Quin Houff

Quin Houff

Houff at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2017
Born (1997-09-15) September 15, 1997
Weyers Cave, Virginia
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
3 races run over 1 year
Car no., team No. 46 (Precision Performance Motorsports)
First race 2017 Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 (Bristol)
Last race 2017 American Ethanol E15 250 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of June 24, 2017.

Quin Houff (born September 15, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 46 Chevrolet Camaro for Precision Performance Motorsports, and part-time in the ARCA Racing Series, driving the No. 98 Chevrolet Impala for Mason Mitchell Motorsports.

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]

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.[12] 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.[13] After the race at Richmond, Houff signed on for two more races with the team, at Iowa Speedway and Kentucky Speedway.[14]

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.[15]

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

ARCA Racing Series

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

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 | In The Pits Media". 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 to make XFINITY Series debut with Precision Performance Motorsports". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  13. "Quin Houff Impresses in Xfinity Debut, Finishes 15th at Bristol". Motorsports Tribune. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  14. Wilson, Steven B. "Quin Houff commits to NASCAR XFINITY races at Iowa and Kentucky with PPM". Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  15. "Quin Houff makes a difference through racing". The News Leader. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
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