Races July 12, 2021July 19, 2021 Finishes 36th in 400-mile Race After Lap 32 Incident Date: July 11th, 2021 Event: Quaker State 400 (Round 21 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Atlanta Motor Speedway (1.54-mile oval) Format: 260 laps, broken into three stages (80 laps/80 laps/100 laps) Start/Finish: 27th / 36th (completed 243 of 260 laps) Point Standing: 22nd with 284 points Notes: Daniel Suárez finished 36th in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. The finish kept Suárez 22nd in the season standings after 21 races. Suárez took the green flag in 27th and climbed several positions by lap 32. That’s when Cody Ware created a chain reaction wreck after getting loose and making contact with Anthony Alfredo, causing Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Suárez to lose control and slam into the wall. The No. 99 team made repairs in the pits and returned Suárez to the track several laps behind the leader. At the end of the first stage the team brought the No. 99 to the garage for further repairs before returning to the track. Suárez ran the remainder of the race without incident. There was no practice or qualifying for Sunday’s race. The Cup Series returns to action Sunday, July 18 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. NBCSN will televise Sunday’s race at 3:30 p.m. EDT. Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 99 Good Sam Chevrolet Camaro for Trackhouse Racing: “I don’t even know what to say. I guess we were in the wrong place at the wrong time. The guys did a good job keeping us racing. Just very disappointed because we knew we had a fast car. We will dig ourselves out of this hole. I can guarantee you that. We are bringing fast cars to the track. If we keep doing that we are going to be fine.”
