Joe Graf Jr.
Graf at aWawa in 2023
Born	Joseph A. Graf Jr. (1998-07-12)July 12, 1998 (age 27) Mahwah, New Jersey, U.S.
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
130 races run over 6 years
2024 position	38th
Best finish	22nd (2020)
First race	2019CircuitCity.com 250 (Iowa)
Last race	2024Food City 300 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 5 0
ARCA Menards Series career
39 races run over 2 years
Best finish	5th (2019)
First race	2018Music City 200 (Nashville)
Last race	2019Kansas ARCA 150 (Kansas)
First win	2018Primera Plastics 200 (Berlin)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 21 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
3 races run over 3 years
Best finish	44th (2019)
First race	2018New Smyrna 175 (New Smyrna)
Last race	2020General Tire 125 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of October 23, 2024.

Joseph A. Graf Jr.^[1] (born July 12, 1998) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in theNASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 19Toyota Supra forJoe Gibbs Racing.

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At the beginning of his career, Graf droveBandolero cars atElko Speedway.^[2] He later racedModifieds atStafford Speedway.^[3]

Graf ran the whole season in 2018 save for the season-opening race at Daytona. The deal originally started out as a six-race schedule,^[4] but eventually expanded to 19 races. In his third race atTalladega, Graf raced on a foot he had recently broken and finished second toZane Smith in the closest finish in series history.^[5] AtBerlin Raceway in August, Graf spunChandler Smith on the would-be final lap and then, after losing the lead to Zane Smith on the ensuing restart, pushed Smith up the track in turn four on the final lap to claim his first checkered flag in ARCA competition.^[6]

In 2023, Graf would test a car forEmerling-Gase Motorsports at Daytona.^[7]

In April 2019, Graf joinedRichard Childress Racing'sdriver development program, which enabled him to run fiveNASCAR Xfinity Series races for the team starting withMichigan International Speedway'sLTi Printing 250. He also became a marketing and communications intern for the team.^[8] After failing to qualify at Michigan, he made his series debut inIowa Speedway'sCircuitCity.com 250, where he finished 19th. Graf later said that he hopes to use the schedule as a lead-up to a full-time Xfinity schedule in 2020.^[9] AtRichmond Raceway in September, Graf blew the tire ofJohn Hunter Nemechek when Graf moved Nemechek, a driver competing in the NASCAR playoffs, on the last lap. In retaliation, Nemechek spun Graf's car, in turn, one after the checkered flag.^[10]

On January 16, 2020,SS-Green Light Racing announced Graf would race for the team full-time in theXfinity Series that year, replacingGray Gaulding in the team's No. 08 car.^[11] He finished 22nd in points with a best finish of 13th on three occasions.^[12]

Graf moved to the team's No. 07 in 2021.^[12] Prior to the start of the season, Graf hiredBuffalo Bills playerAntonio Williams as an advisor; the two had befriended each other through a mutual acquaintance.^[13] At the conclusion of theMartinsville race, a fight broke out on pit road between Graf andGray Gaulding after Gaulding wrecked Graf on lap 177.^[14] He missed thePit Boss 250 atCircuit of the Americas due to a strained left knee and was replaced byRoss Chastain; Graf had run the weekend's practice but ranked 40th due to the injury affecting his braking ability.^[15]

In 2022, Graf would return toSS-Green Light Racing in the No. 07 and the No. 08. After failing to qualify the No. 08 in theProduction Alliance Group 300, he replacedTimmy Hill inRSS Racing's No. 38 and finished 15th.

In 2023, Graf ran a full-time schedule with two different teams: 27 races in the Nos. 28, 38 and No. 39 Ford Mustangs forRSS Racing and six races in the No. 19 Toyota Supra forJoe Gibbs Racing. Graf would finish 7th in the season opener at Daytona in the No. 39. Graf would follow this up with an 11th place finish at Auto Club Speedway and 15th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the No. 19. Graf, while driving in the JGR No. 19 later in the season, finished 9th at Kansas and 10th at Homestead-Miami, respectively.

Raised inMahwah, New Jersey, Graf attendedDon Bosco Preparatory High School and played high school sports for two years before choosing to focus on his driving.^[5]

Graf attendsNew York University.^[8]

He is not related toKlaus Graf who is also a racing driver.

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