By Sarah Handy, Staff Writer
Youngs Motorsports announced on Monday morning that 18-year old late model driver Colby Howard will make his NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series debut in the Lucas Oil 150 at ISM Raceway (formerly Phoenix Raceway) in the No. 20 Project HOPE Foundation Chevrolet Silverado.
Project HOPE Foundation was founded in 1997 by moms looking for services for their young sons with autism. Project hope offers programs that benefit both the child affected with autism as well as the entire family. Proving a lifespan of services for the autism community that help families, open minds, as well as promote inclusion and expand potential.
“It is the biggest break of my racing career,” Howard said in a team press release. “I am very excited to have the opportunity to make my debut with Young’s Motorsports.”
Howard is scheduled to compete in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series 2019 season finale Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 15.
Howard, a Simpsonville, S.C., native is currently competing in the Show Me the Money Pro Late Models where the young driver has captured three wins, four top-five and four top-ten finishes in only five starts this season.
Howard has 46 career starts in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series with four victories under his belt, 20 top-five and 39 top-ten finishes at both the NASCAR Home Tracks of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Speedway and Greenville-Pickens Speedway also located in South Carolina.
The youngster has quite the racing resume having made one start in the Champion Racing Association (CRA) JEGS All-Starts Tour, eight starts in the Southeast Limited Late Models Series where he has two wins and he has four starts in the ARCA Racing Series with consecutive top-10 results.
In addition, Howard has earned one win, and three top-five finishes in three starts in the Southeast Limited Late Model Series Challenger division as well.
“We are excited to see Howard develop his stock car skills with Young’s Motorsports,” team principal Tyler Young said in a team press release.
The No. 20 Chevrolet Silverado has proven itself a successful development team with drivers Spencer Boyd, Landon Huffman and Dylan Lupton. The team captured the win at Talladega Superspeedway last month with Boyd behind the wheel and currently sits 16th in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series owner points.
The Lucas Oil 150 from ISM Raceway is scheduled for Friday November 8 at 8:30 PM EST on FS1 with coverage on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio as well.
For more information on Project Hope Foundation please visit: https://www.projecthopesc.org/