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Klaus Graf

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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.

Klaus Graf
Graf at the Grand Prix of Mosport in 2011
NationalityGermany German
Born (1969-07-21) 21 July 1969 (age 55)
Dornhan, Germany
Related toPeter Graf (father)
United SportsCar Championship career
Current teamMuscle Milk Pickett Racing
Car number6
EngineNissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
Previous series
2004ARCA Re/Max Series
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish72nd (2004)
First race2004 Dodge/Save Mart 350 (Infineon)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2000–2001, 2008
TeamsTeam Den Blå Avis, Panoz Motorsports, Charouz Racing System, Team Cytosport
Best finishDNF
Class wins0
Last updated on: August 9, 2020.

Racing career

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Graf in the American Le Mans Series race at Long Beach in 2012

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 raced 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 returned to the team and drove together 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

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American Le Mans Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points Ref
1999 J&P Motorsports LMP Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 SEB ATL MOS SON POR PET
9 		MON LSV [1]
2000 Panoz Motor Sports LMP Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 SEB CHA SIL NÜR
4 		SON MOS TEX ROS PET
4 		MON LSV ADE
DNF 		28th 44 [2]
2001 Panoz Motor Sports LMP900 Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 TEX
5 		SON
DNF 		POR
4 		MOS
DNF 		MID
6 		MON
DNF 		PET
DNF 		14th 79 [3]
Panoz LMP07 Élan (Zytek) 4.0L V8 SEB
DNF 		DON
6 		JAR
4
2006 Alex Job Racing GT2 Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 SEB
6 		TEX
1 		MID
DNF 		LIM
9 		UTA
4 		POR AME MOS PET MON 20th 44 [4]
2007 Team Cytosport LMP1 Lola B06/10 AER P32T 4.0L Turbo V8 SEB STP LNB
DNS 		TEX UTA LIM MID AME MOS DET PET
4 		MON
DNF 		9th 72 [5]
2009 Team Cytosport LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder Evo Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 SEB STP LBH UTA LRP MDO
2 		ELK
3 		MOS PET
3 		LAG
2† 		5th 73 [6]
2010 Muscle Milk Team Cytosport LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder Evo Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 SEB
1 		PET
2 		2nd 162 [7]
LMP LBH
3 		MON
2 		UTA
3 		LIM
1 		MDO
DNS 		ROA
2 		MOS
1
2011 Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing LMP1 Lola-Aston Martin B08/62 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 SEB
DNF 		LBH
1 		LRP
2 		MOS
1 		MDO
1 		ELK
1 		BAL
4 		LAG
5 		PET
DNF 		2nd 124 [8]
2012 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing P1 HPD ARX-03a Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 SEB
8† 		LBH
1 		LAG
1 		LRP
1 		MOS
1 		MDO
1 		ELK
2 		BAL
3† 		VIR
1 		PET
3 		1st 195 [9]
2013 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing P1 HPD ARX-03a Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 SEB
4 		LBH
1 		LAG
1 		1st 182 [10]
HPD ARX-03c LRP
1 		MOS
1 		ELK
1 		BAL
1 		COA
1 		VIR
1 		PET
DNF

† Did not finish the race but was classified as his car completed more than 70% of the overall winner's race distance.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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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
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Complete Porsche Supercup results

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(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
14† 		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

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nextel Cup Series

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NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results
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 Ref
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 [12]
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 N/A 0 [13]

ARCA Re/Max Series

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(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
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
3 		SLM KEN TOL CLT KAN POC MCH SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER NSH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM 81st 310 [14]
99 TAL
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Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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(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 Ref
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 [15]
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References

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  1. ^ "Klaus Graf – 1999 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Klaus Graf – 2000 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Klaus Graf – 2001 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Klaus Graf– 2006 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Klaus Graf – 2007 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Klaus Graf – 2009 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Klaus Graf – 2010 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Klaus Graf – 2011 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Klaus Graf – 2012 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Klaus Graf – 2013 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Klaus Graf Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Klaus Graf – 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  13. ^ "Klaus Graf – 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  14. ^ "Klaus Graf – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  15. ^ "Klaus Graf – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
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