# Roz Howard

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**Roswell Howard, Sr.** (January 1, 1922 – January 1, 2013) was an American [stock car racing](/source/Stock_car_racing) driver. He competed in the [NASCAR Grand National Series](/source/NASCAR_Grand_National_Series) and the [NASCAR Convertible Division](/source/NASCAR_Convertible_Division) in the 1950s and early 1960s, in addition to racing throughout the southeast, winning the 1957 [MARC](/source/Automobile_Racing_Club_of_America) Southern Late Model Championship.

## Early life

Howard was born in [Macon County, Georgia](/source/Macon_County,_Georgia), in 1922, on a [cotton](/source/Cotton) farm; crop destruction by [boll weevils](/source/Boll_weevil) and the [Great Depression](/source/Great_Depression) meant that his family moved to [Macon](/source/Macon,_Georgia) early in his life, where he apprenticed at a local automobile dealer.[1]

Howard served in the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II), stationed in [Miami](/source/Miami), where his skills with automotive maintenance saw him assigned to the base's motor pool;[1] following the end of the war he returned to Macon and automotive work, purchasing a garage with his personal savings. He began racing in 1946, finishing in the top three in his first race.[1][2]

After competing and winning at many tracks in north Georgia and [South Carolina](/source/South_Carolina) on the Southern Racing Enterprise racing tour,[2] Howard moved to [NASCAR](/source/NASCAR) competition,[1] competing in his first Grand National race in 1956,[2] as well as competing in the Convertible Division during the 1958 season.[3] Howard also won the 1957 MARC Southern Late Model championship.[2] His 1958 season was curtailed by a highway accident that left him in a [body cast](/source/Body_cast) for nearly an entire year.[1] After a pit road accident at the [1960 Southern 500](/source/1960_Southern_500), where he was working as a mechanic for [Joe Lee Johnson](/source/Joe_Lee_Johnson), that saw three teammates killed, he left the sport.[4] Although he no longer competed at NASCAR's top level, he remained involved in automotive work, maintaining a series of garages in his home of Milledgeville.[1]

Howard was inducted into the [Georgia Racing Hall of Fame](/source/Georgia_Racing_Hall_of_Fame) in 2004.[2] He died on January 1, 2013, his 91st birthday.[2]

## References

1. Grisamore, Ed (August 30, 2012). ["Auto racing’s elder statesman"](http://www.macon.com/2012/08/30/2156745/auto-racings-elder-statesman.html). *[The Telegraph](/source/The_Telegraph_(Macon))*. Retrieved 2013-01-03.

1. Reed, Brandon (January 3, 2013). ["Georgia Racing HOF Member Roz Howard Passes Away"](http://www.raceweekillustrated.com/2013/01/03/georgia-racing-hof-member-roz-howard-passes-away/). *Raceweek Illustrated*. Retrieved 2013-01-03.

1. ["Roz Howard - NASCAR Convertible Series Results"](http://www.racing-reference.info/rquery?id=howarro01&trk=t0&series=V). *Racing-Reference*. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2013-01-03.

1. ["Roz Howard Sr. Obituary"](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/macon/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=162098347). *The Telegraph*. January 3, 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-04.

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