Races October 2, 2026 No. 7 Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation Chevrolet Captures Top 15 Finish Under The Lights Date: September 19th, 2026 Event: Bass Pro Shops Night Race (Round 29 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (.533-mile oval) Format: 500 laps, broken into three stages (125 laps/125 laps/250 laps) Start/Finish: 28th / 14th (running, completed 500 of 500 laps) Chase Standing: 16th Notes: Daniel Suárez’s 14th-place finish marked his 15th top 15 of the season in Saturday evening’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. Three weeks into The Chase, Suárez sits 16th in the standings with seven races remaining in the 2026 season. Suárez, driver of the No. 7 Cal Ripken, Sr., Foundation Chevrolet, started 28th and fought balance issues throughout Stage 1. The team fell off the lead lap in Stage 2, lining up 18th for the Final Stage. With 51 laps remaining, the Monterrey, Mexico, native restarted 17th, two laps down and ultimately finished 14th, two laps down. The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Kansas Speedway on Sunday, Sept. 27 for the Hollywood Casino 400. The 267-lap race from Kansas Speedway will be broadcast live on USA beginning at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The 30th of 36 points-paying races on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule, and the fourth race of The Chase, will be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 7 Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation Chevrolet Camaro for Spire Motorsports: “Not having practice definitely put us behind a little bit. We were trying to understand the car as the race went on, and we struggled with the balance early. The guys kept working on it and making changes, but once we lost a lap and then another, it became really hard to get back in the fight. We never gave up and kept pushing to get everything we could out of the car and got a top-15 place car.”
