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John Graham
Graham at Road America in 2017
Born (1966-10-22) October 22, 1966 (age 57)
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
14 races run over 3 years
2017 position65th
Best finish65th (2017)
First race2004 Kroger 200 (IRP)
Last race2017 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of June 16, 2020.

John Graham (born October 22, 1966) is a Canadian professional racing driver. He has driven in numerous road racing series such as IMSA. He also has experience in NASCAR.

Racing career

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Graham's No. 74 in the Road America Xfinity Series race in 2017

In 1981, he began his career in the Can-Am series' U2 (under 2-litre) class. In 1982 he joined Gordon Lightfoot diving the Lightfoot Racing March 811 Cosworth. In 1983, he joined Aston Martin driving the "Nimrod" at the 24 hours of Daytona. Over his career he has driven IMSA, WSC, Indy Lights, F2, ALMS, Grand-Am,[1] ARCA,[2] NASCAR Nationwide Series[3] as well as in the Paris-Dakar Rally Raid. He has 9 starts at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with an LMP675 class win in 2000 with Canadian team Multimatic Motorsports.[4][5] His podium finishes include the 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, and Petit Le Mans.

Graham was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2021.[6]

Motorsports career results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1984 Germany Obermaier Racing Germany Jürgen Lässig
South Africa George Fouché 		Porsche 956 C1 147 DNF DNF
1985 Germany Team Labatt
Germany Gebhardt Engineering 		Germany Frank Jelinski
United Kingdom Nick Adams 		Gebhardt JC853 C2 224 NC NC
1988 United Kingdom PC Automotive United States Olindo Iacobelli
France Alain Ianette 		Argo JM19C C2 130 DNF DNF
1998 Canada CJ Motorsport United States John Morton
Germany Harald Grohs 		Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 164 DNF DNF
2000 Canada Multimatic Motorsports Canada Scott Maxwell
Canada Greg Wilkins 		Lola B2K/40 LMP675 274 25th 1st
2001 United States Dick Barbour Racing Venezuela Milka Duno
United States David Murry 		Reynard 01Q LMP675 4 DNF DNF
2002 United States MBD Sportscar Team Belgium Didier de Radiguès
Venezuela Milka Duno 		Panoz LMP07 LMP900 259 DNF DNF

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 34 35 NXSC Pts Ref
2004 MacDonald Motorsports 72 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP
31 		MCH BRI CAL RCH
29 		DOV KAN CLT MEM
28 		ATL PHO
38 		DAR HOM 81st 274 [7]
2007 Braun Racing 10 Toyota DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV
23 		GLN
31 		MCH BRI CAL 77th 441 [8]
Baker Curb Racing 37 Ford RCH
41 		DOV KAN CLT MEM
27 		TEX PHO
26 		HOM
31
2017 Rick Ware Racing 74 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA
30 		DAR 65th 15 [9]
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevy RCH
37 		CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO
31
Mike Harmon Racing 74 Dodge HOM
38

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 23 ARSC Pts Ref
2007 Hover Motorsports 72 Ford DAY USA NSH
DNQ 		SLM 57th 475 [10]
Andy Belmont Racing 62 Ford KAN
37 		WIN
16 		KEN
27 		TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN
DNQ 		POC NSH
DNQ 		ISF MIL
24 		GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL
DNQ 		TOL
2008 14 DAY SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC
23 		MCH
41 		CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 115th 145 [11]

References

  1. ^ "John Graham (CDN) – Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  2. ^ "John Graham Records Top-25 Finish In Pocono Debut". Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  3. ^ "John Graham". ESPN.com. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  4. ^ McDonald, Norris (1 August 2007). "Canadian racer tackles NASCAR". Wheels.ca. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  5. ^ Magazine, Speedsport. "John Graham: Racedriver biography – career and success". www.speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  6. ^ "CMHF class of 2021 inductee bios". cmhf.ca. Canadian Motorsport Heritage Foundation. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  7. ^ "John Graham – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  8. ^ "John Graham – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  9. ^ "John Graham – 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  10. ^ "John Graham – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  11. ^ "John Graham – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

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