What other F1 and other race series drivers have run NASCAR races?

What about Jim Clark who ran a Ford Fairlane at Rockingham in 67?
And Dan Gurney who raced stockcar in the 60s?
Frenchman Jo Schlesser (who ran only one GP where he was killed) came to race stockcar too.

 

Mark Donohue.

 

I'm pretty sure Mario drove in NASCAR. And if I'm not mistaken, so did Innes Ireland, at Daytona one year. He wrote an article about it in Road & Track years later, IIRC.

Anyone who hasn't read "Stand On It" by "Stroker Ace," really should. Forget the movie.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0894040812/sr=8-2/qid=1152476986/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-5995597-7716710?ie=UTF8

 

Tony Stewart won an IRL championship before going to NASCAR.

 

Al Unser Jr ran Daytona one year too, and now Paul Tracy is doing some busch races. Danny Sullivan ran some Nascar races too.

 

AJ Foyt

 

dan gurney

 

Paul Tracy did try some Busch races, but gave it up.

Jimmy Vasser did a few Busch races too. Michel Jourdain went from ChampCar to Trucks and was going to move up to Busch and then Cup, but that fizzled out.

 

John Andretti
Cale Yarborough
Parnelli Jones

This list could be in the hundreds when finished because you said other series too. Once you add endurance, Indy cars, sprints, drags, etc... it really opens it up.

 

Courtesy NASCAR media services:

Formula One drivers who have competed in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series events:

Mario Andretti (USA) – 14 races: 1966-1969. 1 win, 1967 Daytona 500.

Bob Bondurant (USA) – 4 races: 1963-1981

Bobby Rahal (USA) – 1 race: 1984

Jim Clark (Scotland) - 1 race: 1967

Chuck Daigh (USA) – 2 races: 1963-1964

Mark Donohue (USA) – 6 races: 1972-1973. 1 win, 1973 Riverside 500.

Vic Elford (England) - 4 races: 1969- 1972

Christian Fittipaldi (Brazil) – 16 races: 2002, 2003

George Follmer (USA) – 20 races: 1972-1987

Hideo ***iyama (Japan) - 4 races: 2002, 2003

Frank Gardner (Australia) – 1 race: 1968

Dan Gurney (USA) – 16 races: 1962-1980. 5 wins (All at Riverside, Ca.)

Walt Hansgen (USA) – 3 races:1964-1965

David Hobbs (England) – 2 races: 1976

Innes Ireland (England) - 2 races: 1967

Jacky Ickx (Belgium) - Attempted to make the field for the 1969 Daytona 500.

Lella Lombard (Italy) - 1 race: 1977

Brain Naylor (England) - 2 races: 1961

Jackie Oliver (England) - 8 races: 1971, 1972

Sam Posey (USA) – 1 race. 1970

Pedro Rodriguez (Mexico) – 6 races: 1959 – 1971

Bob Said (USA) - 1 race: 1959

Jo Schlesser (France) - 2 races: 1964

Rolf Stommelen (Germany) - 1 event: 1971

Danny Sullivan (USA) - 1 race: 1994

Bobby Unser (USA) – 4 races: 1969-1973

* The Indianapolis 500 was part of the Formula One schedule from 1950 to 1960. Any Indy 500 drivers who also competed in a NASCAR premier series event would technically be included in this list. They are: A.J. Foyt (7 NASCAR wins), Al Keller (1 NASCAR win), Bill Cheesbourg, Bill Holland, Bill Cantrell, Chuck Stevenson, Dick Rathmann (13 NASCAR wins), Jim Rathmann, Johnny Mantz (1 NASCAR win), Len Sutton, Lloyd Ruby, Marshall Teague (7 NASCAR wins), Mike Magill, Paul Goldsmith (9 NASCAR wins), Rodger Ward, Troy Ruttman.

 

And that's just F1!
What a great bunch of names. Thanks for finding that.

 

AJ has won Le Man's Indy (4times) Daytona Sprint cars Dirt track everything with a motor

 

btw

Many of the old timers i know still call Lloyd Ruby the greatest driver ever

 

oh and also Johnny Rutherford (indy 500 x 3) won his first NASCAR event the first oen he ever entered (daytona 200 dash the qualifing race for the 500)

His coach was FireBall Roberts

JR has told me some fantastic stories about that

 

I believe that only Dan Gurney has won Le Mans, at least one Can Am race, and at least one F1 race, and at least one NASCAR race. I think he's the only guy who ever did (and ever will) accomplish this. And two second-place finishes in the Indy 500.

http://www.allamericanracers.com/stats/career.html

 

ahh but AJ has the crown... Indy(61, 64, 67, 77), Le Man's(67), Daytona 500 (72)... also won in Can Am and was the main driver for Mecom Racing for a while...
Won the 24 of Daytona 2wice 12 of Sebring once 7 national Indy car championships, 7 nascar races, usac national dirt track champion, usac national stock car champion, usac national sprint car champion

Only driver to win 20 USAC races in one year: 1961 (10 midget, 6 sprint, 4 Indy car); won 18 USAC races in 1964 (10 Indy car, 5 sprint, 3 stock car)

Qualifies for record 35 consecutive Indianapolis 500 races...

Has broken his back 3 times and pretty much everything else at least 1 time

Was pronounced Dead while still in his racecar... too tough to die, recovered

 

A. J. never won a Can Am race. Great driver, though. Le Mans, not Le Man's.