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NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and hi ...
drivers born outside the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
who have won at least once in any of the top three series (
NASCAR Cup Series
The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. In 1971, ...
,
Xfinity Series
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...
, or
Camping World Truck Series
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck based stock cars. The series is one of th ...
). Overall, Australian
Marcos Ambrose
Marcos Ambrose (born 1 September 1976) is an Australian former racing driver and current Garry Rogers Motorsport competition director. He won the Australian V8 Supercar series' championship in 2003 and 2004.
In 2006, Ambrose relocated to the Un ...
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 Suarez
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...
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.''
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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.''
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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 Camping World 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.''
See also
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List of NASCAR drivers
The following is a list of drivers who are currently competing in a series sanctioned by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR).
NASCAR Cup Series drivers
''All statistics used in these tables are as of the end of the 2022 Ba ...
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List of all-time NASCAR Cup Series winners
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Road course ringer
In NASCAR, a road course ringer, also known as road course specialist, road course expert, or a road runner, is a non-NASCAR driver who is hired by a NASCAR Cup Series or NASCAR Xfinity Series team to race specifically on road courses.
, current ...
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Daytona 500
The Daytona 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series motor race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is the first of two Cup races held every year at Daytona, the second being the Coke Zero Sugar 400, and one of three ...
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Foreign-born race winners