Adam Krause

**Adam Glowiczowca Krause** (born April 30, 2002) is a polish american driver from the **NSSR NR2003 Offline Series**. He drivers the No. 91 Toyota in the **UnderArmour Super Ambush Truck Series** for **Everbell Motorsports**. Adam has been recently hired to drive for Everbell Motorsports after obtaining success on the **NASCAR Pinty's Series** in 2022 driving for Ed Hakonson, winning 2 races and finishing third in the final standings.

Krause was born in the southwest of Omaha in the state of Nebraska. Both him and his brother Anton started doing kart-racing in 2006 at the ages 4 and 6 respectively, supported by his father Lukasz. At first, Adam's dream was to be an IndyCar driver, inspired by his father who once drove for a backmarker team at CART in 1997, Krause only had his first contact with the NASCAR world at the age of 9. When Adam was 4 years-old, his father and his uncle built him a kart using a boat engine and some motorbike components where he used to drive on an abandoned parking lot under the watch of his father until signing in to the **2007 Seasonal Park Racing Kart Championship (SPR)** and finishing in a solid 4th place with 3 podium finishes in 8 races. He would go on to win the 2008 edition of the SPR Kart Championship with 2 wins and 4 podium finishes. Krause went on to win the **CGR Kart League** in 2009 and 2010, combining 9 race wins in 18 races, before moving on to the **United States Pro Kart Series** for the Cadet Division. For the USPKS, Adam had his debut postponed by 1-year due to a car accident in December of 2010 which left him with a broken arm and a fractured clavicle. Adam made his debut in 2012 driving for his father's team, he failed to deliver results in the first-half of the season and the unexpected loss of his uncle due to an aneurysm affected his performance and his psychologic, he had an average finish of 19.5 and only scored 2 points in the season. However, he managed to recover in the following years and won 2 editions of the USPKS, in 2013 and 2015, and finishing third in the 2014 season. In 2016, he stepped further and went to **Formula Vee**, where he met his best-friend **Joan Saenz**, both had a heated and equal battle for the title in 2017 with Saenz coming out on top and Krause finishing 2nd. Adam won 6 races, 3 of them being in 2017, from a total of 17, and finished on the podium 8 times. Joan would make his debut on the **FIA Formula 3 Championship** in 2020 for **Campos Racing** and finish in 32nd in the standings, dropping the motorsport world by the end of the year and focusing on his musical project: The spanish grindcore band **Aplastamiento**.

After 2018, Adam made the decision to drop the single-seater championships by getting a seat for the **2019 K&N Pro Series West**, driving the No. 15 Toyota for David Gilliland. Krause finished in 2nd on the final standings, with three wins, four Top 5s and five Top 10s, this year would be the start of big rivalry between him and Jagger Jones in the ARCA Series the years following. His results in the 2019 season caught the attention of **GMS Racing**, however due to some legal issues involving an accusation of carjacking made by Lukasz Krause to Maury Gallagher's youngest son, the negotiations broke down. Adam signed with **Venturini Motorsports** for 2020 to drive the No. 20 Toyota sponsored by Dollar General, LK Racing (Adam's father go-kart team) and Rheem. He finished in 4th in his first year, with five top 5 finishes, eight top 10 finishes and winning 3 races, with an average finishing position of 11,7. In 2021, He went to win the **ARCA Menards Series** with Venturini Motorsports, with 7 wins, 13 top 5's and 18 top 10's, with an average finishing position of 4,9 and an intense battle for the title with rival Jagger Jones. However, the news of his father suffering a helicopter accident in November of 2021 and being transferred to a surgery unity in Canada made Adam to refuse a seat at **ThorSport Racing**, and instead take the No. 3 Chevrolet for the **2022 NASCAR Pinty's Series** in order to be closer to his father. Krause won the title with 6 wins, seven top 5 finishes and ten top 10 finishes in the season. After his father's condition improved and got stable in late september of that year, Adam signed a contract for Everbell Motorsports to drive on the **UnderArmour Super Ambush Truck Series** in 2023, driving the No.91 Toyota for team owner **Yezin A. Tekst**.

## Curiosities

* Adam's brother, Anton Krause, won the American F4 Championship in 2019 and currently drives on the Indy Lights series.
* Joan Saenz and Adam had a project for a math metal band in 2019 called Tetravalency, the band released a demo and 3 singles in 2020, but after that the project fell apart (thank god).
* Adam's favourite band is Lamb Of God, and he once met Randy Blythe on a 7-Eleven in 2017.
* After the 2020 General Tire 100 race, Adam and Jagger Jones threw punches at each other because of an incident in the early laps of the race where Jagger dumped Krause at the chicane before the start/finish line, leaving him with a damaged suspension.
* Maury Gallagher's son was arrested for driving a stolen vehicle later in June, 2020 after an intense police-pursuit that lasted 3 hours. He confessed he didn't pulled over earlier because "The Free Bird solo from Lynyrd Skynyrd kicked in".