Races March 14, 2022 Date: March 13th, 2022 Event: Ruoff Mortgage 500 (Round 4 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Phoenix Raceway (1.022-mile oval) Format: 312 laps, broken into three stages (60 laps/125 laps/127 laps) Start/Finish: 23rd / 9th (completed 312 of 312 laps) Point Standing: 22nd with 81 points Notes: Trackhouse Racing driver Daniel Suárez finished ninth in Sunday’s 500-kilometer NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Ariz. Suárez wasn’t far behind most of the race, but a speeding penalty for going less than .02 mph over the limit sent him from the top-10 to 22nd with 90 laps to go. He climbed back to 14th when he restarted the race with four laps to go after taking two tires. Chastain and Suárez qualified 17th and 23rd on Saturday and started fast on Sunday. Both climbed into the top-12 late in the first stage before electing to pit in the closing laps and dropping to mid-pack. Suárez fought handling issues and track position in Stage 2 but climbed to 15th before the stage ended. Suárez started the third and final stage in 13th. He used the new tires and aggressive driving to jump to seventh in the final laps before crossing the finish line in ninth. The NASCAR Cup Series returns to action Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga. Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 99 CommScope Chevrolet Camaro for Trackhouse Racing: “It was a rollercoaster, up and down. I don’t feel that we had the greatest speed, probably top-15 somewhere in there. I made a mistake on pit road, the speeding penalty. I feel like it was just ups and downs. We were able to recover a little bit. Travis (Mack, crew chief) made a good call right there with the right side tires only and we were able to get a couple spots back. Overall, it was a good day for us and everyone at Trackhouse. Ross (Chastain) had a great run but we still need to learn and come back stronger.”
