List of Canadian NASCAR drivers

Ron Fellows has won 6 NASCAR national series races (4 in Xfinity, 2 in Truck).
Stewart Friesen currently runs full-time in the Truck Series where he has won 3 races.
Raphaël Lessard won 1 Truck Series race.

This is a list of Canadians who have raced in at least one NASCAR national series event.

Earl Ross is the only Canadian to have won a NASCAR Cup Series race. Ron Fellows is the only driver to have won at least one race in more than one NASCAR national series, as he has 4 wins in the Xfinity Series and 2 wins in the Truck Series. The other Canadian drivers to have won a NASCAR national series race are former driver Larry Pollard in the Xfinity Series (1 win) and active drivers Stewart Friesen (3 wins) and Raphaël Lessard (1 win) in the Truck Series.

Active drivers

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All statistics in this table are as of October 29, 2024.

These drivers from Canada are competing in any of NASCAR's national or touring series, excluding the NASCAR Pinty's Series, which is NASCAR's Canadian series and consists almost entirely of Canadian drivers. Active drivers must have competed in 2023 or more recently.

Driver Image Current team and series Total national series starts NCS Starts NXS Starts NCTS Starts NCTS Wins AMS Starts Debut season(s) R-R Source
Amber Balcaen ARCA Menards Series
No. 22, Venturini Motorsports
0 0 0 0 0 43 2017 (ARCA East)
2021 (ARCA West)
2022 (main ARCA)
[1]
Stewart Friesen Camping World Truck Series (full-time)
No. 52, Halmar Friesen Racing
183 1 0 182 3 0 2021 (Cup)
2016 (Truck)
[2]
Alex Guenette Xfinity Series (part-time)
Nos. 36/91, DGM Racing
10 0 7 3 0 1 2013 (Truck)
2016 (Xfinity)
2014 (ARCA)
[3]
Alex Labbé Xfinity Series (part-time)
Nos. 36/90/92, DGM Racing & Nos. 28/29, RSS Racing & No. 08, SS-Green Light Racing & No. 35 Emerling-Gase Motorsports
156 0 156 0 0 0 2016 (Xfinity) [4]
Dexter Stacey Xfinity Series (part-time)
No. 66, MBM Motorsports
29 0 27 2 0 1 2012 (Xfinity)
2015 (Truck)
2013 (ARCA)
[5]
Jason White Truck Series (part-time)
No. 22, Reaume Brothers Racing
ARCA Menards Series (part-time)
No. 44, Ferrier McClure Racing
13 0 0 13 0 6 2018 (Truck)
2019 (main ARCA)
[6]

Inactive and retired drivers

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All statistics in this table are as of August 31, 2023.

These drivers have retired from racing or are inactive/without a ride in NASCAR in 2023.

Driver Debut season Final season NCS Starts NCS Wins NXS Starts NXS Wins NCWTS Starts NCWTS Wins
Serge Adams 1968 1968 3 0 0 0 0 0
Kelly Admiraal 2013 2014 0 0 4 0 0 0
Francis Affleck 1984 1984 0 0 3 0 0 0
Steve Arpin 2010 2012 0 0 9 0 5 0
Claude Aubin 1982 1982 0 0 1 0 0 0
John Banks 1974 1976 4 0 0 0 0 0
Yvon Bedard 1987 1987 0 0 1 0 0 0
Leo Bergeron 1953 1953 2 0 0 0 0 0
Don Biederman 1966 1969 42 0 0 0 0 0
Pierre Bourque 2007 2010 0 0 0 0 2 0
Buddie Boys 1984 1986 3 0 0 0 0 0
Trevor Boys 1982 2009 102 0 3 0 9 0
Wheeler Boys 2008 2009 0 0 3 0 3 0
Wallie Branston 1954 1954 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Bray 1962 1978 15 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Bye 1995 1995 0 0 1 0 0 0
Patrick Carpentier 2007 2016 42 0 16 0 1 0
Jerry Churchill 1971 1995 7 0 0 0 7 0
Randy Churchill 1995 1995 0 0 0 0 3 0
Terry Clattenburg 1986 1986 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dan Corcoran 2019 2019 0 0 1 0 1 0
Ray Courtemanche Jr. 2014 2014 0 0 0 0 1 0
Les Covey 1972 1973 7 0 0 0 0 0
Geoffrey Dessault 1953 1953 1 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Didero 1991 1992 0 0 3 0 0 0
Jack Donohue 1974 1976 5 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Dowler 2004 2004 0 0 0 0 1 0
Noel Dowler 2012 2012 0 0 1 0 0 0
Maryeve Dufault 2011 2013 0 0 2 0 0 0
Yvon Duhamel 1973 1973 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jean-François Dumoulin 2009 2009 0 0 1 0 0 0
Louis-Philippe Dumoulin 2011 2012 0 0 2 0 0 0
Frog Fagan 1967 1971 20 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Fellows 1995 2013 25 0 25 4 15 2
Dean Ferri 1991 1991 0 0 2 0 0 0
J. R. Fitzpatrick 2007 2012 0 0 14 0 16 0
Dick Foley 1957 1960 7 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Foster 1966 1967 1 0 0 0 0 0
Peter Gibbons 1996 1997 0 0 2 0 0 0
Mario Gosselin 1998 2017 2 0 43 0 47 0
John Graham 2004 2017 0 0 14 0 0 0
Daryl Harr 2009 2014 0 0 21 0 0 0
Jason Hathaway 2017 2017 0 0 0 0 2 0
Cameron Hayley 2014 2016 0 0 0 0 49 0
Stew Hayward 2015 2015 0 0 0 0 1 0
Allen Heath 1951 1958 5 0 0 0 0 0
Cliff Hucul 1986 1986 2 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Jones 2010 2017 0 0 0 0 6 0
D. J. Kennington 2006 2019 16 0 51 0 12 0
Gary Kershaw 1981 1981 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Klutt 2016 2019 1 0 0 0 3 0
Roger Laperle 1982 1982 0 0 1 0 0 0
Claude Leclerc 1986 1986 0 0 1 0 0 0
Albert Lemieux 1952 1952 1 0 0 0 0 0
Raphaël Lessard[7] 2019 2021 0 0 0 0 35 1
Randy MacDonald 1986 2008 5 0 32 0 94 0
Teri MacDonald 2002 2004 0 0 0 0 7 0
Mike MacKenzie 2007 2007 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rick O'Dell 1981 1981 1 0 0 0 0 0
Vic Parsons 1972 1973 19 0 0 0 0 0
Leo Poirier 1988 1988 0 0 1 0 0 0
Larry Pollard 1985 1990 4 0 98 1 0 0
Nick Rampling 1966 1966 3 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Ranger 2008 2014 1 0 17 0 1 0
Laurent Rioux 1983 1984 3 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Ross 1973 1978 26 1 0 0 0 0
Martin Roy 2013 2017 0 0 24 0 1 0
Norman Schihl 1956 1956 1 0 0 0 0 0
Lloyd Shaw 1953 1953 1 0 0 0 0 0
Peter Shepherd III 2006 2018 0 0 1 0 7 0
Victor Sifton 1995 1995 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jack Simpson 1973 1978 3 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Smith 1975 1989 26 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Steckly 2008 2008 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ross Surgenor 1974 1974 2 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Tagliani 2009 2020 0 0 8 0 6 0
Kat Teasdale 1997 1998 0 0 1 0 0 0
Donald Theetge 2018 2020 0 0 6 0 0 0
Robbie Thompson 1999 2000 0 0 0 0 2 0
Don Thomson Jr. 2008 2008 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jason Thom 2000 2002 0 0 0 0 6 0
Paul Tracy 2006 2008 0 0 6 0 1 0
Al Turner 1986 1986 0 0 1 0 0 0
Michael Valiante 2007 2007 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dominique Van Wieringen 2016 2016 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jacques Villeneuve[8]
2007 2022 5 0 9 0 7 0
Dylan Westbrook 2022 2022 0 0 0 0 1 0
Derek White 2009 2016 1 0 22 0 6 0
Jim Wilson 1955 1956 3 0 0 0 0 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Amber Balcaen Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  2. ^ "Stewart Friesen Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  3. ^ "Alex Guenette Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  4. ^ "Alex Labbe Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "Dexter Stacey Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  6. ^ "Jason White Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  7. ^ "Raphael Lessard Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  8. ^ "Jacques Villeneuve Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2022.