Klaus Graf Explained

Klaus Graf

Nationality:

German

Birth Date:

21 July 1969

Birth Place:

Dornhan, Germany

Current Series:

United SportsCar Championship

Current Team:

Muscle Milk Pickett Racing

Car Number:

Engine:

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

Related To:

Peter Graf (father)

Prev Series:

ARCA Re/Max Series

Prev Series Years:

2004

Updated:

August 9, 2020

Module:

Child:	yes
Total Cup Races:	1
Years In Cup:	1
Best Cup Pos:	72nd (2004)
First Cup Race:	2004 Dodge/Save Mart 350 (Infineon)
Cup Wins:	0
Cup Top Tens:	0
Cup Poles:	0

Child:	yes
Years:	2000–2001, 2008
Teams:	Team Den Blå Avis, Panoz Motorsports, Charouz Racing System, Team Cytosport
Best Finish:	DNF
Class Wins:	0

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.

Racing career

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

American Le Mans Series results

(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		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]
2001	Panoz Motor Sports	LMP900	Panoz LMP07	Élan (Zytek) 4.0L V8		SEB DNF	DON 6	JAR 4									14th	79	^[3]
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]
2010	Muscle Milk Team Cytosport	LMP	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8		LBH 3	MON 2	UTA 3	LIM 1	MDO DNS	ROA	MOS 1							^[7]
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]
2013	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	P1	HPD ARX-03c	Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8				LRP 1	MOS 1	ELK 1	BAL 1	COA 1	VIR 1	PET DNF			1st	182	^[10]

^† 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

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps
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
Source:^[11]

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	AUT	MON 14†	GER	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	ITA			8th	73
2003	Walter Lechner Racing School Team	Porsche 996 GT3											USA	USA	8th	73
2004	Tolimit Motorsport	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA	ESP	MON	GER	USA	USA	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	9th	86
2005	Tolimit Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3	ITA	ESP	MON	GER	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
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		Pts	Ref
2004	BAM Racing	59	Dodge	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	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	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	N/A	0	^[13]

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
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		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	^[14]
2004	BAM Racing	99	Dodge																						TAL	81st	310	^[14]

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Klaus Graf – 1999 American Le Mans Results . 9 February 2024 . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
Web site: Klaus Graf – 2000 American Le Mans Results . 9 February 2024 . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
Web site: Klaus Graf – 2001 American Le Mans Results . 9 February 2024 . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
Web site: Klaus Graf– 2006 American Le Mans Results . 9 February 2024 . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
Web site: Klaus Graf – 2007 American Le Mans Results . 9 February 2024 . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
Web site: Klaus Graf – 2009 American Le Mans Results . 9 February 2024 . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
Web site: Klaus Graf – 2010 American Le Mans Results . 9 February 2024 . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
Web site: Klaus Graf – 2011 American Le Mans Results . 9 February 2024 . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
Web site: Klaus Graf – 2012 American Le Mans Results . 9 February 2024 . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
Web site: Klaus Graf – 2013 American Le Mans Results . 9 February 2024 . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
Web site: Klaus Graf Results . 9 February 2024 . motorsportstats.com.
Web site: Klaus Graf – 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 9, 2020.
Web site: Klaus Graf – 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 9, 2020.
Web site: Klaus Graf – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 27, 2019.
Web site: Klaus Graf – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results . 9 February 2024 . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.