Klaus Graf
Klaus Graf is a German professional racing driver. He is the son of rally driver Peter Graf. He lives in the United States while competing in the American Le Mans Series. He resulted LMP1 class champion in 2012, and runner-up in 2010 and 2011.
Racing career
Born in Dornhan, Graf has won championships and races in several road racing series. In 2004, he raced part-time in NASCAR Nextel Cup for BAM Racing. He competed in one race at Infineon Raceway finishing seventeenth; however, he attempted two other races during the year. He attempted 8 races for the same team in 2007 but did not qualify for any of them. In 2005 he won the Trans-Am Series Driver's Championship, becoming the first Trans Am champion born outside the United States since David Hobbs in 1983.Klaus raced for Muscle Milk Pickett Racing in the American Le Mans Series. His best finishes in the 2010 season were an LMP2 class win at the 12 Hours of Sebring sharing with team owner Greg Pickett and Sascha Maassen, and overall race wins at the Northeast Grand Prix sharing with Pickett, and at the Grand Prix of Mosport sharing with Romain Dumas.
In 2011, Graf collected further victories at Long Beach, Mosport, Mid-Ohio and Road America in the team's Lola-Aston Martin. For 2012, Graf returned to the team and drove together with Lucas Luhr in a new HPD ARX-03a for the entire ALMS season.
Graf won the 2012 and 2013 ALMS LMP1 driver's championships with codriver Lucas Luhr.
Racing record
American Le Mans Series results
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Points | Ref | |
| 1999 | J&P Motorsports | LMP | Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S | Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 | SEB | ATL | MOS | SON | POR | PET 9 | MON | LSV | |||||||
| 2000 | Panoz Motor Sports | LMP | Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S | Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 | SEB | CHA | SIL | NÜR 4 | SON | MOS | TEX | ROS | PET 4 | MON | LSV | ADE DNF | 28th | 44 | |
| 2001 | Panoz Motor Sports | LMP900 | Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S | Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 | TEX 5 | SON DNF | POR 4 | MOS DNF | MID 6 | MON DNF | PET DNF | 14th | 79 | ||||||
| 2001 | Panoz Motor Sports | LMP900 | Panoz LMP07 | Élan 4.0L V8 | SEB DNF | DON 6 | JAR 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14th | 79 | ||
| 2006 | Alex Job Racing | GT2 | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | SEB 6 | TEX 1 | MID DNF | LIM 9 | UTA 4 | POR | AME | MOS | PET | MON | 20th | 44 | |||
| 2007 | Team Cytosport | LMP1 | Lola B06/10 | AER P32T 4.0L Turbo V8 | SEB | STP | LNB DNS | TEX | UTA | LIM | MID | AME | MOS | DET | PET 4 | MON DNF | 9th | 72 | |
| 2009 | Team Cytosport | LMP2 | Porsche RS Spyder Evo | Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 | SEB | STP | LBH | UTA | LRP | MDO 2 | ELK 3 | MOS | PET 3 | LAG 2† | 5th | 73 | |||
| 2010 | Muscle Milk Team Cytosport | LMP2 | Porsche RS Spyder Evo | Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 | SEB 1 | PET 2 | 2nd | 162 | |||||||||||
| 2010 | Muscle Milk Team Cytosport | LMP | Porsche RS Spyder Evo | Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 | LBH 3 | MON 2 | UTA 3 | LIM 1 | MDO DNS | ROA 2 | MOS 1 | - | 2nd | 162 | |||||
| 2011 | Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing | LMP1 | Lola-Aston Martin B08/62 | Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 | SEB DNF | LBH 1 | LRP 2 | MOS 1 | MDO 1 | ELK 1 | BAL 4 | LAG 5 | PET DNF | 2nd | 124 | ||||
| 2012 | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | P1 | HPD ARX-03a | Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 | SEB 8† | LBH 1 | LAG 1 | LRP 1 | MOS 1 | MDO 1 | ELK 2 | BAL 3† | VIR 1 | PET 3 | 1st | 195 | |||
| 2013 | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | P1 | HPD ARX-03a | Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 | SEB 4 | LBH 1 | LAG 1 | 1st | 182 | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | P1 | HPD ARX-03c | Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 | LRP 1 | MOS 1 | ELK 1 | BAL 1 | COA 1 | VIR 1 | PET DNF | 1st | 182 |
† Did not finish the race but was classified as his car completed more than 70% of the overall winner's race distance.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete Porsche Supercup results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
| 2003 | Tolimit Motorsport | Porsche 996 GT3 | ITA | ESP 4 | AUT 6 | MON 14† | GER 7 | FRA | GBR | GER 2 | HUN | ITA Ret | 8th | 73 | ||
| 2003 | Walter Lechner Racing School Team | Porsche 996 GT3 | USA Ret | USA 8 | 8th | 73 | ||||||||||
| 2004 | Tolimit Motorsport | Porsche 996 GT3 | ITA 8 | ESP 2 | MON 10 | GER 3 | USA Ret | USA 5 | FRA Ret | GBR 18† | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA 3 | 9th | 86 |
| 2005 | Tolimit Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 | ITA | ESP | MON | GER 7 | USA | USA | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | ITA | BEL | NC‡ | 0‡ |
† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ — Guest driver – Not eligible for points.