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This is a list of NASCAR drivers with nationalities from Latin-American countries or are Hispanic and Latino Americans that have raced in at least one of its top three national series event (Cup, Xfinity and Truck), excluding the NASCAR Mexico Series and NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race.
Many of the current drivers and some of the former drivers have previously been or are currently members of NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program.
Juan Pablo Montoya (from Colombia) and Daniel Suárez (from Mexico) are the only two drivers born in Latin-American countries to win in the Cup Series. Both of them have also won in the Xfinity Series and Suárez has also won in the Truck Series. Aric Almirola, who is Cuban American, has won multiple races in each of NASCAR's top 3 series.
These drivers are currently competing in NASCAR in 2024. All statistics in this table are as of April 5, 2024.
Driver | Image | Country | Current team and series | Total national series starts | Total national series wins | NCS Starts | NCS Wins | NXS Starts | NXS Wins | NCTS Starts | NCTS Wins | R-R Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daniel Suárez | Mexico | Cup Series (full-time) No. 99, Trackhouse Racing & Xfinity Series (part-time) No. 14, SS-Green Light Racing with Kaulig Racing |
373 | 6 | 258 | 2 | 87 | 3 | 28 | 1 | [1] |
These drivers are currently competing in NASCAR in 2024. All statistics in this table are as of April 5, 2024.
Driver | Image | Home state | Country of ancestry | Current team and series | Total national series starts | Total national series wins | NCS Starts | NCS Wins | NXS Starts | NXS Wins | NCTS Starts | NCTS Wins | Sources |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aric Almirola | Florida | Cuba | Xfinity Series (part-time) Nos. 19/20, Joe Gibbs Racing |
645 | 9[N 1] | 460 | 3 | 107 | 4[N 1] | 78 | 2 | [2] | |
Jake Garcia | Georgia | Mexico | Truck Series (full-time) No. 13, ThorSport Racing |
33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | [3] | |
Brad Perez | Florida | Dominican Republic & Puerto Rico | Xfinity Series (part-time) No. 45, Alpha Prime Racing |
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | [4][5] | |
Vicente Salas | California | Mexico | Truck Series (part-time) No. 20, Young's Motorsports |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [6][7] | |
Nick Sanchez | Florida | Cuba | Truck Series (full-time) No. 2, Rev Racing |
26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 0 | [8] | |
Ryan Vargas | California | Mexico | Xfinity Series (part-time) No. 32, Jordan Anderson Racing with Mike Harmon Racing / No. 74, Mike Harmon Racing |
76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 7 | 0 | [9] |
Driver | Image | Country | First year active | Last year active | Total national series starts | Total national series wins | NCS Starts | NCS Wins | NXS Starts | NXS Wins | NCTS Starts | NCTS Wins | R-R Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Victor Gonzalez Jr. | Puerto Rico | 2009 | 2018 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [49] |
Driver | Image | Home state | Country of ancestry | First year active | Last year active | Total national series starts | Total national series wins | NCS Starts | NCS Wins | NXS Starts | NXS Wins | NCTS Starts | NCTS Wins | R-R Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jairo Avila Jr. | California | Colombia | 2018 | 2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [50] | |
Andre Castro | New York | Colombia | 2023 | 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [51] | |
Ruben Garcia | California | Mexico | 1984 | 1988 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [52] | |
Michael Lira | Florida | Peru | 2016 | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [53] |
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