Tuesday, June 14, 2016

NASCAR National Series Foreign-Born Race Winners

Danial Suárez, a graduate of both the NASCAR Drive for Diversity and NASCAR Next programs, has a accomplished a long list of accolades since joining NASCAR in 2011. Most recently Suarez became the first Mexican-born driver to capture a NASCAR national series victory.

However, he is not the only foreign born driver to win a NASCAR National Series Race.  Check out the List Below:

Mario Andretti poses in the Holman-Moody Ford Fairlane at Daytona
International Speedway. Andretti surprised everyone by winning the
1967 Daytona 500 NASCAR Cup race in dominating fashion, leading 112
of the 200 laps.(RacingOne / ISC Archives/Getty Images)

NASCAR National Series Foreign-Born Race Winners

Date Series Driver Country
02/26/67 Sprint Cup Mario Andretti Italy
09/29/74 Sprint Cup Earl Ross Canada
08/09/87 XFINITY Larry Pollard Canada
08/24/97 Truck Ron Fellows Canada
06/28/98 XFINITY Ron Fellows Canada
06/26/99 Truck Ron Fellows Canada
06/25/00 XFINITY Ron Fellows Canada
07/08/01 XFINITY Ron Fellows Canada
03/04/07 XFINITY Juan Pablo Montoya Colombia
06/24/07 Sprint Cup Juan Pablo Montoya Colombia
08/02/08 XFINITY Ron Fellows Canada
08/09/08 XFINITY Marcos Ambrose Australia
08/08/09 XFINITY Marcos Ambrose Australia
08/07/10 XFINITY Marcos Ambrose Australia
08/08/10 Sprint Cup Juan Pablo Montoya Colombia
08/15/11 Sprint Cup Marcos Ambrose Australia
08/20/11 XFINITY Marcos Ambrose Australia
06/23/12 XFINITY Nelson Piquet Jr Brazil
08/12/12 Sprint Cup Marcos Ambrose Australia
08/18/12 Truck Nelson Piquet Jr Brazil
09/29/12 Truck Nelson Piquet Jr Brazil
08/09/14 XFINITY Marcos Ambrose Australia
06/11/16 XFINITY Daniel Suárez Mexico

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