Suárez Notes
- Playoffs: Suárez was eliminated from the playoffs in the Round of 12 last weekend on the Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He was part of the playoffs two of the last three seasons.
- Las Vegas: Suárez finished 11th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March.
- Back in 2025: Trackhouse Racing announced in August that Suárez and Freeway Insurance will return to the No. 99 Chevrolet racing team for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, marking their fifth season together. Freeway will be the primary sponsor for one-third of the 2025 season, including the Daytona 500 and the NASCAR All-Star race.
- Married Man/Racer: Suárez married his fiancé Julia Piquet at a ceremony on July 30 in Brazil. Four days later he raced in the NASCAR Brazil race at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, better known as Interlagos. He won one of the three races and battled for victory in the other two races.
- Making History: Suárez now has the unique accomplishment of winning in NASCAR Mexico and Brazil in addition to all three American series.
Suárez is Now a Dual Citizen of Mexico and the United States:Suárez took the Oath of Allegiance at a naturalization ceremony on June 18 in front of media, friends, the NASCAR industry and NASCAR President Steve Phelps who gave the keynote address to the 48 new citizens from 28 countries who joined Suárez at the ceremony. The 32-year-old, Monterrey, Mexico native came to America about 13 years ago without speaking English. He passed the United States Citizenship test on April 29 in Charlotte before taking the final step on June 18. He is now a dual citizen of Mexico and the United States.
- Atlanta Victory: At Atlanta, he and runner-up Ryan Blaney were separated by 0.003 seconds at the finish line. It was the fourth-closest finish in series history, and with third-place Kyle Busch just 0.007 seconds behind the winner, it also stands as the closest finish among three cars in the history of auto racing.
- First Mexican to Win in Cup: Suárez became the first driver from Mexico (Monterrey) to win in the NASCAR Cup Series on June 12, 2022, at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway.
- International Driver: He is one of six drivers not from the United States to win a NASCAR Cup Series race: Shane van Gisbergen (New Zealand), Marcos Ambrose (Australia), Juan Pablo Montoya (Colombia), Earl Ross (Canada) and Mario Andretti (Italy). Ambrose, Montoya, and Suárez own two victories each.
- Cup Career Highlights: Suárez owns two victories (Sonoma 2022 and Atlanta 2024) and three Busch Light Pole Awards – Pocono (Pa.) Raceway July 2018, Kentucky Speedway July 2019, and on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in August 2023.
Suárez Quotes:
How do we approach the final four races?
“We want to win these races. No matter the playoff situation, we are all racers and do this because we want to win. A victory in one of these final races will make the off-season even better. We will work just as hard now to get better.”
Thoughts on the season?
”We aren’t happy but you are never happy unless you are the champion. We made it to the Round of 12 and that’s something to be proud of considering the competition in this series. We know we can do better and we will keep working until we get to the level of battling for the championship.”
- WWEX Group: For the final time this season, Ross Chastain will pilot the blue-and-black WWEX Group Chevrolet. He most recently piloted the WWEX Group livery last month at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway to a 10th-place finish. Texas-based WWEX Group first joined Trackhouse Racing in 2022 and has appeared on Chastain and teammate Daniel Suárez’s Chevrolets for multiple races each season.
- Las Vegas Stats: Chastain will make his 13th Cup Series start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday. Since driving the No. 1 Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing, Chastain has not finished outside the top-12 and has four top-five finishes in five starts. He’s also led 153 laps at the mile-and-a-half speedway behind the wheel of the No. 1 car.
- Las Vegas Success: In addition to his Cup Series stats, Chastain has managed success in another NASCAR national series with a win in September 2018 while driving the No. 42 in the Xfinity Series. He led 180 of 200 laps to capture his first career Xfinity Series win. He has eight Xfinity starts and seven Truck Series starts at the Nevada track.
- Most Wins for No. 1 Car in Cup Series: The No. 1 car has been to victory lane five times with Chastain since 2022. That marks the most wins by a driver in the No. 1 car. Jamie McMurray previously held the record with four wins in the No. 1 car.
- Season Stats: With four races remaining this season and a victory under his belt, Chastain currently has the seventh best average finish of 14.7 among fulltime Cup Series competitors, and is eighth in most laps led this season with 311.
- Last Weekend at Charlotte Roval: Last weekend at the Charlotte Roval, Chastain started 16th and the day was full of ups and downs after being spun twice and plowed into by a competitor in the final stage causing damage to the No. 1 Chevrolet that sent Chastain down pit road multiple times for repairs. The damage made the handling on his Chevrolet challenging and Chastain salvaged a 28th-place finish.
- NASCAR: Full Speed: Catch Chastain in the five-episode docuseries NASCAR: Full Speed on Netflix. The series documented portions of Chastain’s 2023 season on and off the track. All five episodes are currently available on Netflix.
- 2023 Season Recap: Chastain won at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway in June and at the Phoenix Raceway season finale in November. He posted 10 top-five and 14 top-10 finishes in his third full time Cup season. The Alva, Florida native finished ninth in points.
Chastain Quotes:
You started a trend at Phoenix last year and followed it up a couple of weeks ago as a non-playoff driver winning in a playoff round. How unusual is that?
“I can only speak for us and to see the 17 car (Chris Buescher) win at Watkins Glen and those are two cars, us and the 17, that I think you can easily make the case of us being capable of being in the playoffs. We just didn’t execute over 26 races and win. I don’t think its a trend other than the 1 car is fast enough to win any week, whether its the first race of the year, the middle part or the end.”
Do you like racing at Las Vegas?
“I’ve been lucky to have some fast Trackhouse Chevrolets at Las Vegas over the last couple years. I got my first Xfinity Series win at Las Vegas so its a track that has a lot of meaning to me. I like racing there and I’m looking forward to getting on the track.”
Trackhouse Racing will make its 249th and 250th start with the Nos. 1 and 99 on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Sunday’s race is the first of four races remaining in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season.
For Trackhouse Racing drivers Daniel Suárez and Ross Chastain the goal in the four races is to add to the two trophies they have taken home this year and build momentum for the 2025 season.
The 1.5-mile ovals in Las Vegas and Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway as well as races at the Martinsville and Phoenix tracks are all that remain on the 2024 schedule.
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