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Klaus Graf (born 21 July 1969) is a German professional racing driver. He is the son of rally driver Peter Graf. He lives in the United States while competing in the American Le Mans Series. He resulted LMP1 class champion in 2012, and runner-up in 2010 and 2011.
Born in Dornhan, Graf has won championships and races in several road racing series. In 2004, he raced part-time in NASCAR Nextel Cup for BAM Racing. He competed in one race at Infineon Raceway finishing 17th; however, he attempted two other races during the year. He attempted 8 races for the same team in 2007 but did not qualify for any of them. In 2005 he won the Trans-Am Series Driver's Championship, becoming the first Trans Am champion born outside the United States since David Hobbs in 1983.
Klaus currently races for Muscle Milk Pickett Racing in the American Le Mans Series. His best finishes in the 2010 season were an LMP2 class win at the 12 Hours of Sebring sharing with team owner Greg Pickett and Sascha Maassen, and overall race wins (and LMP class) at the Northeast Grand Prix sharing with Pickett, and at the Grand Prix of Mosport sharing with Romain Dumas.
In 2011, Graf collected further victories at Long Beach, Mosport, Mid-Ohio and Road America in the team's Lola-Aston Martin. For 2012, Graf returns to the team and will be paired with Lucas Luhr in a new HPD ARX-03a for the entire ALMS season.
Graf won the 2012 and 2013 ALMS LMP1 driver's championships with codriver Lucas Luhr.
Racing record
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Team Den Blå Avis | John Nielsen Mauro Baldi | Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Élan | LMP900 | 205 | NC | NC |
| 2001 | Panoz Motorsports | Jamie Davies Gary Formato | Panoz LMP07-Élan | LMP900 | 86 | DNF | DNF |
| 2008 | Charouz Racing System Team Cytosport | Greg Pickett Jan Lammers | Lola B07/17-Judd | LMP1 | 146 | DNF | DNF |
Complete Porsche Supercup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Tolimit Motorsport | Porsche 996 GT3 | ITA | ESP 4 | AUT 6 | MON | GER 7 | FRA | GBR | GER 2 | HUN | ITA Ret | 8th | 73 | ||
| Walter Lechner Racing School Team | USA Ret | USA 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Tolimit Motorsport | Porsche 996 GT3 | ITA 8 | ESP 2 | MON 10 | GER 3 | USA Ret | USA 5 | FRA Ret | GBR 18† | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA 3 | 9th | 86 |
| 2005 | Tolimit Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 | ITA | ESP | MON | GER 7 | USA | USA | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | ITA | BEL | NC‡ | 0‡ |
† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ — Guest driver – Not eligible for points.
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Nextel Cup Series
| NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NNCC | Pts | |||
| 2004 | BAM Racing | 59 | Dodge | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON 17 | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN DNQ | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | TAL | KAN | CLT | MAR DNQ | ATL | PHO | DAR | HOM | 72nd | 112 | |||
| 2007 | BAM Racing | 49 | Dodge | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON DNQ | NHA | DAY | CHI | IND | POC | GLN DNQ | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | NA | - | |||
ARCA Re/Max Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Re/Max Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ARMC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | BAM Racing | 69 | Dodge | DAY | NSH | SLM | KEN | TOL | CLT | KAN | POC | MCH | SBO | BLN | KEN | GTW | POC | LER | NSH | ISF | TOL | DSF | CHI | SLM | 81st | 310 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 99 | TAL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | P | Oreca 03 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | DAY 5 | SEB 13 | LBH | LAG | DET | WGL | MOS | IMS | ROA | COA | PET | 36th | 46 |