Suárez Earns Eleventh Top 15 in Las Vegas

Races

No.99 Good Sam Chevrolet Puts On Good Show For Daniel’s Amigos

Date: September 26th, 2021

Event: South Point 400 (Round 30 of 36)

Series: NASCAR Cup Series

Location: Las Vegas Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval)

Format: 267 laps, broken into three stages (80 laps/80 laps/107 laps)

Start/Finish: 26th / 15th (running, completed 266 of 267 laps)

Point Standing: 24th with 522 points

Notes:

  • Daniel Suárez finished 15th in Sunday’s 400-mile NASCAR Cup Series race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
  • Suárez is 24th in the season standings after 30 races.
  • Suárez started 26th Sunday and battled handling issues caused by his splitter hitting the track.
  • He finished 25th in Stage 1 and 17th in Stage 2.
  • Suárez started the final stage in 16th and climbed to 13th when he pitted under green with 70 to go.
  • Throughout the race, the Trackhouse team used the right pit strategy gaining several positions on the field.
  • Suárez, Coca-Cola and NASCAR hosted about 200 Daniel’s Amigos before the race on Sunday. The Trackhouse Racing driver spent an hour doing media, giving away prizes and answering questions from race fans. It was the first race for over 70 percent of the Amigos largely comprised of local Latino residents.
  • Suárez wore a sombrero to driver introductions in honor of National Hispanic Heritage month.
  • The Cup Series will return to action Sunday, Oct. 3 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. NBC will televise Sunday’s race at 2 p.m. EDT.

 

Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 99 Good Sam Chevrolet Camaro for Trackhouse Racing:

“I think we were hitting the splitter at the beginning on the race and that made the handling really difficult. We just kept working on it. We were pretty good on long runs tonight. We used some good strategy and got a pretty decent finish. We need to keep improving. It was a good day for us. I had a blast with my Amigos before the race. I hope they enjoyed the day and come back soon.”