Races February 18, 2025February 18, 2025 Suárez Wins Stage Points in Rain-Delayed 67th Daytona 500 Date: Feb. 16th, 2025 Event: Daytona 500 Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Daytona International Speedway (2.5-mile oval) Format: 200 laps, broken into three stages (65 laps/65 laps/70 laps) Start/Finish: 36th / 13th (Running, completed 200 of 200 laps) Point Standing: 13th with 29 points Notes: Daniel Suárez finished 13th after his battle for victory ended with flat tires and lost track position in a multicar wreck with five laps remaining in the race. Ross Chastain, Shane van Gisbergen and Trackhouse’s PROJECT91 driver Helio Castroneves saw their chances for Daytona success end on the opening lap of Stage 2 when the field checked up on the lap 68 restart triggering an 11-car wreck. The race began in the afternoon’s heat but paused on lap 11 for a 3-hour 10-minute rain delay. Most of the racing took place in the chilly Sunday night temperatures. Before the rain arrived, President Donald Trump spoke to the crowd and his motorcade led the 41-car field on the parade lap. The NASCAR Cup Series returns to action Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 99 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet Camaro for Trackhouse Racing: “It was an okay day overall. Our Freeway Insurance Chevrolet didn’t have as much speed as I thought we were going to have. We got damaged in one of those wrecks there at the end but we were fortunate because it certainly could have been a lot worse.”
