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Quin Houff
Houff at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2019
Born (1997-09-15) September 15, 1997 (age 27)
Weyers Cave, Virginia
NASCAR Cup Series career
30 races run over 2 years
Car no., teamNo. 00 (StarCom Racing)
2019 position33rd
Best finish33rd (2019)
First race2019 TicketGuardian 500 (Phoenix)
Last race2024 Xfinity 500 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
10 races run over 2 years
2018 position49th
Best finish49th (2018)
First race2017 Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 (Bristol)
Last race2018 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of June 22, 2020.

Quin W. Houff (born September 15, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 00 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for StarCom Racing.

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 in 2015 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 stratgety 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]

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 will 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

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

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]

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.[25]

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
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 34 35 36 NCSC Pts Ref
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 33rd 77 [26]
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
 POC
 IND KEN TEX KAN NHA DOV MCH MCH GLN DOV DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO -* -* [27]
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2020 StarCom Racing Chevrolet 35 39

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
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 		41st 82 [28]
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 49th 56 [29]
15 KAN
14 		TEX
26 		PHO
29 		HOM
29

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2014 Ken Schrader Racing 52 Chevy NSM DAY BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS FFL LGY NHA COL IOW GLN VIR GRE
21 		DOV 63rd 23 [30]

* 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
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ARSC Pts Ref
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 115th 95 [31]
2018 DAY
32 		NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT
6 		POC MCH
8 		MAD GTW CHI IOW ELK 34th 585 [32]
78 POC
21 		ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN

References

  1. ^ "Quin Houff Joins LFR Driver Development Team – LFR Chassis". www.lfrchassis.com. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  2. ^ "Driver Quin Houff 2015 CARS Super Late Model Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  3. ^ "Quin Houff". www.inthepitsmedia.com. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  4. ^ "Driver Quin Houff 2016 CARS Super Late Model Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  5. ^ "Rookie Quin Houff, Mason Mitchell Motorsports partner for Daytona". ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  6. ^ "10/02/2016 race: All American 400 (EX) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  7. ^ "Driver Quin Houff 2017 CARS Super Late Model Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  8. ^ "Weyers Cave's Houff ready for Daytona debut". The News Leader. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  9. ^ "Houff announces his next step in racing". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  10. ^ "Daytona's Protect Plus Halfway Leader to rookie Houff". ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  11. ^ "Driver Quin Houff 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  12. ^ "Quin Houff joins Mason Mitchell Motorsports...starts at Daytona". ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  13. ^ "Quin Houff to make XFINITY Series debut with Precision Performance Motorsports". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  14. ^ DeGuzman, David. "Road To NASCAR: Houff's rapid, yet bumpy, rise to racing success". Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  15. ^ "Quin Houff Impresses in Xfinity Debut, Finishes 15th at Bristol". Motorsports Tribune. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  16. ^ Wilson, Steven B. "Quin Houff commits to NASCAR XFINITY races at Iowa and Kentucky with PPM". Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  17. ^ "XFINITY Breakdown: Joe Gibbs Racing Teammates Collide Late, Christopher Bell Wins at Kansas". www.frontstretch.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  18. ^ Winningham, Brett. "NXS: Tyler Reddick Earns Ford EcoBoost 300 Pole". Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  19. ^ "NASCAR Xfinity: Precision Performance Motorsports shutters program". Auto Racing Daily. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  20. ^ "Houff Joins JD Motorsports For Richmond". Speed Sport. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  21. ^ Hite, Patrick. "Houff to run remainder of Xfinity Series". The News Leader. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  22. ^ Page, Scott (January 22, 2019). "Quinn Houff to drive for Spire Motorsports". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  23. ^ Catanzareti, Zach. "Quin Houff to join Spire Motorsports, make Cup starts in 2019". Kickin the Tires. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  24. ^ "Quin Houff replacing Landon Cassill in the #00 at StarCom Racing". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  25. ^ "Quin Houff makes a difference through racing". The News Leader. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  26. ^ "Quin Houff – 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  27. ^ "Quin Houff – 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  28. ^ "Quin Houff – 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  29. ^ "Quin Houff – 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  30. ^ "Quin Houff – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  31. ^ "Quin Houff – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  32. ^ "Quin Houff – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
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