Races July 18, 2026 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet Fights Tight-Handling Conditions in Final Stage Date: July 12th, 2026 Event: Quaker State 400 Presented by Walmart (Round 20 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: EchoPark Speedway Speedway (1.54-mile oval) Format: 260 laps, broken into three stages (60 laps/100 laps/100 laps) Start/Finish: 5th / 21st (Running, completed 260 of 260 laps) Playoff Standing: 11th with 529 points Notes: Suárez took the checkered flag at EchoPark Speedway in 21st in Sunday’s Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart. With six races remaining in the regular season, Suárez is 11th in the driver championship point standings. Suárez qualified the No. 7 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 fifth and was running 17th ahead of the red flag for weather in Stage 2. When the race resumed, the Monterrey, Mexico native charged to a fifth-place stage finish, but a tight-handling condition plagued the No. 7 team in the Final Stage resulting in a 21st-place finish. The NASCAR Cup Series returns to North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway on Sunday, July 19. The Window World 450 will be broadcast live on TNT beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The 21st of 36 points-paying races on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule will be broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 7 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet Camaro for Spire Motorsports: “We struggled at the beginning because I really didn’t have any front or rear grip, and it made it tough to keep up with the track. The team kept working on the Freeway Insurance Chevrolet, and after the weather delay we made the car a lot better and raced our way to a fifth-place finish in Stage 2. Unfortunately, the car got tight again in the final stage, and we just didn’t have enough to keep moving forward. It’s frustrating because I think we had a better car than a 22nd-place finish, but we’ll keep working and be ready for next week.”
