Past Stories

Feature Story in the Auburn (NY) Citizen - 1/25/06
High Hopes By Dan Friedell

Howland Wins Full Throttle Nationals at I-96 Speedway
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Howland Among Top 10 360 Sprint Drivers in the Country
For the third year in a row, Gary Wright of Hooks, Texas, was voted the 2005 “Driver of the Year” by the North American 360 Sprint Car Poll voting panel of media members, promoters, sanctioning officials and manufacturers.

Those drivers ranked second through fifth, respectively, are United Sprint Car Series (USCS) point champion Kenny Adams of Florida, United Racing Club (URC) point champion Curt Michael of Delaware, Darren Stewart of Oklahoma, and Knoxville Raceway point champion Jake Peters of South Dakota. Rounding out the ‘top ten’ for the season are Travis Rilat, Empire Super Sprints (ESS) champion Lance Yonge, Terry Gray, Danny Martin, Jr., and Patriot Sprint Group (PSG) champion Bryan Howland, respectively.

Howland Claims 2005 Patriot Sprint Group Championship
BROCKVILLE, Ont., Canada -- Despite having his worst finish in Patriot Sprint Group competition this year, an 11th place finish for Bryan Howland was good enough to win the Championship he never intended on going after at the beginning of this season. Complete Story

Howland Grabs a Second in World Nationals at Lowes Motor Speedway
Bryan Howland, a regular on the Patriot Sprint Group circuit in Upstate New York, finished second while Maryland resident Brooke Bowman took home the show money. Scott Young of Mooresville, N.C., finished 12th and claimed in the inaugural Heintz Performance American Sprint Car Series Southern Tour championship. Complete Story

Howland Captures Ransomville Checkers
Bryan Howland of Auburn, NY won the annual Bobcat of Buffalo Patriot Sprint twenty lap main. Howland led the early going but lost the top spot to Ray Preston prior to halfway. While Preston looked strong a yellow late in the event slowed the pace bunching up the field. Howland was able to use a move to the inside of Preston on lap fourteen and take back the point position. Howland held Preston and Swarthout at bay through the final stages enroute to his first win at Ransomville Speedway and third win of the season with the Patriot Sprints. Preston, Rick Wilson, Swarthout, and Kyle Drum rounded out the top five.

Bryan Howland Picks Up Win #4 at Can-Am Speedway
Chuck Hebing appeared to be the man to beat all night long but when the 20-lap A-Main was over it was the young point leader that was dancing in victory lane at Can-Am Speedway.

"I was working the top side of the speedway like Chuck was at the beginning and knew the only way to reel him in would be on the bottom," said the 18-year-old from Auburn.  "This car then just got absolutely hooked up and I flew to the front, I hardly ever lifted around the speedway." Complete Story

Howland Dominates Patriot Event at Rolling Wheels
Upon registering at the beginning of the night, each driver draws a number or has a number drawn for them to determine their starting spot in the heats.  Bryan Howland, a driver notorious for poor heat draws, ended up having number one pulled for him, putting the local driver from Auburn on the pole for heat one. Complete Story

Howland Gets First PSG Win at Five Mile Point
Kirkwood
, NY: Bryan Howland had planned on spending his final high school spring break in Myrtle Beach with his buddies; instead he had to settle on spending it in Victory Lane. Complete Story