Derek Kraus

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Derek Kraus
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Kraus at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024
BornDerek Kenneth Kraus
(2001-09-01) September 1, 2001 (age 23)
Stratford, Wisconsin, U.S.
Achievements2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Champion
Awards2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
6 races run over 1 year
2024 position38th
Best finish38th (2024)
First race 2024 Pennzoil 400 (Las Vegas)
Last race 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
8 races run over 1 year
2023 position85th
Best finish85th (2023)
First race 2023 ToyotaCare 250 (Richmond)
Last race 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
WinsTop tens Poles
030
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
76 races run over 6 years
2023 position72nd
Best finish11th (2020, 2022)
First race 2018 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Last race 2023 Craftsman 150 (Phoenix)
WinsTop tens Poles
0274
ARCA Menards Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish75th (2021)
First race 2021 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Last race 2022 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
WinsTop tens Poles
020
ARCA Menards Series East career
18 races run over 3 years
Best finish7th (2019)
First race 2017 Jet Tools 150 (New Smyrna)
Last race 2019 Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 (Gateway)
First win 2018 Monaco Gateway Classic (Gateway)
Last win 2019 Who'sYourDriver.org Twin 100's #2 (South Boston)
WinsTop tens Poles
3152
ARCA Menards Series West career
44 races run over 5 years
Best finish1st (2019)
First race 2017 NAPA Auto Parts Tucson 150 (Tucson)
Last race 2022 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
First win 2017 West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame 150 (Kern County)
Last win 2019 Napa/Eneos 150 (Kern County)
WinsTop tens Poles
10358
Statistics current as of May 12, 2024.

Derek Kenneth Kraus (born September 1, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 16 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Kaulig Racing. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East and West. He won the 2019 West Series championship (when the series was known as the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West) and is also a former NASCAR Next member. He is also Kaulig's simulator driver. [1]

Contents

Racing career

Early years

Kraus' 2013 Bandolero Derek Kraus Bandolero winner Golden Sands Speedway 8.2.13.jpg
Kraus' 2013 Bandolero
Kraus' 2015 ARCA Midwest Tour truck DerekKrausMidwestTruck2015Rockford.jpg
Kraus' 2015 ARCA Midwest Tour truck

Kraus started racing in go-karts and bandoleros. He won the GSR Kartway championship in 2012 and 2013. [2] Kraus also competed in bandoleros at State Park Speedway in 2013 and won the track championship. [2] In 2014, he won the State Park and state bandeleros championships. [2] He later moved up to Midwest trucks and super late models (SLMs). [2] He began the 2015 season by competing in seven Super Late Model races in Florida's New Smyrna Speedway. [3] He began racing in the American Ethanol SuperTruck Series in 2015; he became the youngest driver to win a feature at Rockford Speedway at age 13. [4] Additionally, Kraus won his first SLM race a few days before he turned fourteen. [2] He also competed full-time in the Midwest Truck Series, he won that series' 2015 championship. [2] [4] In 2016, he competed in the ARCA Midwest Tour, finishing fourth in the standings and surpassing Matt Kenseth as the youngest driver to win a race in the series. [5]

NASCAR

2017: K&N Pro Series

In January 2017, it was announced that Kraus would drive full-time in the 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West for Bill McAnally Racing (BMR), driving the team's No. 19 Toyota Camry. [6] The announcement came after Kraus tested for the team at Kern County Raceway Park earlier that year. [7]

Kraus made his debut for BMR in a NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at New Smyrna Speedway in February, where he finished third. [8] He set career-best finishes in the West Series of second at Kern County, [9] Spokane County Raceway, [10] and Colorado National Speedway. [11] He won the pole at Iowa Speedway, his first combination race between the K&N Pro Series East and West. [12] Kraus led for an extended period at Meridian Speedway in Idaho [13] and won the season's final race at Kern County for his first win, beating teammate and series champion Todd Gilliland. [14] He also won the K&N West Rookie of the Year award in 2017. [15]

2018: K&N contender, Truck debut

Kraus led the first 189 of 208 laps at the 2018 K&N West race at Meridian Speedway. Kraus Meridian 2018.jpg
Kraus led the first 189 of 208 laps at the 2018 K&N West race at Meridian Speedway.

Kraus began 2018 by competing in the Winter Showdown late model race at Kern County. [16] He won the season-opening 2018 K&N Pro Series West race at Kern County after making contact with race leader Kevin Harvick on the final restart, giving the lead to teammate Cole Rouse in the process. Kraus later passed the fellow BMR driver while both were running in lapped traffic, taking the win. [17] Kraus then won the pole in both races at the series' doubleheader at Tucson Speedway, finishing fourth and eleventh in the first and second races respectively. [18] In May 2018, Kraus was named to the 2018 NASCAR Next class. [19] At Douglas County Speedway, Kraus won his third career race, leading teammate Hailie Deegan to a 1-2 finish for BMR. [20] At Evergreen Speedway, Kraus won the pole and led a majority of the race but ran out of fuel in the closing stages of the race, losing to Derek Thorn. [21] In the series' next race, a combination race with the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East at Gateway Motorsports Park, Kraus passed Rouse on the final restart to secure his third victory of the season. [22] At the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, he led 31 laps but spun in the later stages and retired from the race, dropping to 17th in the classification order. [23] [24] At Meridian Speedway, Kraus led the first 189 laps before slowing to avoid a spinning lapped car in a late caution, leading to a third-place finish. [25] For the final West race of the season, the tour returned to Kern County Raceway, and Kraus won after a late-race restart. [26] He finished the season-long points tally in fourth, behind Thorn, Ryan Partridge and Rouse. [27]

Kraus on pit road at Dover in 2018, where he finished third DerekKrausDover.png
Kraus on pit road at Dover in 2018, where he finished third

Kraus' racing schedule with BMR expanded in 2018 to include a foray into the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. After finishing fourth in the season opener at New Smyrna Speedway, [28] Kraus finished 24th in the next race at Bristol Motor Speedway. [29] He then won the pole at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in July. [30] It was later announced that Kraus would join DGR-Crosley for the last two East races on the calendar. [31] In his first race with DGR, he again claimed the pole at New Hampshire. [32] Kraus raced against Brandon McReynolds for the lead on the final restart, finishing in second. [33] He would end the season with a third-place finish in the season finale at Dover. [34]

On November 6, 2018, Kraus announced that he would make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at ISM Raceway that Friday, [35] driving the No. 19 Toyota Tundra for Bill McAnally Racing. [36] He both qualified for and finished the race in the eighth position. [37]

2019: K&N championship, part-time in Trucks

Kraus racing at Bristol in 2019 DerekKrausBristol2019.jpg
Kraus racing at Bristol in 2019

Kraus returned to BMR for a third West season in 2019. [38] He also planned to run some K&N East races. [39] Kraus began 2019 by winning the New Smyrna 175 K&N East race. [40] After finishing sixth at Bristol, Kraus was three points out of the championship points lead. [41] Addressing his unclear K&N East schedule, Kraus commented, "If we're leading, we're going to race three." [41] Kraus competed in the third and fourth races in South Boston, winning the second race in the doubleheader. [42] Kraus was leading the East Series championship in July, and team owner Bill McAnally reaffirmed the team's commitment to run full-time in the East as long as Kraus was at the top of the standings. [43] After a ninth-place finish at Watkins Glen International, [44] Kraus and BMR were more than ten points out of the lead and subsequently withdrew from the second race at Bristol, conceding the East Series championship. [45]

In the West Series, Kraus began the season at the Dirt Track at Las Vegas with a sixth-place finish. He qualified second and was leading the field until getting shuffled back with around 30 laps remaining. [46] He later won both races at Tucson Speedway's doubleheader event, leading all 100 laps in the first race. [47] At Colorado, Kraus ran up front until a broken sway bar hindered his car's performance, dropping him down to the back of the top-five. [48] After returning to the lead, [48] Deegan collided with him on the final lap, resulting in Kraus finishing eighth after having spun out. [49] [50] Before the next K&N West race at Sonoma, Kraus ran a one-off Trans-Am Series race at the California road course, a race in which he would go on to win the pole and score the overall victory. [51] At Douglas County Speedway, Kraus won the pole and led every lap en route to the win. [52] His next win of the season was at Meridian Speedway, where he led 100 laps after racing Jagger Jones for the victory throughout the event and colliding with him late in the race, spinning Jones out. [53] Kraus won again by leading every lap from the pole at Kern County, his fourth straight victory at the track. [54] Kraus' position in points enabled him to clinch the K&N West championship simply by starting the final race at ISM Raceway, where he finished third and was crowned champion of the series. [55]

Kraus and BMR also re-upped for four Truck Series events in 2019, at Martinsville and Dover in the early portion of the season and Las Vegas and ISM in the latter portion of the season. [56] [57] After finishing 18th at Martinsville, he equalled his best finish for the series with an eighth at Dover. [58] At Las Vegas, Kraus's truck had transmission problems, relegating him to a 27th-place finish. [59] After winning the K&N West championship, BMR added a fifth Truck Series race for Kraus at Homestead-Miami Speedway. [60]

2020–2022: Full-time in the Truck Series

Kraus (No. 19) racing Stewart Friesen (No. 52) and Brett Moffitt (No. 23) at Pocono in 2020 Stewart friesen derek kraus brett moffitt (50059201548).jpg
Kraus (No. 19) racing Stewart Friesen (No. 52) and Brett Moffitt (No. 23) at Pocono in 2020
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Kraus's No. 19 truck at Sonoma Raceway in 2022

On January 13, 2020, Bill McAnally Racing announced the formation of McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, a partnership with businessman and fellow Stratford native Bill Hilgemann, to field the No. 19 Tundra full-time in the Truck Series for Kraus. [61] He began the season at Daytona International Speedway with a career-best fourth-place finish. [62] At Darlington, Kraus nearly scored his first career win, finishing second to Ben Rhodes in an overtime finish. [63] Kraus returned to the team in 2021, but had a new crew chief in Matt Noyce, who moved over from ThorSport Racing No. 99 truck of Ben Rhodes. [64] His previous crew chief, Kevin Bellicourt, left McAnally to crew chief the No. 77 Spire Motorsports car in the Cup Series. [65]

2023–present

On December 6, 2022, McAnally-Hilgemann Racing announced that Kraus would be replaced in the No. 19 truck by former ThorSport Racing driver Christian Eckes for 2023. [66] On February 1, 2023, it was announced that Kraus would drive the Young's Motorsports No. 20 truck in the season-opener at Daytona with the possibility of running more races for the team if sponsorship is found. [67] On March 21, it was announced that Kraus would make his Xfinity Series debut in the Xfinity Series race at Richmond in the No. 10 car for Kaulig Racing and would run a part-time schedule for the rest of the year in that car. [68] On July 26, Kaulig announced that Kraus would drive their No. 16 Cup Series car in practice and qualifying at Richmond in place of A. J. Allmendinger who would compete in the Xfinity Series race at Road America on the same day. He was chosen to fill in for Allmendinger as he is the team's simulator driver. [69] Kraus also did some simulator driving for Legacy Motor Club in 2023. [1]

Kraus' No. 16 car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024 Derek Kraus 16 Las Vegas 2024.jpg
Kraus' No. 16 car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024

On February 22, 2024, it was announced that Kraus will drive the No. 16 for Kaulig Racing part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, with his first start being at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. [70]

Personal life

Kraus attended Stratford High School and was on the school's wrestling team [39] and also played football his freshman year. He graduated high school in 2020 and missed his graduation ceremony, which was rescheduled to July due to COVID-19, to race in the truck race at Kansas on the same day. After that, he moved from Wisconsin to Charlotte, North Carolina, where most NASCAR teams are based. [71]

His father, Mark, raced super late models in the 2000s. [13]

Motorsports career results

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamCar No.RacesWinsTop fivesTop tensPolesLaps ledPositionPointsRef
2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Bill McAnally Racing 9911110040th41 [72]
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West 1914191011093rd534 [73]
2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Bill McAnally Racing 1910010062nd30 [74]
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 16613313912th287 [34]
DGR-Crosley 12022151
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Bill McAnally Racing 1614481057174th543 [75]
2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Bill McAnally Racing 1940010043rd64 [76]
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 16926901027th366 [77]
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West 16145111328121st591 [78]
2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series McAnally-Hilgemann Racing 1923031303111th645 [79]
2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series McAnally-Hilgemann Racing 192236925813th457 [80]

NASCAR

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

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NCSCPtsRef
2023 Kaulig Racing 16 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH BRD MAR TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC RCH
QL†		 MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO N/A– [81]
2024 DAY ATL LVS
28		 PHO
35		 BRI COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV KAN
31		 DAR
29		 CLT GTW
30		 SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND RCH MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO
25		38th44 [82]
† – Qualified for A. J. Allmendinger

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
2023 Kaulig Racing 10 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH
10		 MAR
8		 TAL
27		 DOV
20		 DAR CLT POR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IND GLN DAY DAR 85th01 [83]
11 KAN
8		 BRI
12		 TEX CLT LVS HOM
11		 MAR PHO
37

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NCTCPtsRef
2018 Bill McAnally Racing 19 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO
8		 HOM 62nd30 [74]
2019 DAY ATL LVS MAR
18		 TEX DOV
8		 KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS
27		 TAL MAR PHO
31		 HOM
DNQ		43rd64 [76]
2020 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing DAY
4		 LVS
22		 CLT
16		 ATL
7		 HOM
15		 POC
10		 KEN
8		 TEX
11		 KAN
5		 KAN
7		 MCH
8		 DRC
30		 DOV
10		 GTW
13		 DAR
2		 RCH
23		 BRI
15		 LVS
30		 TAL
10*		 KAN
9		 TEX
9		 MAR
10		 PHO
24		11th645 [79]
2021 DAY
33		 DRC
7		 LVS
32		 ATL
13		 BRD
38		 RCH
15		 KAN
28		 DAR
35		 COA
21		 CLT
8		 TEX
13		 NSH
35*		 POC
10		 KNX
5		 GLN
21		 GTW
20		 DAR
16		 BRI
13		 LVS
12		 TAL
20		 MAR
24		 PHO
15		13th480 [80]
2022 Chevy DAY
26		 LVS
24		 ATL
9		 COA
12		 MAR
14		 BRD
29		 DAR
19		 KAN
8		 TEX
36		 CLT
12		 GTW
7		 SON
27		 KNX
6		 NSH
11		 MOH
8		 POC
9		 IRP
14		 RCH
12		 KAN
21		 BRI
6		 TAL
13		 HOM
15		 PHO
11		11th595 [84]
2023 Young's Motorsports 20 Chevy DAY
18		 LVS ATL COA TEX BRI MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP 72nd9 [85]
Spire Motorsports 7 Chevy MLW
8		 KAN BRI TAL HOM
77 PHO
28

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314NKNPSECPtsRef
2017 Bill McAnally Racing 99 Toyota NSM
3		 GRE BRI SBO SBO MEM BLN TMP NHA IOW GLN LGY NJM DOV 40th41 [72]
2018 16 NSM
4		 BRI
24		 LGY SBO SBO MEM
14		 NJM TMP NHA
5		 IOW
20		 GLN GTW
1*		12th287 [34]
DGR-Crosley 1 Toyota NHA
2		 DOV
3
2019 Bill McAnally Racing 16 Toyota NSM
1		 BRI
6		 SBO
9		 SBO
1*		 MEM
5		 NHA
3		 IOW
4		 GLN
9		 BRI GTW
2		 NHA DOV 7th366 [77]

ARCA Menards Series

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

ARCA Menards Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920AMSCPtsRef
2021 Bill McAnally Racing 19 Toyota DAY PHO
5		 TAL KAN TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN IOW WIN GLN MCH ISF MLW DSF BRI SLM KAN 75th39 [86]
2022 Chevy DAY PHO
9		 TAL KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 83rd35 [87]

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314AMSWCPtsRef
2017 Bill McAnally Racing 19 Toyota TUS
6		 KCR
2		 IRW
18		 IRW
4		 SPO
2		 OSS
16		 CNS
2		 SON
5		 IOW
11		 EVG
11		 DCS
3		 MER
5		 AAS
4		 KCR
1		3rd534 [73]
2018 16 KCR
1		 TUS
4		 TUS
11		 OSS
5		 CNS
4		 SON
10		 DCS
1*		 IOW
20		 EVG
9		 GTW
1*		 LVS
17*		 MER
3*		 AAS
15		 KCR
1*		4th543 [75]
2019 LVS
6*		 IRW
3*		 TUS
1**		 TUS
1*		 CNS
8		 SON
19		 DCS
1**		 IOW
4		 EVG
2		 GTW
2		 MER
1		 AAS
4		 KCR
1**		 PHO
3		1st591 [78]
2021 Bill McAnally Racing 19 Toyota PHO
5		 SON IRW CNS IRW PIR LVS AAS PHO 41st39 [88]
2022 Chevy PHO
9		 IRW KCR PIR SON IRW EVG PIR AAS LVS PHO 55th35 [89]

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