# Quin Houff

Quin Walton Houff (born September 15, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

## 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.

### Late models

Houff ran the entire 2015 CARS Super Late Model Series schedule at age seventeen. He won one race, in Hudson, North Carolina, recorded four more top fives and finished fourth in points. On the strength of that season, Houff was named to the 2016 Kulwicki Driver Development program. He won the 2016 CARS season opener, but ran only the first seven races, a move he made after consulting with a strategy team. He also ran the 2016 All American 400 for David Gilliland. Houff returned to the series on a limited basis in 2017. After not racing since the 2021 Cup Series Finale at Phoenix, Houff will attempt to run South Boston Speedway's Crown Jewel race and the first race of the Virginia Triple Crown, the Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200.

### 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. After leading laps and earning an award for leading at halfway, he was caught up in a wreck.
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 would work together with Mark Setzer, his crew chief from his Xfinity Series races.

### Xfinity Series

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. He tested for the races at Motor Mile Speedway. 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. After the race at Richmond, Houff signed on for two more races with the team, at Iowa Speedway and Kentucky Speedway. 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. He failed to qualify for his final scheduled start of the year, at Homestead.
Houff was left without a ride as PPM shuttered its team at the end of the 2017 season.
On September 7, 2018, it was announced that Houff would make his 2018 Xfinity debut with JD Motorsports' No. 4 entry at Richmond. 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.

### 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. Early estimates pegged the number of races at approximately half of the 36-race schedule.
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.
At the 2020 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas, Houff made a last-minute decision to enter pit-road with 29 laps to go, clipping the cars of Christopher Bell and Matt DiBenedetto in the process before crashing into the outside retaining wall. He was later on criticized by DiBenedetto and Brad Keselowski, who proposed that NASCAR should add a relegation structure that would demote developmental drivers to the lower divisions should they commit a mistake similar to Houff's. Later that season, in the 2020 Yellawood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, he finished a career high 13th place after avoiding multiple accidents on the ending laps.
In 2021, Talladega would again be Houff's strong suit, as he scored a season-high 19th place finish in the 2021 YellaWood 500. StarCom Racing would shut down at the end of 2021, leaving Houff without a ride.

## 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.

## 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 | |
| 2019 | Premium Motorsports | 15 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAY 37 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 33rd | 77 |
| 2019 | Premium Motorsports | 27 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MCH 31 | BRI 30 | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH 35 | ROV | DOV | TAL | KAN | MAR | | | | | | 33rd | 77 |
| 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 40 | POC 31 | IND 23 | KEN 35 | TEX 34 | KAN 24 | NHA 32 | MCH 27 | MCH 32 | DAY 33 | DOV 33 | DOV 34 | DAY 23 | DAR 31 | RCH 32 | BRI 29 | LVS 34 | TAL 13 | ROV 28 | KAN 33 | TEX 33 | MAR 33 | PHO 39 | 33rd | 214 | |
| 2021 | StarCom Racing | 00 | Chevy | DAY 29 | DAY 40 | HOM 35 | LVS 33 | PHO 32 | ATL 33 | BRD 25 | MAR 24 | RCH 34 | TAL 37 | KAN 37 | DAR 30 | DOV 29 | COA 34 | CLT 32 | SON 36 | NSH 38 | POC 31 | POC 33 | ROA 34 | ATL 35 | NHA 35 | GLN 32 | IND 22 | MCH 30 | DAY 38 | DAR 30 | RCH 35 | BRI 34 | LVS 34 | TAL 19 | ROV 30 | TEX 31 | KAN 35 | MAR 34 | PHO 37 | 31st | 176 | |

##### Daytona 500

| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
| 2020 | StarCom Racing | Chevrolet | 35 | 39 |
| 2021 | StarCom Racing | Chevrolet | 33 | 29 |

#### 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 | | | | | 49th | 56 |
| 2018 | JD Motorsports | 15 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | KAN 14 | TEX 26 | PHO 29 | HOM 29 | 49th | 56 |

#### 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 | FIF | LGY | NHA | COL | IOW | GLN | VIR | GRE 21 | DOV | 63rd | 23 | |
$^*$ 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 |
| 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 | Mason Mitchell Motorsports | 98 | Chevy | DAY 32 | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | CLT 6 | POC | MCH 8 | MAD | GTW | CHI | IOW | ELK | | | | | | | | 34th | 585 |
| 2018 | Mason Mitchell Motorsports | 78 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | POC 21 | ISF | BLN | DSF | SLM | IRP | KAN | 34th | 585 |

### CARS Super Late Model Tour

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
CARS Super Late Model Tour results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | CSLMTC | Pts |
| 2015 | LFR Chassis | 17 | Chevy | SNM 10 | HCY 24 | OCS 13 | SNM 5 | TCM 1 | MMS 15 | OCS 4 | CNC 5 | MYB 5 | HCY 10 | | | | 4th | 251 |
| 2016 | LFR Chassis | 17 | Chevy | SNM 1* | OCS 8 | HCY 5 | TCM 8 | GPS 7 | OCS 21 | CNC 3 | MYB | HCY | SNM | | | | 6th | 182 |
| 2017 | Anthony Campi Racing | 81 | Toyota | CNC | DOM 4 | DOM 4 | HCY | HCY | BMS | AND | OCS | TCM | OCS | HCY | CNC | SBO | 24th | 58 |