Joseph Howard

Joseph Howard (born in Des Moines, Iowa) is an retired American racecar driver best known for winning the TM Master Cup Series championship three times, each in a different decade. He currently races the #17 Luce Industrial Lighting Nemoto for Tom Delgado Racing in the ARLA Elite Series. In 2013, he became the first driver to win a TM Master Cup Championship and an ARLA Elite Series championship. Howard retired from racing after failing to defend his FARC title in 2014.

During his days in the TM Master Cup Series, Howard drove for some of the biggest teams in the sport, but he was mostly known for his tenure with McCallister Motorsports, where he won two of his three championships. Fans recognized him for the #17 that he carried throughout most of his TM Master Cup series career, and for many of his cars being yellow.

Howard made his debut in 1985 for George Reed Motorsports, the same team he had driven for in short track races in the midwest. At the time, Howard was considered to be too young to be driving in the TM Master Cup series on a full-time basis, but he managed a pair of 12th place finishes at Darlington and Peoria. Howard did not win Rookie of the Year in 1985, losing out to Grant Sierzant by 14 points, but Howard's career at the top level lasted over 20 years longer than Sierzant's did.