On April 30, 2011 Wyatt Howard climbed through the driver's window and took his seat in car #72 at Vernal, Utah's Diamond Mountain Speedway. It was his first race of the 2011 Season. His car in pristine condition white base with red roof and trim and the billboard for the sponsors who know his talent. The largest logo rests on the side door panels. It's a cause that Wyatt Howard believes in and one his proud to be driving as charity, Zero Fatalities.
While still behind the wheel of his 8HP go-cart, Wyatt's day, driver Harvey Howard, was promoting Utah's Zero Fatalities. Now, together, father and son, along with the Southeastern Utah Health Department and the Utah Department of Highway Safety are sharing the Zero Fatalities campaign with everyone within their scope.
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| Wyatt Howard unveils his 2011 Zero Fatalities car at Vernal's Diamond Mountain Speedway |
Whether spectators are at Wyatt's home track, Desert Thunder Raceway, or another track, the Howard father and son duo can be seen handing out promotions items and sharing the message of Zero Fatalities. The campaign's goal is to alter the public's perception that traffic fatalities are inevitable. By educating the public about minor changes in driving behaviors traffic fatalities can be prevented.
Ironically, Wyatt Howard isn't old enough yet to have a driver's license. He's behind the wheel of car #72w spreading the message that through proper restraints, exercising attentive driving at all times and staying focused without driving under any influence everyone can decrease the odds, currently at one in 84, projected by the National Safety Council of dying in a car crash.
Wyatt is a talented racer, the youngest ever to finish in the top three in the Western US Region and a driver who in 2010, at the age of fourteen made IMCA history by becoming the youngest driver to win a State Championship. It would be his dad, Harvey Howard, who forfeited the title to Wyatt!
Both Harvey and Wyatt were nominated by the Utah Highway Safety Office in 2010 for the Zero Fatalities Award. On October 18, 2010 Georgina Nowak presented both Harvey and Wyatt Howard with the Zero Fatalities Award at a safety meeting at Bucyrus International in Huntington, Utah.
April 30, 2011 marks the fifth year the Howard car #72 has driven for Zero Fatalities.
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