Graham Rahal

Graham Robert Rahal (/ˈreɪhɔːl/ RAY-hawl; born January 4, 1989) is an American race car driver and small business owner.

[1] He moved to a full-time ride in the Champ Car Atlantic Series in 2006, where he won five races and finished second in the season standings.

He also drove in the Indy Pro Series event on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in conjunction with the 2006 United States Grand Prix and finished second.

On March 27 news reports from the previous summer were confirmed when he was announced as the second driver for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing in the Champ Car World Series[3] and drove the No.

On April 8 in his debut in the Champ Car World Series at the Vegas Grand Prix, Rahal hit the wall on the front stretch on the first lap and retired from the race.

He missed the Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 due to a crash in testing, after which his team could not get his car repaired in time for the race.

He began the season by taking pole position at St. Petersburg, his first in his IndyCar career, thus becoming the youngest ever polesitter aged 20 years, 90 days.

[7] However, Windsor later decided against hiring either Rahal or Marco Andretti due to fears that they would not be able to get their FIA Super Licences in time for the 2010 season.

On October 10, 2010, Rahal finished runner-up at the RoboPong 200 all-star kart event at the New Castle Motorsports Park with teammate Conor Daly.

01 TELMEX/Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates car to victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona along with Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, and Joey Hand.

While a second-place finish at the 2013 Long Beach Grand Prix showed promise early in the season, 2013 would be a building year for the new partnership.

2015 brought great results for Rahal with three podiums in the first half of the season; 2nd at Barber Motorsports Park, 2nd at the 2015 Grand Prix of Indianapolis, and a 3rd at the Sunday race in Detroit.

During the 2015 season, Rahal broke a 6+ year winless streak by winning the 2015 MAVTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA.

In 2023, Rahal initially appeared to miss out the Indianapolis 500 after teammate Jack Harvey bumped him out of the field in the last chance qualifying session.

However, after Stefan Wilson was ruled out due to an injury after a crash in practice, Rahal was chosen as the replacement driver for the #24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Cusick Motorsports Chevrolet.

Graham is also a junior partner with Bobby Rahal Automotive Group, a network of car dealerships in western and central Pennsylvania.

Rahal posing with the Canary Foundation show car for the 2007 San Jose Grand Prix
Graham Rahal driving at the 2019 Indianapolis 500 .
Rahal during the 2023 Indianapolis 500
Graham Rahal with wife Courtney Force.