Races June 8, 2023 99 Trackhouse Chevrolet Notches Valuable Points in Both Stages Date: June 4th, 2023 Event: Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter (Round 15 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: World Wide Technology Raceway (1.25-mile oval) Format: 240 laps, broken into three stages (45 laps/95 laps/100 laps) Start/Finish: 13th / 7th (running, completed 243 of 243 laps) Point Standing: 16th with 313 points Notes: Trackhouse Racing driver Daniel Suárez finished seventh in Sunday’s 300-mile NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis. Suárez battled in the top 10 and often in the top-five throughout Sunday’s race before logging his fifth top-10 finish of the 2023 season. Suárez started 13th, but lightning in the area stopped action after the opening laps for 1 hour and 45 minutes. When the first stage resumed, the 99 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet was fast with Suárez finishing 10th. In the second stage the Mexico native finished fifth. The next race is Sunday’s 110-lap race at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway where Suárez is the defending winner. Fox will broadcast the race at 3:30 p.m. EDT. Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 99 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet Camaro for Trackhouse Racing: “The entire weekend was very solid for us. We barely missed the second round in qualifying and really, we missed it because of me and not because of the car. The car was capable of advancing. In the race, the car was strong right away. I can’t thank enough everyone at Trackhouse Racing, the No. 99 team, everyone at Freeway Insurance, and all the people that help us have a strong performance on the track. It was fun today and we really needed this as a team. We needed a result that we deserved, and I felt like lately it’s been a little difficult on us when it comes to that. Today, I felt like we deserved a top-10 or top-five and we came home seventh, so we will take it.”
