List of African-American NASCAR drivers

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Rajah Caruth (left) and Bubba Wallace (right) talking on pit road during the 2022 Pocono race weekend

This is a list of NASCAR drivers that have raced in one of its national or touring series who are African Americans. 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.

Wendell Scott (1 win) and Bubba Wallace (2 wins) are the only two drivers to have won NASCAR Cup Series races. Wallace also has 6 wins and is the first African-American winner in the Truck Series. The only other African-American winner in the Truck Series is Rajah Caruth, who has 1 win. There so far has not been an African-American driver who has won an Xfinity Series race.

Current drivers

These African-American drivers are currently competing in NASCAR in 2024. All statistics in this table are as of April 5, 2024.

Driver Image Home state 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
Rajah Caruth[N 1] 75px Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Truck Series (full-time)
No. 71, Spire Motorsports		 52 1 0 0 19 0 33 1 [1]
Blake Lothian 75px Massachusetts Massachusetts Truck Series (part-time)
No. 20, Young's Motorsports		 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 [2]
Bubba Wallace 75px Alabama Alabama Cup Series (full-time)
No. 23, 23XI Racing		 365 8 226 2 88 0 51 6 [3]
Armani Williams 75px Michigan Michigan ARCA Menards Series (part-time)
No. 13, MBM Motorsports		 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 [4]

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Inactive and retired drivers

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Driver Image Home state 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
Chase Austin 75px Kansas Kansas 2007 2010 9 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 [8]
Randy Bethea Tennessee Tennessee 1975 1975 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 [9]
Elias Bowie California California 1955 1955 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 [10]
Marc Davis MarcDavis2007Nashville.jpg Maryland Maryland 2008 2011 13 0 0 0 10 0 3 0 [11]
Bruce Driver New Jersey New Jersey 1999 1999 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [12]
Ryan Gifford 75px Tennessee Tennessee 2013 2014 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 [13]
Jesse Iwuji 75px Texas Texas 2018 2023 33 0 0 0 17 0 16 0 [14]
Bill Lester 75px Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia 1999 2021 146 0 2 0 1 0 143 0 [15]
Bobby Norfleet Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia 2000 2000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [16]
Willy T. Ribbs 75px California California 1986 2001 26 0 3 0 0 0 23 0 [17]
Charlie Scott Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia 1956 1956 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 [18]
Wendell Scott 75px Virginia Virginia 1961 1973 509 1 509 1 0 0 0 0 [19]
Preston Tutt Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia 2001 2001 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [20]
George Wiltshire New York New York 1968 1987 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 [21]
Tim Woods III California California 2001 2003 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 [22]

See also

References

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