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Graham Rahal (born January 4, 1989 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American race car driver. He currently drives in the Indy Racing League Indy Car Series. He is the son of 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal.
[edit] Early yearsIn 2005, he won the Formula Atlantic class at the SCCA Runoffs and finished fourth in Star Mazda Series standings. He drove in the last two rounds of the 2005-2006 A1 Grand Prix season for A1 Team Lebanon as he is of Lebanese descent. 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. SpeedTV reported in August 2006 that Graham would drive for Newman/Haas Racing in the Champ Car World Series in 2007[1]. He attended New Albany school systems in Ohio and graduated in June 2007 with plans to attend Denison University. [edit] 2007On January 27 Rahal drove in the 24 Hours of Daytona. One of four drivers of the Southard Motorsports Lexus Riley, the car ran into early troubles and finished 62nd out of 70 entries. On March 18, he drove in the 12 Hours of Sebring American LeMans Series race for his father's Rahal Letterman Racing team. He drove a Porsche 911 GT3-RSR with two other drivers, finishing 6th in the GT2 class and 15th overall. On March 27 news reports from the previous summer were finally confirmed when he was announced as the second driver for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing in the Champ Car World Series[2] and drove the #2 Panoz DP01 sponsored by MEDI|ZONE alongside his teammate, three-time series champion Sébastien Bourdais. 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. He was knocked out of the race. On April 15 at Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach he finished his first Champ Car race, ending up 8th. On April 22nd, in just his 3rd Champ Car race, he became the youngest ever podium finisher in Champ Car history after finishing 2nd in Houston. Rahal completed his rookie season in 5th place in series points with four podium finishes but without a race win. [edit] 2008With the creation of a single American open wheel racing series for 2008, Rahal and the Newman/Haas/Lanigan team became part of the IndyCar Series, including Rahal's first Indianapolis 500. 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 made his series debut at the second race of the season, the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg and despite an early spin in the race, Rahal won the race by 3.5192 seconds from two-time defending winner of the race, Hélio Castroneves. He is currently the youngest person to win a major American open wheel race[3] and the fourth to win in his first appearance in the IndyCar Series. The best finish Rahal would manage the rest of the year was a pair of 8th places at Watkins Glen and Infineon and he finished 17th in points, 4th among series rookies. [edit] 2009Rahal returned to Newman/Haas/Lanigan for the 2009 IndyCar Series season, taking over the #02 car. He began the season by taking pole position at St. Petersburg, his first in his IndyCar career and the youngest ever polesitter at 20 years and 90 days old. This was the first time a Rahal had won an IndyCar pole since his father started first at Toronto in 1992, which was Bobby's third in a row that season.[4]. He finished seventh after damahig the car in a first lap clash. His season was also undermined by bad relations with his team-mate Robert Doornbos - when the Dutchman left midseason, Rahal commented "We could certainly have a second driver who is more of a team player"[5] Rahal has been linked with USF1, the American based Formula One team set to debut in the 2010 World Championship. The team's sporting director, Peter Windsor, has mentioned Rahal as a potential candidate for a seat with the Charlotte based outfit. [6] [edit] Motorsports Career Results[edit] Career summary
[edit] Complete A1 Grand Prix results(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
[edit] American Open Wheel(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)
[edit] IndyCar Series Summary
[edit] Indy 500 results
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