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List of foreign-born NASCAR race winners

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This article lists NASCAR drivers born outside the United States who have won at least once in any of the top three series (NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series, or Craftsman Truck Series). Overall, Australian Marcos Ambrose is the most successful foreign-born driver, in terms of wins, in NASCAR history, having won 7 times overall (2x in Cup, 5x in Xfinity). With his 1st cup win on June 12, 2022, Daniel Suárez became the first foreign-born driver to win on all 3 of NASCAR's national series, and the 35th driver in NASCAR's history to accomplish this feat.

NASCAR Cup Series

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  • Note: The table is ordered by number of wins, multiple drivers with the same number of wins are ordered by date of first win.[1][2]
Driver Wins First win Date of first win Track of the first win Last Win Date of last win Track of the last win
  Juan Pablo Montoya 2 Toyota/Save Mart 350 June 24, 2007   Infineon Raceway Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen August 8, 2010   Watkins Glen International
  Marcos Ambrose 2 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen August 14, 2011   Watkins Glen International Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen August 12, 2012   Watkins Glen International
  Daniel Suárez 2 Toyota/Save Mart 350 June 12, 2022   Sonoma Raceway Ambetter Health 400 February 25, 2024   Atlanta Motor Speedway
  Mario Andretti1 1 Daytona 500 February 26, 1967   Daytona International Speedway Daytona 500 February 26, 1967   Daytona International Speedway
  Earl Ross 1 Old Dominion 500 September 29, 1974   Martinsville Speedway Old Dominion 500 September 29, 1974   Martinsville Speedway
  Shane van Gisbergen 1 Grant Park 220 July 2, 2023   Chicago Street Course Grant Park 220 July 2, 2023   Chicago Street Course
1 Mario Andretti became a naturalized American citizen in 1964. His birthplace, known as Montona, Italy when he was born in 1940, is now known as Motovun, Croatia.

NASCAR Xfinity Series

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  • Note: The table is ordered by number of wins, multiple drivers with the same number of wins are ordered by date of first win.[2]
Driver Wins First win Date of first win Track of the first win Last Win Date of last win Track of the last win
  Marcos Ambrose 5 Zippo 200 at the Glen August 9, 2008   Watkins Glen International Zippo 200 at the Glen August 9, 2014   Watkins Glen International
  Ron Fellows 4 Lysol 200 June 28, 1998   Watkins Glen International NAPA Auto Parts 200 August 2, 2008   Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
  Daniel Suárez 3 Menards 250 June 11, 2016   Michigan International Speedway Ford EcoBoost 300 November 19, 2016   Homestead-Miami Speedway
  Shane van Gisbergen 3 Pacific Office Automation 147 June 1, 2024   Portland International Raceway The Loop 110 July 6, 2024   Chicago Street Course
  Larry Pollard 1 Busch 200 August 9, 1987   Langley Speedway Busch 200 August 9, 1987   Langley Speedway
  Juan Pablo Montoya 1 Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 March 4, 2007   Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 March 4, 2007   Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
  Nelson Piquet Jr.1 1 Sargento 200 June 23, 2012   Road America Sargento 200 June 23, 2012   Road America
1 Nelson Piquet Jr. was born in then-West Germany to a Dutch mother and Brazilian father. Piquet Jr. was raised in Brazil.

NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series

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  • Note: The table is ordered by number of wins, multiple drivers with the same number of wins are ordered by date of first win.[2]
Driver Wins First win Date of first win Track of the first win Last Win Date of last win Track of the last win
  Stewart Friesen 3 Eldora Dirt Derby August 1, 2019   Eldora SpeedyCash.com 220 May 20, 2022   Texas Motor Speedway
  Ron Fellows 2 Parts America 150 August 24, 1997   Watkins Glen Bully Hill Vineyards 150 June 26, 1999   Watkins Glen
  Nelson Piquet Jr. 2 VFW 200 August 18, 2012   Michigan Smith's 350 September 29, 2012   Las Vegas
  Daniel Suárez 1 Lucas Oil 150 November 11, 2016   Phoenix Lucas Oil 150 November 11, 2016   Phoenix
  Raphaël Lessard 1 Chevrolet Silverado 250 October 3, 2020   Talladega Chevrolet Silverado 250 October 3, 2020   Talladega

Combined Wins by Nationality

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Information correct as of the 2024 The Loop 110

Of the 35 combined wins in NASCAR's top three national series by foreign-born drivers, Canadian drivers have combined for the most combined wins at 12 (34.3%) of all wins.

Key
Bold Driver has competed in one of the three national series in the 2024 NASCAR season
List of races won, by nationality of driver
Rank Country Wins Driver(s) No. of
drivers
1   Canada 12 Ron Fellows (6), Stewart Friesen (3), Earl Ross (1), Larry Pollard (1), Raphaël Lessard (1) 5
2   Australia 7 Marcos Ambrose (7), 1
3   Mexico 6 Daniel Suárez (6), 1
4   New Zealand 4 Shane van Gisbergen (4), 1
5   Colombia 3 Juan Pablo Montoya (3), 1
5   Brazil 3 Nelson Piquet Jr. (3), 1
7   Italy 1 Mario Andretti (1), 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "All-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Winners". Jayski.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Racing Reference". racing-reference.info. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
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