Noah Gragson

27-Year-Old Driver

Front Row Motorsports

2026 Cup Stats

Points

144

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Top 10

2026 Fantasy Outlook

Unfortunately, Gragson would take some steps backward in 2025. After the closure at Stewart-Haas Racing, he would land with Front Row Motorsports last year in their No. 4 Ford. Gragson would labor to just three Top 10's throughout the season and an uninspiring 25.2 average finish. Trying to maintain a competitive presence on the track each week would be a challenge due to a whopping 8 DNF's during the campaign. Without much consistency nor fanfare, Gragson would pale in comparison to his other FRM teammates. He'll look for better results in 2026 under the guidance of Drew Blickensderfer. We expect there will be some marginal improvement, but nothing incredible. Gragson has shown that he can win in the lower divisions of NASCAR, but he's yet to show it in 111 Cup Series starts. Read Past Outlooks

Car No. 4 Ford

Crew Chief Grant Hutchens

Rookie Year 2017

Birth Date 7/15/1998

Born Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Country UNITED STATES

First Top 10 of 2026

NASCAR Cup

April 27, 2026

Gragson picked up his first Top 10 of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season with a ninth-place finish in the Jack Link's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

ANALYSIS
It's been a long year for Gragson, who hasn't finished better than 22nd on a non-drafting track but now has Top-15 finishes in the three superspeedway races. Up next is a visit to Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile intermediate track. Gragson has struggled at similar tracks this season, finishing 30th at Las Vegas and 28th at Kansas.

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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Gragson had a tough rookie season in 2023. He'd struggle to perform at Legacy Motor Club, and he'd part ways with the team late in the season after a social media/conduct violation. After completing sensitivity training he'd be reinstated by NASCAR and immediately become a free agent driver of interest by many teams. Gragson's 13-career wins in the Xfinity Series and runner-up points finishes in both the Camping World and Xfinity Series demonstrate Gragson's skill. He has what it takes to make it at NASCAR's top level, he just needs the right team situation around him to coalesce. The youngster replaces Aric Almirola in Stewart Haas Racing's No. 10 Ford. This team regressed from 14th in the standings to 22nd during Almirola's last five seasons, so there's potential here but also a bad trend line. It will take everything Gragson can muster along with best cars that crew chief Drew Blickensderfer can give him to succeed.

Gragson got a nice introduction to NASCAR's top division last season with his patchwork 18 starts with Beard Oil Motorsports, Kaulig Racing and Hendrick Motorsports. When Alex Bowman would miss time late in 2022 with a concussion, Gragson was tabbed for five starts in the No. 48 Chevrolet. The upcoming season will be his first full campaign and rookie season in the NASCAR Cup Series. Gragson was signed to drive the No. 42 Chevrolet for Petty GMS Motorsports. He'll bring his Xfinity Series crew chief, Luke Lambert, to the team and they will hope to continue the success they achieved in NASCAR's second-largest national touring series. The duo grabbed eight victories and finished runner-up in last season's Xfinity Series championship. This team is reinvigorated thanks to the good work that Erik Jones did last season, and now Gragson will get to team with Jones and get the No. 42 entry up to a more competitive level.

Gragson did not win the 2021 Xfinity Series championship, but he was in contention up until the final laps of last season. The JR Motorsports prospect would finish 12th-place in Phoenix for the season finale and come in a respectable third-place in the final driver points. After a season of three wins and 20 Top-10 finishes, Gragson represented himself well last year. The 23-year-old Nevadan has now finished in the Top 5 of the points each of the last two campaigns and is ready to possibly capture that elusive Xfinity Series crown in 2022. With Penske Racing no longer in the picture the odds are pretty good for Gragson. He'll be pairing with a new crew chief this season, but that should not hamper his continued upward trajectory.

The JR Motorsports prospect is one of the fastest rising drivers in the Xfinity Series. Season two in this division of NASCAR saw Gragson claim his first two-career victories (Daytona & Bristol) and nab a staggering 17 Top-5 finishes. He would make it into the championship round of the Chase and avail himself well in that one-race winner-take-all event. Gragson would finish second to Austin Cindric and pull up just short of the Xfinity Series title. He'll get another crack at the crown in 2021. Gragson will once again pilot the No. 9 JRM Chevrolet and work with crew chief Dave Elenz to claim that coveted title. Now that Gragson has shown the ability to win races, he becomes a serious threat to contend for the championship and raise his stock for an eventual venture into NASCAR's Cup Series.

The 21-year-old prospect had a good inaugural season with JRM and racing in the Xfinity Series. Although Gragson didn't find victory lane, he found a pretty good consistency that showed up on the track and in the finishes each week. He piloted the No. 9 JRM Chevrolet Camaro to nine Top-5 and 22 Top-10 finishes and wound up eighth in the overall driver standings. It would result in Gragson finishing eighth overall in the championship standings. It was a good rookie campaign, and one to build on for Gragson. It is expected that all parts of this team will return intact for the 2020 season. Dave Elenz will continue to call the shots from the crew chief position, and continue building a rapport with Gragson. This young driver has a lot of upside and more room to grow than most of the drivers in the top tier of these rankings.

The up-and-coming Gragson moves from full-time competition in the Gander Outdoors Truck Series and into the Xfinity Series in 2019. He has been brought in to replace the retired Elliott Sadler in the No. 9 JRM Chevrolet. Gragson has some big shoes to fill there as Sadler nabbed three victories and 78 Top-10 finishes over his last three seasons of racing in the JRM No. 9 machine. This has been a Top-5 team for each of the last three years. Gragson will be challenged to hit those levels in season one. He's a two-time truck series winner, and finished runner-up in the final standings of that racing series last year. The 20-year-old from Las Vegas, Nevada still has much to learn behind the wheel, and this will be a season of progression and learning.

Gragson returns for season two at Kyle Busch Motorsports and the No. 18 Toyota. He tore the series up in his 2017 rookie campaign that saw the 19-year-old win his first-career victory and collect 13 Top 10's. With the promotion of Christopher Bell, Gragson now carries the banner as the point man for Kyle Busch Motorsports. He'll be paired with crew chief Rudy Fugle, and the duo will set their sights on winning more races and challenging for the championship. Given the change in the talent pool and the obvious excellence of this driver and team, it's all on them to step up and win right away as the top team for manufacturer Toyota. Gragson should take some big steps in the upcoming season, and become the next big prospect driver to come out of the KBM camp, like Erik Jones and Bell.

The next up-and-coming prodigy for KBM and Toyota is Gragson. He'll take over the No. 18 Toyota Tundra this season. Gragson replaces the now-departed William Byron as this stable's new budding star. This young driver has been tearing up the K&N Pro Series East and West the last two years. With a combined six victories and 32 Top-10 finishes in just 42 starts, Gragson has been opening eyes at this level of NASCAR. The 18-year-old Las Vegas native also sneaked in a couple truck series starts last year for KBM in this truck, so he's not completely unfamiliar with these chassis. Gragson will face a sharp learning curve, but it appears he'll be a quick study. Teaming him with crew chief Marcus Richmond should yield pretty good results. Gragson will be a top contender for Rookie of the Year in the truck series.

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New Crew Chief

NASCAR Cup

January 9, 2026

Front Row Motorsports announced several leadership updates within its Competition department ahead of the 2026 NASCAR Cup and Truck Series' seasons. Drew Blickensderfer will transition from his prior role as Crew Chief of the No. 4 and Gragson and will become the organization's Competition Director. Grant Hutchens will assume the role of Crew Chief for Gragson and the No. 4 team.