John Graham (racing driver)

John Samuel Graham (22 October 1955 – 12 October 2025) was a Canadian professional racing driver. He drove in numerous road racing series such as IMSA. He also had experience in NASCAR.

John Graham
Graham at Road America in 2017
Born	(1955-10-22)22 October 1955 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died	12 October 2025(2025-10-12) (aged 69) Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
14 races run over 3 years
2017 position	65th
Best finish	65th (2017)
First race	2004 Kroger 200 (IRP)
Last race	2017 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of June 16, 2020.

Racing career

Graham's No. 74 in the Road America Xfinity Series race in 2017

In 1981, he began his career in the Can-Am series' U2 (under 2-litre) class. In 1982 he joined Gordon Lightfoot driving the Lightfoot Racing March 811 Cosworth. In 1983, he joined Aston Martin driving the "Nimrod" at the 24 hours of Daytona. Over his career he has driven IMSA, WSC, Indy Lights, F2, ALMS, Grand-Am,^[1] ARCA,^[2] NASCAR Nationwide Series^[3] as well as in the Paris-Dakar Rally Raid. He had nine starts at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with an LMP675 class win in 2000 with Canadian team Multimatic Motorsports.^[4][5] His podium finishes include the 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, and Petit Le Mans.

Later life and death

Graham was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2021.^[6]

Graham died from lung cancer at a hospice in Newmarket, Ontario on 12 October 2025, at the age of 69.^[7][8]

Motorsports career results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1984	Obermaier Racing	Jürgen Lässig George Fouché	Porsche 956	C1	147	DNF	DNF
1985	Team Labatt Gebhardt Engineering	Frank Jelinski Nick Adams	Gebhardt JC853	C2	224	NC	NC
1988	PC Automotive	Olindo Iacobelli Alain Ianette	Argo JM19C	C2	130	DNF	DNF
1998	CJ Motorsport	John Morton Harald Grohs	Porsche 911 GT2	LMGT2	164	DNF	DNF
2000	Multimatic Motorsports	Scott Maxwell Greg Wilkins	Lola B2K/40	LMP675	274	25th	1st
2001	Dick Barbour Racing	Milka Duno David Murry	Reynard 01Q	LMP675	4	DNF	DNF
2002	MBD Sportscar Team	Didier de Radiguès Milka Duno	Panoz LMP07	LMP900	259	DNF	DNF
Sources:[9][10]

NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

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	34	35	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2004	MacDonald Motorsports	72	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP 31	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH 29	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM 28	ATL	PHO 38	DAR	HOM		81st	274	[11]
2007	Braun Racing	10	Toyota	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV 23	GLN 31	MCH	BRI	CAL									77th	441	[12]
	Baker Curb Racing	37	Ford																												RCH 41	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM 27	TEX	PHO 26	HOM 31
2017	Rick Ware Racing	74	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA 30	DAR												65th	15	[13]
	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	78	Chevy																									RCH 37	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO 31
	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Dodge																																	HOM 38

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max 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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2007	Hover Motorsports	72	Ford	DAY	USA	NSH DNQ	SLM																				57th	475	[14]
	Andy Belmont Racing	62	Ford					KAN 37	WIN 16	KEN 27	TOL	IOW	POC	MCH	BLN	KEN DNQ	POC	NSH DNQ	ISF	MIL 24	GTW	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL DNQ	TOL
2008		14		DAY	SLM	IOW	KAN	CAR	KEN	TOL	POC 23	MCH 41	CAY	KEN	BLN	POC	NSH	ISF	DSF	CHI	SLM	NJE	TAL	TOL			115th	145	[15]