The Freeway Insurance Chevy Driver Earns his Eighth Top 10 of the Season

Date: October 18^th, 2026

Event: Freeway Insurance 500 (Round 33 of 36)

Series: NASCAR Cup Series

Location: Phoenix Raceway (1.022-mile oval)

Format: 312 laps, broken into three stages (75 laps/115 laps/122 laps)

Start/Finish: 14th / 7th (completed 312 of 312 laps)

Final Point Standing: 13^th with 2182 points

Notes:

• Daniel Suárez was the highest finishing Spire Motorsports driver with a seventh-place finish in Sunday’s Freeway Insurance 500 at Phoenix Raceway. With three races remaining on the season, Suárez is 13th in The Chase standings.
• Suárez, driver of the No. 7 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, started 14th at Phoenix Raceway. In the opening stage, he reported being happy with the car’s entry but tight on exit while running inside the top 15. On Lap 122, he briefly fell two laps down during a green-flag pit cycle but regained both laps and climbed to seventh. A speeding penalty later forced him to restart 30th with 81 laps remaining. Following a Lap-283 caution that allowed Suárez to pit for four tires and fuel, he restarted 15th with 19 laps remaining and ultimately finished in seventh place to earn his eighth top 10 of the season.
• The NASCAR Cup Series will contend the final superspeedway race of the year on Sunday, Oct. 25 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. The YellaWood 500 from Talladega Superspeedway will be broadcast live on NBC beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The 34th of 36 points-paying races on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule, and the eighth race of The Chase, will be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 7 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet Camaro for Spire Motorsports:

“We had a little bit of everything today with good and bad pit stops, and some challenges we had to overcome. We fought all day, and this No. 7 Freeway Insurance team never gave up. The guys kept working, and we were able to fight our way back and get another top 10 this season. I’m proud of this team and the effort everyone put in.”