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NOAH GRAGSON

Birth Date: August 12, 1993 Hometown: Bakersfield, CA
Birth Date: July 15, 1998 Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Team: No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro SS / JR Motorsports
Team: No. 16 Toyota Tundra/Roush Fenway Racing
So young to be so good, Noah Gragson already has accomplished so much in his
racing career. And the 20-year-old is just getting started.

His assent from short tracks around his Las Vegas home to one of the

premier rides in the NASCAR Xfinity Series was meteoric, if not faster.

In the four years leading up to his debut in February at the Daytona
International Speedway as Elliott Sadler’s replacement in the
No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro SS Coupe, Gragson already has six
combined wins in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and
West series, as well as one victory, Most Popular Driver
award and a second-place finish in points last year

in the GANDER OUTDOORS Truck Series. And
FEATURED DRIVERS the offseason by winning the Snowball Derby,
if that wasn’t enough, he filled the gap during

considered the country’s premier short-track race
for Late Models.

“It’s a great privilege to be able to run full-time and then
do it with JR Motorsports,” Gragson said. “I’ve looked up
to Dale [Earnhardt] Jr. ever since I started racing back in 2012
when I was 13 years old. When I started racing, I never would’ve
thought that I’d be at this level, especially so quick. To have that

opportunity is definitely a dream come true. So definitely have to work
hard, stay focused and make the most of the opportunity.”

The book on Gragson still has a lot of empty pages. He has two full-time
seasons driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports. He won in 2017 at Martinsville
and drove to another victory at Kansas a year ago. He advanced through
the NASCAR Playoffs, earning a birth in the Championship 4, but a third-
place finish at the season-finale at the Homestead-Miami Speedway

resulted in a runner-up spot in the final standings.

Along with six pole positions, Gragson proved he can be both smart and
consistent with eight top-fives in 22 starts.

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