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Derek Kraus
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
5 races run over 1 year
Car no., teamNo. 16 (Kaulig Racing)
First race2024 Pennzoil 400 (Las Vegas)
Last race2024 Enjoy Illinois 300 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
8 races run over 1 year
2023 position85th
Best finish85th (2023)
First race2023 ToyotaCare 250 (Richmond)
Last race2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
76 races run over 6 years
2023 position72nd
Best finish11th (2020, 2022)
First race2018 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Last race2023 Craftsman 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 27 4
ARCA Menards Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish75th (2021)
First race2021 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Last race2022 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
18 races run over 3 years
Best finish7th (2019)
First race2017 Jet Tools 150 (New Smyrna)
Last race2019 Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 (Gateway)
First win2018 Monaco Gateway Classic (Gateway)
Last win2019 Who'sYourDriver.org Twin 100's #2 (South Boston)
Wins Top tens Poles
3 15 2
ARCA Menards Series West career
44 races run over 5 years
Best finish1st (2019)
First race2017 NAPA Auto Parts Tucson 150 (Tucson)
Last race2022 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
First win2017 West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame 150 (Kern County)
Last win2019 Napa/Eneos 150 (Kern County)
Wins Top tens Poles
10 35 8
Statistics current as of May 12, 2024.

Derek Kenneth Kraus (born September 1, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes 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]

Racing career

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Early years

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Kraus' 2013 Bandolero
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

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2017: K&N Pro Series

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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

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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

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

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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

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Kraus (No. 19) racing Stewart Friesen (No. 52) and Brett Moffitt (No. 23) at Pocono in 2020
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

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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

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

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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

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Car No. Races Wins Top fives Top tens Poles Laps led Position Points Ref
2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Bill McAnally Racing 99 1 1 1 1 0 0 40th 41 [72]
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West 19 14 1 9 10 1 109 3rd 534 [73]
2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Bill McAnally Racing 19 1 0 0 1 0 0 62nd 30 [74]
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 16 6 1 3 3 1 39 12th 287 [34]
DGR-Crosley 1 2 0 2 2 1 51
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Bill McAnally Racing 16 14 4 8 10 5 717 4th 543 [75]
2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Bill McAnally Racing 19 4 0 0 1 0 0 43rd 64 [76]
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 16 9 2 6 9 0 102 7th 366 [77]
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West 16 14 5 11 13 2 812 1st 591 [78]
2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series McAnally-Hilgemann Racing 19 23 0 3 13 0 31 11th 645 [79]
2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series McAnally-Hilgemann Racing 19 22 3 6 9 2 58 13th 457 [80]

NASCAR

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

Cup Series

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NASCAR Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NCSC Pts Ref
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 -* -* [82]
† – Qualified for A. J. Allmendinger

Xfinity Series

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NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
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 85th 01 [83]
11 KAN
8 		BRI
12 		TEX CLT LVS HOM
11 		MAR PHO
37

Craftsman Truck Series

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NCTC Pts Ref
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 62nd 30 [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 		43rd 64 [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 		11th 645 [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 		13th 480 [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 		11th 595 [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 72nd 9 [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

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NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2017 Bill McAnally Racing 99 Toyota NSM
3 		GRE BRI SBO SBO MEM BLN TMP NHA IOW GLN LGY NJM DOV 40th 41 [72]
2018 16 NSM
4 		BRI
24 		LGY SBO SBO MEM
14 		NJM TMP NHA
5 		IOW
20 		GLN GTW
1* 		12th 287 [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 7th 366 [77]

ARCA Menards Series

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(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
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 AMSC Pts Ref
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 75th 39 [86]
2022 Chevy DAY PHO
9 		TAL KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 83rd 35 [87]

ARCA Menards Series West

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ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 AMSWC Pts Ref
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 		3rd 534 [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* 		4th 543 [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 		1st 591 [78]
2021 Bill McAnally Racing 19 Toyota PHO
5 		SON IRW CNS IRW PIR LVS AAS PHO 41st 39 [88]
2022 Chevy PHO
9 		IRW KCR PIR SON IRW EVG PIR AAS LVS PHO 55th 35 [89]

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