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🇺🇸 Derek Kraus
Racing driver from United States. NASCAR Cup Series.
Driver facts
Full name
Derek Kraus
Born
1 September 2001(b. 2001)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Series
NASCAR Cup Series
Status
Active
Career wins
0
Career podiums
1
Career starts
97
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
5,080
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,080Rank 1074 of 40,308 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Derek Kraus is a racing driver from United States who competes in NASCAR Cup Series. Kraus has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 97 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,080 ranks Kraus 1074th of 40,308 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2025 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 2025-11-01 | Phoenix Raceway | P14 | −108 |
| 2025-08-31 | Darlington | P36 | −98 |
| 2025-05-25 | Charlotte | P32 | −56 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +149 | Daytona International Speedway 2020 | NASCAR Truck | P4 |
| +127 | Atlanta 2020 | NASCAR Truck | P7 |
| +120 | Darlington 2020 | NASCAR Truck | P2 |
| +112 | Phoenix Raceway 2018 | NASCAR Truck | P8 |
| +112 | Knoxville 2021 | NASCAR Truck | P5 |
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Charlotte4 starts+23
Bristol4 starts+17
Martinsville5 starts+12
Kansas8 starts+11
Struggles
Las Vegas7 starts-36
Phoenix Raceway14 starts-24
Daytona International Speedway4 starts-15
Texas4 starts-10
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ▸NASCAR Cup Series | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P39 | −153 | 5,080 | |
| ▸ARCA Menards West | Shockwave Marine Suspension Seating (David Smith) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −108 | ||
| 2024 | ▸NASCAR Cup Series | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P37 | ↑895−383 | 5,342 | |
| 2023 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −25 | 4,830 | |
| ▸NASCAR Truck | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | −69 | |||
| 2022 | ▸NASCAR Truck | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +356 | 4,925 | |
| ▸ARCA Menards Series | NAPA AutoCare ( Alex McAnally ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | — | ||
| ▸ARCA Menards West | NAPA AutoCare (Alex McAnally) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P24 | −2 | ||
| 2021 | ▸NASCAR Truck | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −182 | 4,571 | |
| ▸ARCA Menards Series | BMR ( Alex McAnally ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P24 | +19 | ||
| ▸ARCA Menards West | BMR (Alex McAnally) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | +18 | ||
| 2020 | ▸NASCAR Truck | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +767 | 4,531 | |
| 2019 | ▸NASCAR Truck | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P30 | −87 | 4,743 | |
| 2018 | ▸NASCAR Truck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | +2,796 | 4,146 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Kraus finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Zane Smith | 5,399 | 81 | 27 | 54 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Tyler Ankrum | 4,946 | 76 | 37 | 39 | 49% |
| 🇺🇸 Ben Rhodes | 4,804 | 76 | 24 | 52 | 32% |
| 🇺🇸 Matt CraftonFIA Gold | 4,387 | 76 | 26 | 50 | 34% |
| 🇺🇸 Grant Enfinger | 5,059 | 75 | 23 | 52 | 31% |
| 🇨🇦 Stewart Friesen | 4,865 | 75 | 24 | 51 | 32% |
| 🇺🇸 Tanner Gray | 4,604 | 72 | 41 | 31 | 57% |
| 🇺🇸 Spencer Boyd | 3,617 | 68 | 53 | 15 | 78% |
| 🇺🇸 John Hunter Nemechek | 5,538 | 67 | 19 | 48 | 28% |
| 🇺🇸 Chandler Smith | 4,252 | 66 | 22 | 44 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Christopher BellFIA Silver, 2× champion | 6,867 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
| 🇺🇸 Ty GibbsHigher-rated, 2× champion | 6,797 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 Joey LoganoHigher-rated | 6,704 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,308 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,064 | 🏳️ Ricardo Gonzalez | SKUSA SuperNationals | 5,086 |
| 1,065 | 🇧🇷 Enzo Elias | Stock Car Pro Series | 5,085 |
| 1,066 | 🇯🇵 Yuya Motojima | Super GT | 5,085 |
| 1,067 | 🇮🇳 Jehan Daruvala | Formula E | 5,084 |
| 1,068 | 🇩🇪 Altfrid Heger | 24H Series | 5,083 |
| 1,069 | 🇮🇹 Nicola Larini | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 5,083 |
| 1,070 | 🇺🇸 P.J. Chesson | IndyCar | 5,083 |
| 1,071 | 🇺🇸 Jack Turner | Formula 1 | 5,082 |
| 1,072 | 🇨🇦 Zachary Claman De Melo | Indy NXT | 5,081 |
| 1,073 | 🇫🇷 Come Ledogar | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 5,080 |
| 1,074 | 🇺🇸 Derek Kraus | NASCAR Cup Series | 5,080 |
| 1,075 | 🇬🇧 Horace Gould | Formula 1 | 5,080 |
| 1,076 | 🇫🇷 Julien Andlauer | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,080 |
| 1,077 | 🇩🇪 Oliver Goethe | Formula 2 | 5,080 |
| 1,078 | 🇳🇱 Robert De Haan | GT World Challenge Europe | 5,080 |
| 1,079 | 🇨🇦 Sean McIntosh | Formula V8 3.5 | 5,080 |
| 1,080 | 🇺🇸 John Michael Edwards | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,078 |
| 1,081 | 🇬🇷 Cem Bölükbasi | Asian Le Mans Series | 5,076 |
| 1,082 | 🇩🇪 David Arnold Lance | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 5,076 |
| 1,083 | 🇺🇸 Brian Vickers | NASCAR Xfinity | 5,075 |
| 1,084 | 🇨🇭 Marcel Fässler | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,075 |
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