List of Hispanic and Latin American NASCAR drivers

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File:Daniel Suarez Win Numero Uno Sonoma 2022.jpg
Daniel Suárez celebrating his first Cup Series win at Sonoma in 2022

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.

Active drivers

Active drivers from Latin-American countries

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 75px Mexico 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]

Active drivers who are Hispanic and Latino Americans

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 75px Florida Florida Cuba 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 75px Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Mexico Mexico Truck Series (full-time)
No. 13, ThorSport Racing		 33 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 [3]
Brad Perez 75px Florida Florida Dominican Republic Dominican Republic & Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Xfinity Series (part-time)
No. 45, Alpha Prime Racing		 13 0 0 0 8 0 5 0 [4][5]
Vicente Salas California California Mexico Mexico Truck Series (part-time)
No. 20, Young's Motorsports		 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [6][7]
Nick Sanchez 75px Florida Florida Cuba Cuba Truck Series (full-time)
No. 2, Rev Racing		 26 0 0 0 8 0 18 0 [8]
Ryan Vargas 75px California California Mexico 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]
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Almirola's win in the 2007 AT&T 250 at the Milwaukee Mile (where he was replaced by Denny Hamlin during the race who went on to win) is included since Almirola was the driver who started the race in the car which officially credits him with the win.

Inactive and retired drivers

Inactive and retired drivers from Latin-American countries

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
Enrique Baca Mexico Mexico 2017 2017 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 [10]
Juan Carlos Blum Mexico Mexico 2012 2013 13 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 [11]
Raul Cilloniz Peru Peru 1959 1959 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 [12]
Carlos Contreras Carlos Contreras (racing driver) 2014 Gardner Denver 200 at Road America.jpg Mexico Mexico 1999 2016 110 0 0 0 35 0 75 0 [13]
Enrique Contreras III Mexico Mexico 2014 2016 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 [14]
Eduardo Dibós Peru Peru 1959 1959 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 [15]
Milka Duno 75px Venezuela Venezuela 2014 2014 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 [16]
Adrián Fernández 75px Mexico Mexico 2005 2008 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 [17]
Christian Fittipaldi Christian Fittipaldi 2006 Curitiba.jpg Brazil Brazil 2001 2003 19 0 16 0 3 0 0 0 [18]
Alex García 75px Venezuela Venezuela 2007 2008 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 [19]
Rubén García Novoa Mexico Mexico 2005 2005 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 [20]
Rubén García Jr. 75px Mexico Mexico 2014 2014 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 [21]
Jorge Goeters Mexico Mexico 2005 2007 11 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 [22]
Patrick Goeters Mexico Mexico 2006 2006 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 [23]
Juan Manuel González Mexico Mexico 2019 2019 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [24]
Max Gutiérrez 75px Mexico Mexico 2022 2023 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 [25]
Michel Jourdain Jr. Mexico Mexico 2005 2008 33 0 0 0 26 0 7 0 [26]
Rogelio López Mexico Mexico 2006 2007 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 [27]
Rafael Martínez Mexico Mexico 2005 2008 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 [28]
Juan Pablo Montoya 75px Colombia Colombia 2006 2014 278 3 255 2 23 1 0 0 [29]
Jimmy Morales Mexico Mexico 2005 2006 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 [30]
Miguel Paludo 75px Brazil Brazil 2010 2023 84 0 0 0 11 0 73 0 [31]
Carlos Pardo Mexico Mexico 2006 2006 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 [32]
Rubén Pardo Mexico Mexico 2007 2015 9 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 [33]
Antonio Pérez 75px Mexico Mexico 2007 2010 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 [34]
Nelson Piquet Jr. 75px Brazil Brazil 2010 2016 93 3 1 0 38 1 54 2 [35]
Alex Popow Alex popow gulf 12 hours 2012.jpg Venezuela Venezuela 2012 2012 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 [36]
Germán Quiroga Quiroganascar.JPG Mexico Mexico 2007 2016 54 0 0 0 1 0 53 0 [37]
José Luis Ramírez Mexico Mexico 2005 2008 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 [38]
Mara Reyes Mexico Mexico 2005 2005 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 [39]
Pedro Rodríguez Pedro Rodríguez 1968 Nürburgring-1.jpg Mexico Mexico 1959 1971 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 [40]
Eliseo Salazar 75px Chile Chile 1997 1997 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [41]

Notes

Inactive and retired drivers from territories of the United States

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. 75px Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 2009 2018 11 0 2 0 8 0 1 0 [49]

Inactive and retired drivers who are Hispanic and Latino Americans

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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 California Colombia Colombia 2018 2020 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 [50]
Andre Castro New York New York Colombia Colombia 2023 2023 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 [51]
Ruben Garcia California California Mexico Mexico 1984 1988 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 [52]
Michael Lira 75px Florida Florida Peru Peru 2016 2016 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 [53]

See also

References

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