List of African-American NASCAR drivers

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] 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 Massachusetts Massachusetts Truck Series (part-time)
No. 20, Young's Motorsports 		3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 [2]
Bubba Wallace Alabama Alabama Cup Series (full-time)
No. 23, 23XI Racing 		365 8 226 2 88 0 51 6 [3]
Armani Williams Michigan Michigan ARCA Menards Series (part-time)
No. 13, MBM Motorsports 		7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 [4]
  1. ^ Caruth has an Afro-Caribbean origin, since he has a Vincentian father and a Vincentian-Barbadian mother.

Inactive and retired drivers

Sources: [5][6][7]

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 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 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 Tennessee Tennessee 2013 2014 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 [13]
Jesse Iwuji Texas Texas 2018 2023 33 0 0 0 17 0 16 0 [14]
Bill Lester 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 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 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 (state) 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

  1. ^ "Rajah Caruth Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "Blake Lothian Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "Bubba Wallace Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  4. ^ "Armani Williams Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  5. ^ "Every Black Driver in NASCAR History". Ranker. September 23, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  6. ^ Myrie, Donovan (February 17, 2020). "Meet the influential African-American drivers in NASCAR's Cup Series". ClickOrlando. Graham Media Group. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  7. ^ "African-American drivers in Camping World Trucks". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 26, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  8. ^ "Chase Austin Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  9. ^ "Randy Bethea Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  10. ^ "Elias Bowie Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  11. ^ "Marc Davis Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  12. ^ "Bruce Driver Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  13. ^ "Ryan Gifford Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  14. ^ "Jesse Iwuji Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  15. ^ "Bill Lester Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  16. ^ "Bobby Norfleet Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  17. ^ "Willy T. Ribbs Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  18. ^ "Charlie Scott Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  19. ^ "Wendell Scott Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  20. ^ "Preston Tutt Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  21. ^ "George Wiltshire Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  22. ^ "Tim Woods Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 2, 2022.