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.”
