Ron Fellows

Ron Fellows
Fellows in 2007
Born	(1959-09-28) September 28, 1959 (age 57) Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Achievements	2001 24 Hours of Daytona co-winner 2003 American Le Mans Series GTS class champion 2001, 2002, 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans GTS class winner 2002, 2004 12 Hours of Sebring GTS class winner
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career
25 races run over 16 years
2013 position	44th
Best finish	43th (2007)
First race	1995 The Bud At The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last race	2013 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 5 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
25 races run over 14 years
2013 position	123rd
Best finish	39th (2011)
First race	1997 Lysol 200 (Watkins Glen)
Last race	2013 Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 (Mid-Ohio)
First win	1998 Lysol 200 (Watkins Glen)
Last win	2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal)
Wins Top tens Poles 4 15 2
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
15 races run over 4 years
Best finish	35th (1999)
First race	1997 Pronto Auto Parts 400K (Texas)
Last race	2000 Bully Hill Vineyards 150 (Watkins Glen)
First win	1997 Parts America 150 (Watkins Glen)
Last win	1999 Bully Hill Vineyards 150 (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 5 3
Statistics current as of November 17, 2013.

Ronald Fellows (born September 28, 1959 in Windsor, Ontario) is an accomplished Canadian SCCA Trans-Am, IMSA, and American Le Mans Series driver. Fellows holds the record for most wins by a foreign-born driver in NASCAR's top three series (Sprint Cup, Nationwide, and Trucks) with six - four in Nationwide and two in Trucks.

Fellows was born in Windsor Ontario Canada on September 28, 1959. At age 4 he became interested in auto racing with his family. He found a love for French-Canadian Formula 1 driver Gilles Villeneuve. Fellows has one of the biggest collections of Gilles Villeneuve merchandise in Canada and called Villeneuve his idol. To attend F1 races at a young age, Fellows went to watch them at a local track on an island in Montreal Canada; a track that eventually would be named Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. When Villeneuve died in 1982 the track was named after Villeneuve himself. Fellows developed a dream to win at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve when he became a racing driver. He accomplished his goal in 2008, winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at the track the NAPA Auto Parts 200.

Besides his racing career, Fellows owns a corporate business chain the Ron Fellows Performance Driving Schools and is one of the owners of car brand, Corvette as well as Corvette's racing operations. He also owns a charity called the Sunoco-Ron Fellows Karting Championship to help young kids become race-car drivers. In January 2013, Ron Fellows purchased the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park racetrack and NASCAR hosted a truck series race there-the first time since 2000 that the truck series came to a road course. Fellows' current goal for his track is to bring the Cup series to the track someday.

He has a wife Lynda Fellows, and 3 kids, Lyndsay, Sam and Patrick Fellows. Ron is a close friend of Dale Earnhardt Jr. who he currently drives for in the NASCAR Nationwide Series; as well as Gilles Villeneuve's son Jacques who was a student in a racing school with Ron.

He began his career in Karts, which led to Formula Ford 1600 and Formula Ford 2000. When funds for these projects ran low, he left racing for a 9-year stint as gas pipeline worker. Fellows returned to the track in the 1980s with help from driving school instructor Richard Spenard. He made his professional debut in 1986 in the Player's GM Challenge, driving a showroom stock Chevrolet Camaro.

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