Ryan Howard (racing driver)

Ryan Howard
Born	(1985-05-31) May 31, 1985 Tipp City, Ohio
ARCA Menards Series career
42 races run over 4 years
Best finish	4th (2006)
First race	2004 GFS Marketplace 200 (Berlin)
Last race	2007 Daytona ARCA 200 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 7 0
Statistics current as of July 9, 2023.

Ryan Howard (born May 31, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Re/Max Series.

Racing career

From 2001 to 2003, Howard competed in various racing series' like the Sprint Car Racing Association, the King of Indiana Sprint Series, the All Star Circuit of Champions, and the USAC Sprint Car National Championship.

In 2004, Howard would make his ARCA Re/Max Series debut at Berlin Raceway, driving the No. 56 Chevrolet for Mark Gibson Racing, where he would start 26th and finish 27th due to handling issues. He would make five more starts, getting a best finish of sixth at Salem Speedway. For the following year, he would make select starts for Mark Gibson Racing, including a one-off start with Bobby Gerhart Racing in the No. 5 Chevrolet at Lanier Raceway, where he would finish 25th. In his starts with Gibson, he would fail to qualify six times and get a best finish of 21st at the Illinois State Fairgrounds dirt track.

In 2006, it was announced that Howard would run full-time in the No. 59 Chevrolet for Mark Gibson Racing whilst also going for the rookie of the year honors. He would get six top-tens with a best finish of seventh at Toledo Speedway on his way to finish fourth in the final points standings. He would also finish third in the rookie standings behind Ryan Foster and Blake Bjorklund despite finishing ahead of them in the drivers standings. He would make one more ARCA start at Daytona International Speedway in 2007, driving the No. 32 Dodge for Country Joe Racing, where he would finish fourteenth despite starting 34th. He has not competed in the series since then.

Howard has recently competed in the Carolina Mini Stock Challenge and the United States Racing Association.

Motorsports results

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max 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	ARMC	Pts	Ref
2004	Mark Gibson Racing	56	Chevy	DAY	NSH	SLM	KEN	TOL	CLT	KAN	POC	MCH	SBO	BLN 27	KEN	GTW	POC 32	LER 20		ISF 13	TOL DNQ	DSF	CHI	SLM 6	TAL		38th	730
		2																	NSH 37
2005		56		DAY DNQ	NSH	SLM DNQ		TOL 35		MIL 37	POC 35	MCH DNQ	KAN 34	KEN	BLN DNQ	POC	GTW 37	LER 33	NSH 37	MCH 41	ISF 21	TOL	DSF 36	CHI DNQ	SLM	TAL DNQ	35th	1140
		33					KEN 39
	Bobby Gerhart Racing	5	Chevy						LAN 25
2006	Mark Gibson Racing	59	Chevy	DAY 16	NSH 38	SLM 11	WIN 25	KEN 16	TOL 13	POC 8	MCH 25	KAN 12	KEN 9	BLN 23	POC 12	GTW 25	NSH 12	MCH 8	ISF 16	MIL 11	TOL 7	DSF 10	CHI 15	SLM 10	TAL 41	IOW 13	4th	4670
2007	Country Joe Racing	32	Dodge	DAY 14	USA	NSH	SLM	KAN	WIN	KEN	TOL	IOW	POC	MCH	BLN	KEN	POC	NSH	ISF	MIL	GTW	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL	TOL	127th	160

External links

• Ryan Howard driver statistics at Racing-Reference