page_title: Joe Graf Jr.
section_title: ARCA Menards Series
hierarchical_section_title: Joe Graf Jr. / Racing career / ARCA Menards Series
caption_attribution_description: English: The #77 car of Joe Graf Jr on display at the 2018 ARCA race at Madison International Speedway.
context_page_description: Joseph "Joe" A. Graf Jr. is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 08 Chevrolet Camaro for SS-Green Light Racing, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 74 Ford for Visconti Motorsports. He also works as a communications intern for Richard Childress Racing, a team he drove for part-time in the Xfinity Series in 2019.
context_section_description: Graf ran the whole season in 2018 save for the season-opening race at Daytona. The deal originally started out as a six-race schedule, but eventually expanded to 19 races. In his third race at Talladega, Graf raced on a foot he had recently broken and finished second to Zane Smith in the closest finish in series history. At Berlin Raceway in August, Graf spun Chandler Smith on the would-be final lap and then, after losing the lead to Zane Smith on the ensuing restart, pushed Smith up the track in turn four on the final lap to claim his first checkered flag in ARCA competition.
caption: 2018 ARCA car
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