Joseph A. Graf Jr. (born July 12, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing.

Racing career

At the beginning of his career, Graf drove Bandolero cars at Elko Speedway. He later raced Modifieds at Stafford Speedway.

ARCA Menards Series

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, but eventually expanded to 19 races. In his third race at Talladega, Graf raced on a foot he had recently broken and finished second to Zane Smith in the closest finish in series history. At Berlin Raceway in August, Graf spun Chandler 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.

In 2023, Graf would test a car for Emerling-Gase Motorsports at Daytona.

Xfinity Series In April 2019, Graf joined Richard Childress Racing's driver development program, which enabled him to run five NASCAR Xfinity Series races for the team starting with Michigan International Speedway's LTi Printing 250. He also became a marketing and communications intern for the team. After failing to qualify at Michigan, he made his series debut in Iowa Speedway's CircuitCity.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. At Richmond Raceway in September, Graf blew the tire of John 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.

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

Graf moved to the team's No. 07 in 2021. Prior to the start of the season, Graf hired Buffalo Bills player Antonio Williams as an advisor; the two had befriended each other through a mutual acquaintance. At the conclusion of the Martinsville race, a fight broke out on pit road between Graf and Gray Gaulding after Gaulding wrecked Graf on lap 177. He missed the Pit Boss 250 at Circuit of the Americas due to a strained left knee and was replaced by Ross Chastain; Graf had run the weekend's practice but ranked 40th due to the injury affecting his braking ability.

In 2022, Graf would return to SS-Green Light Racing in the No. 07 and the No. 08. After failing to qualify the No. 08 in the Production Alliance Group 300, he replaced Timmy Hill in RSS 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 for RSS Racing and six races in the No. 19 Toyota Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing. Graf would finish seventh 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 ninth at Kansas and tenth at Homestead-Miami, respectively.

Personal life Raised in Mahwah, New Jersey, Graf attended Don Bosco Preparatory High School and played high school sports for two years before choosing to focus on his driving.

Graf attends New York University.

He is not related to Klaus Graf who is also a racing driver.

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

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity 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 Pts Ref 2019 Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCHDNQ IOW19 CHI DAY23 KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH RCH14 ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 44th 55 Kaulig Racing 10 Chevy BRIDNQ ROA DAR IND LVS 2020 SS-Green Light Racing 08 Chevy DAY36 LVS20 CAL31 PHO31 DAR19 CLT19 BRI13 ATL26 HOM16 HOM13 TAL34 POC35 IRC26 KEN13 KEN22 TEX21 KAN28 ROA25 DRC26 DOV18 DOV21 DAY37 DAR23 RCH19 RCH27 BRI27 LVS27 TAL31 ROV15 KAN32 TEX22 MAR21 PHO27 22nd 422 2021 07 DAY11 DRC20 HOM27 LVS18 PHO25 ATL29 MAR38 TAL33 DAR37 DOV29 COA CLTDNQ MOH30 TEX31 POC32 ROA ATL25 NHA24 GLN30 IRC MCH38 DAY35 DAR19 RCH31 BRI17 LVS40 TAL10 TEX26 KAN28 MAR15 28th 286 SS-Green Light Racingwith Rick Ware Racing 17 NSH34 ROV28 PHO35 2022 SS-Green Light Racing 07 Ford DAY29 LVS38 PHO27 ATL23 RCH29 MAR26 TAL8 DOV28 DAR36 TEX23 CLT34 PIR21 NSH37 ATL30 NHA12 POC IRC MCH23 GLN DAY37 DAR33 KAN BRI23 TEX18 TAL22 ROV27 LVS HOM24 MAR27 PHO36 27th 284 08 CALDNQ COA34 RSS Racing 38 Ford CAL15 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 5 Ford ROA36 2023 RSS Racing 39 Ford DAY 23rd 395 Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota CAL LVS RCH NHA KAN HOM RSS Racing 38 Ford PHO ATL COA MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR BRI TEX ROV LVS MAR 28 PHO 2024 Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND17 MCH DAY12 DAR11 ATL GLN BRI19 KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 38th 93

ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Menards 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 Pts Ref 2018 Chad Bryant Racing 77 Ford DAY NSH16 SLM11 TAL2 TOL3 CLT18 POC7 MCH5 MAD12 GTW8 CHI13 IOW5 ELK3 POC26 ISF16 BLN1 DSF11 SLM11 IRP13 KAN21 8th 4000 2019 DAY21 FIF11 SLM9 TAL10 NSH6 TOL17 CLT12 POC8 MAD9 GTW11 CHI11 ELK7 IOW9 ISF10 DSF11 SLM6 IRP10 KAN9 5th 4610 Chevy MCH4 POC10

ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2018 Calabrese Motorsports 43 Toyota NSM15 BRI LGY SBO SBO MEM NJM THO NHA IOW GLN GTW NHA DOV 51st 29 2019 Chad Bryant Racing 22 Ford NSM BRI SBO SBO MEM NHA IOW GLN BRI16 GTW NHA DOV 44th 28 2020 Visconti Motorsports 74 Ford NSM TOL DOV17 TOL BRI FIF 47th 27

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2018 Jamey Caudill 12J Ford TCMDNQ MYB17 ROU HCY BRI ACE CCS KPT HCY WKS ROU SBO 59th 18

CARS Super Late Model Tour (key) CARS Super Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2017 Jamie Yelton 12G N/A CON20 DOM DOM HCY HCY BRI AND ROU TCM ROU HCY CON SBO 51st 1 2018 N/A 59 Chevy MYB NSH ROU HCY BRI AND HCYDNQ ROU SBO 53rd 2

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