Noah Gragson

Gragson's ARCA Midwest Tour car at a 2016 Wisconsin International Raceway event

Gragson started racing Bandoleros at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring at the age of 13,[2] eventually moving to compete in late models.[3] Gragson also competed in the INEX Legends car racing series, winning the 2014 Young Lion Road Course championship.[4]

Gragson in 2016

In 2015, Gragson joined Jefferson Pitts Racing in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West in the No. 7 with sponsorship from AlertID,[5] his ride being overseen by co-owner Jerry Pitts.[3] In his series debut at Kern County Raceway Park, he finished third after qualifying eighth.[5] At Tucson Speedway, Gragson battled with teammate Gracin Raz to score his first career victory.[6] Later in the season at Meridian Speedway, Gragson recorded his first pole position and led 176 laps to win.[7] In his first season of stock car racing, Gragson finished second in the final points standings behind Chris Eggleston with two wins, seven top fives, 11 top tens, becoming the ninth driver in series history to finish runner-up in points and win Rookie of the Year.[8] After the season ended, he was named Rookie of the Year.[9]

During the 2015 season, Gragson ran two races in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, finishing eighth in his debut at Watkins Glen International.[10]

2017 ARCA car at Road America

In September 2015, he joined Mason Mitchell Motorsports in the ARCA Racing Series, driving the No. 78 Ford Fusion at Kentucky Speedway.[11] After qualifying eighth, he finished 14th, one lap behind race winner Ryan Reed.[12]

Gragson prior to the 2016 Ford EcoBoost 200

On October 7, 2016, he was hired by Kyle Busch Motorsports to compete in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2017.[13]

In preparation, he drove the No. 18 Toyota from KBM at the Phoenix International Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway events in an entry fielded by Wauters Motorsports who also fielded Super Late Model’s for Gragson.[14] In his debut at Phoenix, Gragson qualified 14th and finished 16th.[15] Gragson raced at Homestead as well, qualifying 10th and finishing 15th.[16]

In 2017, he recorded his first career Truck win in the fall at Martinsville Speedway in the Texas Roadhouse 200 after passing Matt Crafton for the lead on the outside with 10 laps to go, he finished tenth in points.[17][18]

Gragson during the 2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250

He returned to the No. 18 KBM truck for the 2018 season.

A week after wrecking with 2 laps to go while battling with Johnny Sauter for the win at Dover, Gragson dominated at Kansas in the 37 Kind Days 250 leading 128 out of 167 laps to score his 2nd career win.

During qualifying at Pocono Raceway, Gragson fell ill and was not cleared to race. Erik Jones replaced him for the race, but he was granted a playoff waiver and will still contend for the championship.

Gragson finished 2nd in the points standings, after finishing 3rd at Homestead.

Gragson in his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in the 2018 ToyotaCare 250

Gragson made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in the No. 18 for Joe Gibbs Racing at Richmond Raceway in 2018 as part of a three-race schedule that included further starts at Talladega Superspeedway and Dover International Speedway.[19]

Gragson at the 2019 CTECH Manufacturing 180

On September 25, 2018, JR Motorsports announced that Gragson would drive the No. 1 Chevrolet full-time for the 2019 Xfinity Series, replacing Elliott Sadler who retired at the end of the 2018 season. However, on January 25, the team announced that Gragson would instead pilot the No. 9 and teammate Michael Annett would drive the No. 1.[20] Gragson opened his rookie campaign with JR Motorsports by finishing 11th in the NASCAR Racing Experience 300 at Daytona International Speedway. He scored a ninth-place at Atlanta the next week for his first top-10 of the season and followed it up with his first top-five of the season the next week when he finished third at Las Vegas.[21] Gragson would go on to produce several strong runs during the season including a season-best second-place at Michigan.

Gragson qualified for the Playoffs after the second Las Vegas race on the strength of seven top-fives and 17 top-10s in the regular season.[22] Gragson scored his first DNF of his Xfinity Series career in the 2019 O'Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway when contact on lap 150 with the No. 18 of Harrison Burton sent Gragson's car spinning through the frontstretch grass. Gragson was credited with a 30th-place finish.[23]

On February 11, 2020, Gragson announced Bass Pro Shops, Black Rifle Coffee Company, and TrueTimber would sponsor him as a primary sponsor for three races starting at the season opener at Daytona International Speedway. He went on to win the season-opening NASCAR Racing Experience 300. Gragson was in position to win a late-season race at Texas Motor Speedway but was passed by Harrison Burton in the final set of corners.[24]

On August 27, 2020, Gragson and JR Motorsports confirmed a third season together.[25] At the end of the Atlanta race, he was involved in a fight with Daniel Hemric after a pit road mishap during the race. Neither driver was reprimanded by NASCAR.[26] Hemric would later go on to win the Xfinity Series championship that year. On May 10, Gragson finished fourth at Darlington, but was disqualified when his car failed post-race inspection for unapproved suspension mounts. JR Motorsports filed and won the appeal, restoring Gragson's fourth-place finish and awarding him the US$100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus.[27] He would later win at Darlington and Richmond to make the playoff before scoring a big win in Martinsville to make the Championship 4 for the first time in his career.

On January 14, 2021, Beard Motorsports announced Gragson would attempt to make his NASCAR Cup Series debut in the Daytona 500, driving the No. 62 Chevrolet.[28] He was unable to set a qualifying time after failing inspection three times and started the Bluegreen Vacations Duel from the back; a wreck with Garrett Smithley and Brad Keselowski with four laps remaining ended his chances of making the 500.[29]

Gragson returned to Beard for the 2022 Daytona 500, this time successfully qualifying for the race. In his first Cup start, Gragson finished 31st after being involved in a wreck late in the race. Gragson also signed with Kaulig Racing to share the No. 16 Cup car with A. J. Allmendinger and Daniel Hemric.[30][31]

Gragson after winning at the Las Vegas Bullring in 2016

His 2018 racing slate also included starts on the NASCAR Pinty's Series and CARS Tour circuits in an effort to make himself a better driver via more seat time. Gragson also started working with a sports psychologist in 2018.[32]

In his final ride with KBM, Gragson won the 2018 Snowball Derby after holding off Ty Majeski.[33]

In the 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West season finale at Phoenix Gragson would attempt to wreck Chris Eggleston for the championship however it would be unsuccessful and Gragson would still finish 2nd in the standings to Eggleston.[35]

When Gragson won the 2018 Snowball Derby he attempted to kiss the Snowball Derby trophy girl Helena Ciappini, which immediately garnered attention and hatred towards Gragson with seemingly no consent being given, the next week however he would take her to the end-of-season NASCAR Awards Show as his date.[36]

In the 2020 Boyd Gaming 300, Gragson would appear to intentionally spin fellow racer Myatt Snider with 38 laps to go, after the race he attempted to apologize and give him a fist bump but was denied. Later in the season in the 2020 Pocono Green 225, Snider would do what Gragson did however he would in turn cause more than 5 cars to wreck along with him, under caution, Gragson would run into him to voice his displeasure.[37]

At the end of the 2020 Alsco 300, he was involved in a fight with Harrison Burton after Gragson pushed him into the wall in the closing laps. Neither driver was reprimanded by NASCAR.[38]

In the 2021 Contender Boats 250 Gragson was leading with 3 laps to go in the race with a sizable 7 second lead over 2nd place Tyler Reddick when lapped car David Starr blew a right front tire right in front of Gragson leaving Gragson with nowhere to go and slamming into Starr at full speed. When Gragson got out of his car he was quoted as saying "what are you gonna do you’ve got dipshits in the way every single week" and would further double down on Twitter which fueled a lot of hatred towards Gragson as Starr was seen not at fault for the incident due to it being a blown tire, this would be furthered when the owner of Starr’s No. 13 MBM Motorsports car, Carl Long would publicly call out Gragson later in the week.[39]

At the end of the 2021 EchoPark 250, he was involved in a fight with Daniel Hemric after a pit road mishap during the race. Neither driver was reprimanded by NASCAR in this case either.[40]

Under red flag in the 2021 Snowflake 100 Gragson would be involved an incident which took out Johanna Robbins in which her team owner came over and cussed out Gragson and threatened to fight him but he never actually ended up doing anything.[41]

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

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

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