Let’s be honest, when was the last time a foreign NASCAR driver got a lot of hype, and also lived up to it? Over the years, there have been several non-American drivers who raced in the sport. Fewer still have managed to win NASCAR Cup races, and some of those names are pretty legendary. However, no one has been writing history the way Shane van Gisbergen has been doing currently, in the motorsports world.

Truthfully, there have been many top foreign drivers in NASCAR. Chief among them are Mario Andretti, Marcos Ambrose, and F1 alumnus, Juan Pablo Montoya. Marcos Ambrose hails from Australia, won two Cup races at Watkins Glen, and Juan Pablo Montoya, from Colombia, scored two Cup wins and brought big international attention to the sport. SVG is just the latest non-American driver to compe

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