Jay Howard

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Jay Howard (2008)

Jay Howard (born February 16, 1981 in Basildon ) is a British racing driver . He became the 2006 Indy Pro Series champion . From 2008 to 2011 as well as 2017 and 2018 he competed in individual races in the IndyCar Series .

Career

Like most motorsport enthusiasts , Howard began his career in karting , where he was active from 1993 to 2002. He also later returned to karting for individual races. After being in the UK in 2002 Formula Ford his first experience in the Winter Series Formula racing had made, he also appeared in the British Formula Ford Junior Championship and was 16th in the overall standings. The following winter the Briton won his first championship with the championship title of the British Formula Renault winter series. He then finished fourth in the Scholarship Class of the British Formula Ford in 2003 .

In 2004 Howard left Europe and moved to North America for the American Formula Ford, in which he competed in two races and won one of them. In 2005 he contested the entire season in the US Formula Ford and won the championship title with nine wins in twelve races. In 2005 he moved to Sam Schmidt Motorsports in the Indy Pro Series . The Briton won two races and won the championship title by a narrow margin over Jonathan Klein . In 2007 he only took part in the first three races of the Indy Pro Series and finished 28th overall at the end of the season.

In 2008 , Howard was signed by Roth Racing for the IndyCar Series and did not have to bring any sponsorship money with him. However, after four races he was replaced by John Andretti . Later in the season he was allowed to participate in another race. In the championship he finished 28th. In 2009 he returned to the Indy Pro Series, which had since been renamed Indy Lights . Starting for the new PBIR team , fourth place was their best result. After five races he was replaced by Pablo Donoso and Richard Philippe , who both had more sponsorship funds, and finished 21st overall at the end of the season. In 2010 he started for Sarah Fisher Racing in five races of the IndyCar Series. He couldn't qualify once and didn't finish in the other races. At the end of the season he finished 31st overall. In 2011 , Howard took part in a number of races for Sam Schmidt Motorsports. He was 40th in the overall ranking.

statistics

Career stations

  • 1993-2002: karting
  • 2002: British Formula Ford , Juniors (16th place)
  • 2003: British Formula Ford, Scholarship (4th place)
  • 2004: American Formula Ford
  • 2005: American Formula Ford (champion)
  • 2011 : IndyCar Series (40th place)
  • 2017 : IndyCar Series (32nd place)
  • 2018 : IndyCar Series (39th place)
  • 2018: IMSA Prototype Challenge, LMP3 (29th place)

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th Points rank
2008 Roth Racing HMS STP MOT LBH KAN INDY Mil TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO EDM KTY SNM DET CHI SRF 72 28.
22nd 14th 13   13           26th              
2010 Sarah Fisher Racing SAO STP ALA LBH KAN INDY TXS IOW WGL GOAL EDM MDO SNM CHI KTY MOT HMS     44 31.
        25th DNQ 26th         24   22nd          
2011 Sam Schmidt Motorsports STP ALA LBH SAO INDY TXS Mil IOW GOAL EDM MDO NHA SNM BAL MOT KTY LSV   27 40.
        30th 15th 20th                        
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing       C.
2017 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP LBH ALA PHO IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC STL WGL SNM     24 32.
          33 20                          
2018 SPM / AFS Racing STP PHO LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC STL POR SNM     12 39.
          24 28                          

( Legend )

  1. ↑ Took place on the same day as the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
  2. ↑ Took place on the same day as the Indy Japan 300.
  3. ↑ No points were awarded.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "2010: Sarah Fisher gets teammates" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 10, 2009)
  2. ↑ "Indy 500: Howard drives with Sam Schmidt" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 24, 2011)

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personal data
SURNAME Howard, Jay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Basildon , UK