Noah Quinn Gragson (born July 15, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 4 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Front Row Motorsports.
Gragson started racing Bandoleros at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring at the age of thirteen, eventually moving to compete in late models. Gragson also competed in the INEX Legends car racing series, winning the 2014 Young Lion Road Course championship.
In 2015, Gragson joined Jefferson Pitts Racing in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West in the No. 7 with sponsorship from AlertID, his ride being overseen by co-owner Jerry Pitts. In his series debut at Kern County Raceway Park, he finished third after qualifying eighth. At Tucson Speedway, Gragson battled with teammate Gracin Raz to score his first career victory. Later in the season at Meridian Speedway, Gragson recorded his first pole position and led 176 laps to win. In his first season of stock car racing, Gragson finished second in the final points standings behind Chris Eggleston with two wins, seven top fives, eleven top tens, becoming the ninth driver in series history to finish runner-up in points and win Rookie of the Year. After the season ended, he was named Rookie of the Year.
Gragson would return to the West Series in 2019 in a one-off attempt for his old team, Jefferson Pitts Racing, in their No. 7 car in the race at Sonoma. He was announced to run the same race in 2024 in the No. 30 car for Rette Jones Racing in addition to competing part-time for the team in their new Xfinity Series car.
During the 2015 season, Gragson ran two races in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, finishing eighth in his debut at Watkins Glen International.
2015–2018: Mason Mitchell Motorsports, Venturini Motorsports, and DGR Crosley
In 2015, Gragson joined Mason Mitchell Motorsports in the ARCA Racing Series, driving the No. 78 Ford Fusion at Kentucky Speedway. After qualifying eighth, he finished fourteenth, one lap behind race winner Ryan Reed.
In 2016, Gragson made two starts; one with Mason Mitchell Motorsports driving the No. 78 Chevrolet SS at Pocono finishing 30th and one in the season finale with Venturini Motorsports driving the No. 15 Toyota Camry at Kansas finishing 5th.
In 2017, Gragson competed in five races with Venturini with a best finish of fourth at Chicagoland.
In 2018, Gragson made two starts for DGR Crosley in the No. 54 Toyota Camry at Daytona finishing seventh and Pocono where he scored the pole, dominated much of the early going, and finished tenth.
On April 30, 2024, it was announced that Gragson would return to ARCA and drive the No. 30 car for Rette Jones Racing in the race at Watkins Glen International in addition to running part-time for the team in their new Xfinity Series car.
2016–2018: Wauters Motorsports and Kyle Busch Motorsports
In preparation for the 2017 season, Gragson drove the No. 18 Toyota from Kyle Busch Motorsports at the Phoenix International Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway events in an entry fielded by Wauters Motorsports, who also fielded Super Late Model’s for Gragson. In his debut at Phoenix, Gragson qualified fourteenth and finished sixteenth. Gragson raced at Homestead as well, qualifying tenth and finishing fifteenth.
On October 7, 2016, Gragson was hired by Kyle Busch Motorsports to compete in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2017.
In 2017, Gragson recorded his first career Truck win in the fall at Martinsville Speedway in the Texas Roadhouse 200 after passing Matt Crafton for the lead on the outside with ten laps to go. He finished tenth in points.
Gragson returned to the No. 18 KBM truck for the 2018 season.
A week after wrecking with two laps to go while battling with Johnny Sauter for the win at Dover, Gragson dominated at Kansas in the 37 Kind Days 250, leading 128 out of 167 laps to score his second career win.
During qualifying at Pocono Raceway, Gragson fell ill and was not cleared to race. Erik Jones replaced him for the race, but he was granted a playoff waiver and will still contend for the championship.