Races March 29, 2022 Power Steering Failure Ruins Suárez’s COTA Race Following Dominant Stage 1 Win. Date: March 27th, 2022 Event: EchoPark Automotive Texas Grand Prix (Round 6 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Circuit of The Americas (3.41-mile road course) Format: 68 laps, broken into three stages (15 laps/15 laps/38 laps) Start/Finish: 2nd / 24th (running, completed 68 of 68 laps) Point Standing: 15th with 150 points Notes: Trackhouse Racing driver Daniel Suárez finished 24th in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Suárez qualified second on Saturday, it was the best qualifying effort in Trackhouse Racing’s brief history. He quickly showed his car was the fastest on the track leading all 15 laps and winning Stage 1. It was his first stage victory at Trackhouse Racing and the team’s second of 2022. Suárez restarted Stage 2 in 20th, but suffered a flat tire when he was spun in traffic in the first turn. He pitted his Chevrolet for repairs and finished Stage 2 in 37th. In the final stage, Suárez began a slow march from the back of the field climbing to 17th by lap 40 when he reported he had lost all of his power steering. He climbed to 12th but a flat tire with three laps remaining dropped him back through the field and he finished 24th. The NASCAR Cup Series returns to action Sunday at Richmond (Va.) Raceway. Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 99 CommScope Chevrolet Camaro for Trackhouse Racing: “I am so disappointed because we had a rocket ship today. But we got spun, and then the power steering went out and that made it hard. I am very happy for Ross and all of Trackhouse Racing. Especially happy for Justin Marks. It will be our turn soon. I hope the people at Trackhouse enjoy the victory.”
