Races May 28, 2024 Suárez 24th in 65th Annual Coca-Cola 600 Date: May 26th, 2024 Event: Coca-Cola 600 (Round 14 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Charlotte Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval) Format: 400 laps, broken into four stages (100 laps/100 laps/100 laps/ 100 laps) Start/Finish: 24th / 14th (running, completed 249 of 249 laps) Point Standing: 18th with 263 points Notes: Trackhouse Racing driver Daniel Suárez finished 24th in Sunday’s rain-shortened 600-mile Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway. There were only 49 laps logged in the third of the four-stage race when weather stopped the action. Unfortunately for Suárez, he received a pit lane equipment interference penalty on lap 234, dropped to 32nd, and was working his way back through the field when weather stopped the action. Sunday’s 600-mile race is the longest of the season and includes four stages instead of the standard three stages. Suárez started 14th and finished the first stage in 12th. Suárez 14th finished in the second stage. As part of NASCAR Salutes Together with Coca-Cola, NASCAR and Coca-Cola hosted Gold Star Families during race weekend. Gold Star Families are those who have lost an immediate family member due to active-duty military service. As part of the ceremony, each NASCAR Cup Series car featured the name of a fallen service member on the windshield. Suárez’s No. 99 carried the name of First Lt. Laura Piper of Venice, Florida. The Cup Series returns to action on Sunday at Worldwide Technology Raceway near St. Louis. Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 99 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet Camaro for Trackhouse Racing: “I’m disappointed because I thought we were going to get back to racing. Our car was very competitive tonight. We had a penalty and had to go to the back of the field, but know we were going to regain a lot of spots. I’m like the fans, I wish we could have continued.”
