Woody Howard Wins at Salem Speedway

Howard driver of the No. 55 Dean Motorsports Chevrolet started Saturday night’s race from the fifth row in the tenth position. On lap 199 Howard took the lead from Joel Kauffman and led the final 51 circuits of the Lucas Oil 250 in route to his second win of the season.

After several attempts to bypass Kauffman were snuffed out by lapped traffic, Howard blasted into the lead when Kauffman checked up for a split second and pulled away from the field.

"I really wasn’t that good on the short runs," said Howard. "We really worked on our car for the long runs in practice, and it paid off. I could cut down in the corner and not slip the tires off of turn 2, and the other guys couldn’t."

"I don’t even know what to say, we didn’t even know we’d be running the Hooters Pro Cup Series until about a month before the season. I can’t thank Jim Dean enough for this opportunity." – Woody Howard