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
- Note: The table is ordered by number of wins, multiple drivers with the same number of wins are ordered by date of first win.{{cite web | url=http://www.jayski.com/stats/alltimewins.htm#foreign | title=All-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Winners | publisher=Jayski.com | accessdate=January 5, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121093412/http://www.jayski.com/stats/alltimewins.htm#foreign | archive-date=January 21, 2019 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.racing-reference.info/ | title=Racing Reference | publisher=racing-reference.info |accessdate=January 6, 2012}}
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! Driver ! Wins ! First win ! Date of first win ! Track of the first win ! Last Win ! Date of last win ! Track of the last win |
| {{flagicon|Colombia}} Juan Pablo Montoya
| 2 | June 24, 2007 |{{flagicon|California}} Infineon Raceway | Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen | August 8, 2010 |{{flagicon|New York}} Watkins Glen International |
| {{flagicon|Australia}} Marcos Ambrose
| 2 | Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen | August 14, 2011 | {{flagicon|New York}} Watkins Glen International | Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen | August 12, 2012 | {{flagicon|New York}} Watkins Glen International |
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} Daniel Suárez
| 2 | June 12, 2022 | {{flagicon|California}} Sonoma Raceway | February 25, 2024 | {{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}} Atlanta Motor Speedway |
| {{flagicon|Italy}} Mario Andretti1
| 1 | February 26, 1967 | {{flagicon|Florida}} Daytona International Speedway | Daytona 500 | February 26, 1967 | {{flagicon|Florida}} Daytona International Speedway |
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Earl Ross
| 1 | September 29, 1974 | {{flagicon|Virginia}} Martinsville Speedway | Old Dominion 500 | September 29, 1974 | {{flagicon|Virginia}} Martinsville Speedway |
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Shane van Gisbergen
| 1 | July 2, 2023 | {{flagicon|Illinois}} Chicago Street Course | Grant Park 220 | July 2, 2023 | {{flagicon|Illinois}} 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.
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! Driver ! Wins ! First win ! Date of first win ! Track of the first win ! Last Win ! Date of last win ! Track of the last win |
| {{flagicon|Australia}} Marcos Ambrose
| 5 | August 9, 2008 | {{flagicon|New York}} Watkins Glen International | Zippo 200 at the Glen | August 9, 2014 | {{flagicon|New York}} Watkins Glen International |
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Ron Fellows
| 4 | Lysol 200 | June 28, 1998 | {{flagicon|New York}} Watkins Glen International | August 2, 2008 |File:Flag_of_Canada_(Pantone).svg Circuit Gilles Villeneuve |
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} Daniel Suárez
| 3 | June 11, 2016 | {{flagicon|Michigan}} Michigan International Speedway | November 19, 2016 | {{flagicon|Florida}} Homestead-Miami Speedway |
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Shane van Gisbergen
| 3 | Pacific Office Automation 147 | June 1, 2024 | {{flagicon|Oregon}} Portland International Raceway | July 6, 2024 | {{flagicon|Illinois}} Chicago Street Course |
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Larry Pollard
| 1 | August 9, 1987 |{{flagicon|Virginia}} Langley Speedway | Busch 200 | August 9, 1987 |{{flagicon|Virginia}} Langley Speedway |
| {{flagicon|Colombia}} Juan Pablo Montoya
| 1 | March 4, 2007 | {{flagicon|Mexico}} Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 | March 4, 2007 | {{flagicon|Mexico}} Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez |
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Nelson Piquet Jr.1
| 1 | June 23, 2012 | {{flagicon|Wisconsin}} Road America | Sargento 200 | June 23, 2012 | {{flagicon|Wisconsin}} 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.
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! Driver ! Wins ! First win ! Date of first win ! Track of the first win ! Last Win ! Date of last win ! Track of the last win |
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Stewart Friesen
| 3 | August 1, 2019 | {{flagicon|Ohio}} Eldora | May 20, 2022 | {{flagicon|Texas}} Texas Motor Speedway |
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Ron Fellows
| 2 | August 24, 1997 | {{flagicon|New York}} Watkins Glen | Bully Hill Vineyards 150 | June 26, 1999 | {{flagicon|New York}} Watkins Glen |
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Nelson Piquet Jr.
| 2 | August 18, 2012 |{{flagicon|Michigan}} Michigan | September 29, 2012 |{{flagicon|Nevada}} Las Vegas |
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} Daniel Suárez
| 1 | November 11, 2016 | {{flagicon|Arizona}} Phoenix | Lucas Oil 150 | November 11, 2016 | {{flagicon|Arizona}} Phoenix |
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Raphaël Lessard
| 1 | October 3, 2020 | {{flagicon|Alabama}} Talladega | Chevrolet Silverado 250 | October 3, 2020 | {{flagicon|Alabama}} Talladega |
Combined Wins by Nationality
{{hatnote|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 ({{pct|12|35|1}}) of all wins.
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|+Key |Bold |Driver has competed in one of the three national series in the 2024 NASCAR season |
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|+List of races won, by nationality of driver !scope=col|Rank !scope=col|Country !scope=col|Wins !scope=col class="unsortable"|Driver(s) !scope=col|No. of |
| align="center" | 1
! scope="row" | {{CAN}} | style="text-align:center;" | 12 | Ron Fellows (6), Stewart Friesen (3), Earl Ross (1), Larry Pollard (1), Raphaël Lessard (1) | style="text-align:center;" | 5 |
| align="center" | 2
! scope="row" | {{AUS}} | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | Marcos Ambrose (7), | style="text-align:center;" | 1 |
| align="center" | 3
! scope="row" | {{MEX}} | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | Daniel Suárez (6), | style="text-align:center;" | 1 |
| align="center" | 4
! scope="row" | {{NZL}} | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | Shane van Gisbergen (4), | style="text-align:center;" | 1 |
| align="center" | 5
! scope="row" | {{COL}} | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | Juan Pablo Montoya (3), | style="text-align:center;" | 1 |
| align="center" | 5
! scope="row" | {{BRA}} | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | Nelson Piquet Jr. (3), | style="text-align:center;" | 1 |
| align="center" | 7
! scope="row" | {{ITA}} | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | Mario Andretti (1), | style="text-align:center;" | 1 |