Races March 21, 2022 Suárez Scores his Second Top 5 Result of the Season in the Newly Repaved Atlanta Motor Speedway Date: March 20th, 2022 Event: Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (Round 5 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Atlanta Motor Speedway (1.54-mile oval) Format: 325 laps, broken into three stages (105 laps/105 laps/115 laps) Start/Finish: 13th / 4th (completed 325 of 325 laps) Point Standing: 13th with 127 points Notes: Trackhouse Racing driver Daniel Suárez finished fourth in Sunday’s 500-mile NASCAR Cup Series race at newly reconfigured Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. It marked the first time Trackhouse Racing placed both cars in the top-five. Trackhouse Racing led 55 of 325 laps on Sunday. Suárez showed speed early, finishing third in the first stage to earn eight bonus points – his first bonus points in 2022. Suárez avoided near disaster brushing the wall on lap 134 and dodged two multicar wrecks, including one at lap 200. He remained at the front racing in the top-five before finishing sixth in stage 2 to earn five bonus points. Suárez led the opening laps of the final stage – his first laps led of the season and raced at the front throughout the final stage. After falling back to 11th in the final five laps, Suárez charged to the front and pushed teammate Chastain to second as he claimed fourth. He led 13 laps on Sunday. Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 99 CommScope Chevrolet Camaro for Trackhouse Racing: “It was just like that, up and down. Our No. 99 CommScope Chevrolet was fast. We did a good job on pit road. We had fast pit stops. When we have a fast Chevrolet Camaro, it makes things easier. Everyone at Trackhouse Racing has been working very, very hard to build cars like this. We just have to keep it up. We have a few trophies coming in the near future.”
