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Gragson started racing Bandoleros at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring at the age of 13, eventually moving to compete in late models. During the 2015 season, Gragson ran two races in the K&N Pro Series East, finishing eighth in his debut at Watkins Glen International. Gragson competed in both (East and West) K&N Pro Series in 2016, winning a combined four races. He finished third in points in the West coast series and fifth in the points in the East coast series while missing one race. On October 7, he was hired by Kyle Busch Motorsports to compete in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2017. In preparation, he drove the #18 Toyota from KBM at the Phoenix International Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway events; and finished in the top 16 in both races. He ran full time for KBM in 2017 and 2018. He collected his first Truck Series win in 2017 at Martinsville and finished tenth in

points. 2018 saw him start from thepole at Kansas; led 128 of the 167 laps and grab his second win. For 2019, Gragson will be moving to JR Motorsports to run the Xfinity Series. Tyler Reddick left the seat of the #9 car of JR Motorsports to go to RCR and that allowed Gragson a top quality ride for 2019. He wasn't flashy early in the season posting most finishes between 8th and 14th; but he races clean and wasn't tearing up equipment so he was gaining experience. By the season's 11th race this showed as he started finishing in or around the Top 5. He posted six of the next seven races inside the top six. His performances

were good enough that he made the Chase via points. During the seasons final eleven races he had all of his finishes inside the top 13 except for when he got caught up in a crash at Texas. Nine of those race he finished inside the top ten with seven finishes inside the top seven. He even managed to points his way through three rounds of the Chase and was finally eliminated just before the season's final race at Homestead. For the season he finished eighth in points. Gragson was back with JRM in 2020 and had a great season. He won the season opening race at Daytona and got another win six races later at Bristol. While Ford drivers Chase Briscoe and Austin Cindric snapped up 15 of the series 33 wins; Gragson was always

right there looking for a way to snatch it away. Noah had five second place finishes and five third place finishes; and had 17 Top 5 and 25 Top 10 finishes. All in all, a great season with a lot of stellar runs. He was back in the #9 again in 2021 looking to improve even more. But, Noah had much the same type season in 2021 as he did in 2020. He picked up an additional win; but had four fewer Top 5 and five fewer Top 10 finishes. He had a feast or famine type start to the season. In the first nine race he finished outside the top 27 four times; while he finished sixth or better five times. Fact is; if he didn’t have a crash or mechanical issue in 2021 he mostly finished inside the Top 10. He got his first win at Darlington in September, and followed that up with another win the next week at Richmond. Before the season was over, he’d win again at

Martinsville; and he made it to the final race for the Championship. In that race he had a good race as he finished in the Top 5 in both stages, and was leading with as few as 20 laps to go. But the yellow hankie flew twice in the final 20 laps and Daniel Hemric and Austin Cindric asserted their power. Gragson had issues and fell back to finish 12th in the race. He returned to JRM to race the #9 again in 2022. Noah had a busy schedule for 2022. He was scheduled to race full time again in the #9 fielded by JR Motorsports; and also drive the #16 Cup car for Kaulig Racing as he shared the ride with AJ Allmendinger and Daniel Hemric. In the Cup Series, Gragson made his first Cup start in the Daytona 500. He drove the #62 for Beard Motorsports. He was involved in The Big One late in the race with 10 laps to go while running 7th, after getting wrecked by Kevin Harvick. In his 2nd start at Atlanta, he would have much of the same luck, wrecking hard into the second turn wall on lap 24 while running 17th after his car broke loose in the middle of turns 1 and 2. He had his

first top 20 finish at Talladega coming home 20th, in the lead pack. The next trip back to Daytona, saw him run a great race as he had an outstanding fifth place finish. Gragson drove the Hendrick Motorsports #48 at the Talladega, Charlotte Roval, Las Vegas, Homestead and the Martinsville races as a substitute for Alex Bowman, who sustained a concussion from a crash at Texas. In August it was announced that Gragson would move up to full time in the Cup Series to drive the #42 car for Petty GMS

Motorsports replacing Ty Dillon. In the Xfinity Series, Noah had a great year. He finished third at Daytona; and followed that up with second place finishes at Fontana and Las Vegas. Race number four of 2022 saw him park his car in the winners circle as he won at Phoenix. He got his second win of the season at Talladega, followed by two more top five finishes. He was the center of some controversy when they race at the road course of Road America. He had been battling with Sage Karam and a couple other cars early in the race. 25 laps into the 2022 Henry 180 at Road America, he door-slammed Sage Karam exiting Turn two onto the back straightaway after a

battle for 10th position, that happened in the first two turns. The initial skirmish incidentally led to 14 other cars being involved, thanks to dust being kicked up, shielding the vision for others. Several cars were knocked out of the race as many received a lot of damage. Karam berated Gragson's actions in an interview after the race. NASCAR didn't look to kindly on his actions either. Gragson was fined $35,000 dollars and was docked 30 driver points while his team JR Motorsports was docked the same amount in owner points for the incident. Noah won again at Pocono; collecting his third win of the season. Race 24 of the season saw Gragson go on a tear. He won at Darlington; and won the next three weeks at Kansas, Bristol, and Texas. He would win again at Homestead giving him eight wins for the season and lock himself into the final four in the chase for the championship. At the year's final race at Phoenix; JR Motorsports had three cars in the final four. Gragson; along with Josh Berry and Justin Allgaier; but none of them could keep pace with

Ty Gibbs as he drove away to Xfinity Championship in 2022with Gragson finishing second. For the year Gragson had eight wins; and an impressive 21 top five and 26 top ten finishes in 33 starts. There’s probably more than can be said about what Gragson did off the track, than what he did on it. This was his Rookie season in the Cup series, and he was driving for the newly formed Legacy Motor Club, replacing Ty Dillon. His season started out quietly, as he ran mid-pack and just tried to log all the laps to gain valuable seat time. He and Ross Chastain raced each other hard at Richmond; and Gragson took exception to it. Gragson got into a fist fight with Chastain after the two were having a discussion of an on track incident. Two months later, At Gateway, Gragson was involved in a hard crash due to a brake rotor failure. His car spun down toward the apron and then back up the track, hitting the wall first with the rear of his car and then the front. Gragson suffered concussion-like symptoms from the crash and was replaced by Grant Enfinger at Sonoma. On August 5, NASCAR and LMC suspended Gragson indefinitely for violation of Section 4.4.D. of the NASCAR Rule Book, which concerns member conduct, after Gragson liked an offensive meme related to the murder of George Floyd on social media. The next week, Gragson requested to be released from his contract with LMC so he could focus on the reinstatement process. In September, NASCAR lifted Gragson's suspension and cleared him to resume his racing activity after he completed diversity and inclusion training. No official plans have been announced for his 2024 schedule, but rumors are he will return to Cup racing behind the wheel of the #10 vacated by Aric Almirola. More news when it comes available...

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NOAH QUINN GRAGSON - 07/15/1998