEX
34		 KAN
24		 NHA
32		 MCH
27		 MCH
32		 DAY
33		 DOV
33		 DOV
34		 DAY
23		 DAR
31		 RCH
32		 BRI
29		 LVS
34		 TAL
13		 CLT
28		 KAN
33		 TEX
33		 MAR
33		 PHO
39		33rd214 [28]
2021 DAY
29		 DAY
40		 HOM
35		 LVS
33		 PHO
32		 ATL
33		 BRI
25		 MAR
24		 RCH
34		 TAL
37		 KAN
37		 DAR
30		 DOV
29		 COA
34		 CLT
32		 SON
36		 NSH
38		 POC
31		 POC
33		 ROA
34		 ATL
35		 NHA
35		 GLN
32		 IND
22		 MCH
30		 DAY
38		 DAR
30		 RCH
35		 BRI
34		 LVS
34		 TAL
19		 CLT
30		 TEX
31		 KAN
35		 MAR
34		 PHO
37		31st176 [29]
Daytona 500
YearTeamManufacturerStartFinish
2020 StarCom Racing Chevrolet 3539
2021 3329

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
2017 Precision Performance Motorsports 46 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI
15		 RCH
27		 TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW
12		 DAY KEN
DNQ		 NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN
27		 DOV CLT KAN
22		 TEX PHO HOM
DNQ		41st82 [30]
2018 JD Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH
31		 CLT DOV 49th56 [31]
15 KAN
14		 TEX
26		 PHO
29		 HOM
29

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516NKNPSECPtsRef
2014 Ken Schrader Racing 52 Chevy NSM DAY BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS FIF LGY NHA COL IOW GLN VIR GRE
21		 DOV 63rd23 [32]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920ARSCPtsRef
2017 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 98 Chevy DAY
28		 NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 115th95 [33]
2018 DAY
32		 NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT
6		 POC MCH
8		 MAD GTW CHI IOW ELK 34th585 [34]
78 POC
21		 ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN

CARS Super Late Model 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 Super Late Model Tour results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213CSLMTCPtsRef
2015 LFR Chassis 17 Chevy SNM
10		 HCY
24		 OCS
13		 SNM
5		 TCM
1		 MMS
15		 OCS
4		 CNC
5		 MYB
5		 HCY
10		4th251 [35]
2016 SNM
1*		 OCS
8		 HCY
5		 TCM
8		 GPS
7		 OCS
21		 CNC
3		 MYB HCY SNM 6th182 [36]
2017Anthony Campi Racing81 Toyota CNC DOM
4		 DOM
4		 HCY HCY BMS AND OCS TCM OCS HCY CNC SBO 24th58 [37]

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