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
6 races run over 2 years
Car no., team No. 4 (JD Motorsports)
2017 position 41st
Best finish 41st (2017)
First race 2017 Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 (Bristol)
Last race 2018 Go Bowling 250 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of September 21, 2018.

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. 4 Chevrolet Camaro for JD 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]

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.

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.[20]

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 NXSC Pts
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
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 KAN TEX PHO HOM -* -*

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
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
2018 DAY
32		 NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT
6		 POC MCH
8		 MAD GTW CHI IOW ELK -* -*
78 POC
21		 ISF BLN DSF IRP SLM 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 | 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 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. ↑ "Quin Houff makes a difference through racing". The News Leader. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
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