Graham Rahal

Graham Rahal (born January 4th 1989) is from Columbus, Ohio. He is the son of the 1986 Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal.

Career
In 2007 he was announced as the second driver for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing team in the Champ Car World Series, a teammate to Sebastien Bourdais. Rahal crashed on the first lap of his CART career at Las Vegas. At Houston that season young Rahal became the youngest driver to ever finish on the podium.

With the creation of a single American open wheel racing series for 2008 Rahal and Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing joined the IndyCar Series. He missed the first race of the season due to a parts shortage after an accident. The next race would be his debut at St. Pete he spun early in the race but ended up winning the race in his first offical start. In winning the race he became the youngest driver to ever win an American open wheel race. Unfortinately he finished a dissapointing 17th in the standings.

Rahal returned to NHL in 2009 driving the #02 with McDonald's as the sponsor. He won the poll at St. Pete and became the youngest driver to ever capture a pole at 20 years and 3 months old. Rahal finished 7th in the standings in 09 after having trouble with teammate Robert Doornbos who left midseason.

In 2010 McDonald's left as the sponsor and Rahal decided to leave NHL. Rahal drove a few races early in the season for Sarah Fisher Racing but had trouble with the underfunded team. He drove for his fathers team Rahal Letterman Racing in the Indy 500 he finished 12th. Rahal drove for Dreyer & Reinbold, Sarah Fisher Racing, and returned to NHL to run the races for the remainder of the season.

Prior to the start of the 2011 season Graham Rahal signed a two year contract to race for Chip Ganassi in the #38 with sponsor Service Central. Rahal had a strong showing in a wreck fest of a race at Brazil he took home 2nd place, he would take another 2nd place finish at Milwaukee. Rahal also managed a strong 3rd place finish in the frantic closing laps of the Indy 500.

Rahal returns for his 2nd season as the driver of the #38 Service Central car for Chip Ganassi.