Races July 24, 2026 Spire Motorsports 7 Team Executes Good Strategy, Earns Sixth top-10 Finish of the Season. Date: July 19th, 2026 Event: Window World 450 Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: North Wilkesboro Speedway (0.625-mile oval) Format: Three Stages, 450 laps (80 laps/185 laps/185 laps) Start/Finish: 17th / 9th (running, completed 449 of 450 laps) Playoff Standing: 11th with 558 points Notes: Spire Motorsports driver Daniel Suárez earned a ninth-place showing in the NASCAR Cup Series’ first points-paying race at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway in 30 years. With five races remaining in the regular season, Suárez is 11th in points. Suárez drove the No. 7 Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 to a 10th-place finish in Stage 2 and briefly took the lead before a green-flag pit stop on Lap 385 dropped him one lap down. He rebounded to earn a ninth-place finish and scored his sixth top-10 finish of the season. Next up, the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, July 26. The Brickyard 400 will be broadcast live on TNT beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The 22nd of 36 points-paying races on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule will be broadcast live on the IMS Radio Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 7 Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation Chevrolet Camaro for Spire Motorsports: “It was a grind type of day. The car was never perfect, but you had to get the most out of it that you could. A ninth-place finish, that’s not what we’re here for, but the No. 7 Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation Chevrolet team did a good job and executed all night. We didn’t have a car to win or run top five, but we had a top-10 car and that’s where we ended up. Proud of the effort by the whole team. Ryan (Sparks, crew chief) did a good job on the strategy and they made good calls on adjustments. We just have to keep pushing.”
