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). New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen is the most successful foreign-born drivers, in terms of wins, in NASCAR history, having won 9 times overall. With his 1st Cup Series win on June 12, 2022, 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 Last Win Ref
Race Date Track Race Date Track
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen 5 Grant Park 220 July 2, 2023 Illinois Chicago Street Course Go Bowling at the Glen August 10, 2025 New York (state) Watkins Glen International [3][4][5][6][7]
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 2 Toyota/Save Mart 350 June 24, 2007 California Infineon Raceway Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen August 8, 2010 New York (state) Watkins Glen International [8][9]
Australia Marcos Ambrose 2 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen August 14, 2011 New York (state) Watkins Glen International Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen August 12, 2012 New York (state) Watkins Glen International [10][11]
Mexico Daniel Suárez 2 Toyota/Save Mart 350 June 12, 2022 California Sonoma Raceway Ambetter Health 400 February 25, 2024 Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta Motor Speedway [12][13]
Italy Mario Andretti1 1 Daytona 500 February 26, 1967 Florida Daytona International Speedway Daytona 500 February 26, 1967 Florida Daytona International Speedway [14]
Canada Earl Ross 1 Old Dominion 500 September 29, 1974 Virginia Martinsville Speedway Old Dominion 500 September 29, 1974 Virginia Martinsville Speedway [15]
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 Last Win Ref
Race Date Track Race Date Track
Australia Marcos Ambrose 5 Zippo 200 at the Glen August 9, 2008 New York (state) Watkins Glen International Zippo 200 at the Glen August 9, 2014 New York (state) Watkins Glen International [16][17][18][19][20]
Canada Ron Fellows 4 Lysol 200 June 28, 1998 New York (state) Watkins Glen International NAPA Auto Parts 200 August 2, 2008 Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve [21][22][23][24]
Mexico Daniel Suárez 4 Menards 250 June 11, 2016 Michigan Michigan International Speedway The Chilango 150 June 14, 2025 Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez [25][26][27][28]
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen 4 Pacific Office Automation 147 June 1, 2024 Oregon Portland International Raceway The Loop 110 July 5, 2025 Illinois Chicago Street Course [29][30][31][32]
Canada Larry Pollard 1 Busch 200 August 9, 1987 Virginia Langley Speedway Busch 200 August 9, 1987 Virginia Langley Speedway [33]
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 1 Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 March 4, 2007 Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 March 4, 2007 Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez [34]
Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.1 1 Sargento 200 June 23, 2012 Wisconsin Road America Sargento 200 June 23, 2012 Wisconsin Road America [35]
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 Last Win Ref
Race Date Track Race Date Track
Canada Stewart Friesen 4 Eldora Dirt Derby August 1, 2019 Ohio Eldora DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 June 7, 2025 Michigan Michigan [36][37][38][39]
Canada Ron Fellows 2 Parts America 150 August 24, 1997 New York (state) Watkins Glen Bully Hill Vineyards 150 June 26, 1999 New York (state) Watkins Glen [40][41]
Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. 2 VFW 200 August 18, 2012 Michigan Michigan Smith's 350 September 29, 2012 Nevada Las Vegas [42][43]
Mexico Daniel Suárez 1 Lucas Oil 150 November 11, 2016 Arizona Phoenix Lucas Oil 150 November 11, 2016 Arizona Phoenix [44]
Canada Raphaël Lessard 1 Chevrolet Silverado 250 October 3, 2020 Alabama Talladega Chevrolet Silverado 250 October 3, 2020 Alabama Talladega [45]

Combined wins by nationality

Information correct as of the 2025 Go Bowling at The Glen

Of the 43 combined wins in NASCAR's top three national series by foreign-born drivers, Canadian drivers have earned 13 (30.2%) of the wins.

Key
Bold Driver has competed in one of the three national series in the 2025 NASCAR season
List of races won, by nationality of driver
Rank Country Wins Driver(s) No. of
drivers
1  Canada 13 Ron Fellows (6), Stewart Friesen (4), Earl Ross (1), Larry Pollard (1), Raphaël Lessard (1) 5
2  New Zealand 9 Shane van Gisbergen (9) 1
3  Australia 7 Marcos Ambrose (7) 1
4  Mexico 7 Daniel Suárez (7) 1
5  Colombia 3 Juan Pablo Montoya (3) 1
5  Brazil 3 Nelson Piquet Jr. (3) 1
7  Italy 1 Mario Andretti (1) 1

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