List of foreign-born NASCAR race winners

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

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

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

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

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

References

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

[listofdrivers-1] "All-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Winners". Jayski.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2012.

[driver-2] "Racing Reference". racing-reference.info. Retrieved January 6, 2012.

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