Races May 10, 2023 Late Loose Wheel Penalty Sends Suárez to the Back Whilst Running Top 5 Date: May 7th, 2023 Event: Advent Health 400 (Round 12 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Kansas Speedway in Kansas City (1.5-mile oval) Format: 267 laps, broken into three stages (80 laps/85 laps/102 laps) Start/Finish: 9th / 15th (running, completed 267 of 267 laps) Point Standing: 16th with 259 points Notes: Trackhouse Racing driver Daniel Suárez finished 15th in Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City. The finish moves Suárez to 16th in the season point standings. After running at the front early in the race, both Trackhouse cars were deep in the field when the race resumed with 56 laps remaining. Suárez used a set of scuffed tires to race to 15th. Suárez’s team had saved a set of new tires hoping for a caution that would give them an advantage in the closing laps. Despite a race record 11 cautions, the yellow flag never came out when it was needed for the No. 99 team. The Trackhouse Chevrolet jumped out quickly with Suárez finishing fifth in Stage 1. Suárez encountered front end damage and struggled with handling before pitting for repairs during a caution. Both drivers pitted in the closing laps of the second stage and finished outside the points. The next race is Sunday’s Goodyear 400 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. FS1 will broadcast the race at 3 p.m. EDT. Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 99 Worldwide Express Chevrolet Camaro for Trackhouse Racing: “It was an up and down day for us. I think we had a really good Worldwide Express Chevrolet. We had some damage early and that hurt us for a while. We could have used a caution there at the end. We were one of the few teams that still had fresh tires. If we keep running this fast we are going to be fine.”
