# 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.
| 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 Andretti$^1$ | 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.
| 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.
| 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 |