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List of foreign-born NASCAR race winners

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.[1][2]
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1 Mario Andretti become 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]
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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]
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Combined Wins by Nationality

Information correct as of the 2024 Ambetter Health 400

Of the 33 combined wins in NASCAR's top three national series by foreign-born drivers, Canadian drivers have combined for the most combined wins at 12 (36.4%) of all wins.

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Bold Driver has competed in one of the three national series in the 2024 NASCAR season
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See also

References

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