Races July 5, 2023 Strong Qualifying Result at Chicago Road Course; Brake Issues Complicate Race Date: July 2nd, 2023 Event: Grant Park 220 (Round 18 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Chicago Road Course (2.14-mile road course) Format: 100 laps, broken into three stages (20 laps/25 laps/55 laps) Start/Finish: 5th / 27th (running, completed 78 of 78 laps) Point Standing: 17th with 372 points Notes: Trackhouse Racing driver Daniel Suárez finished 27th Sunday’s rain-shortened race, NASCAR’s first ever city street race held at the Chicago Street Course. Suárez was one of the fastest on the street course throughout the race finishing sixth and seventh in the first two stages. Trouble came at the beginning of the final stage when brake and steering issues combined with damage slowed his bid for victory and left him with a 27th-place finish. The next race is Sunday’s Quaker State 400 available at Walmart at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga. NBC will televise the race at 7 p.m. Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 99 Worldwide Express Chevrolet Camaro for Trackhouse Racing: “That was pretty frustrating because we had a really good Worldwide Express Chevrolet today. I thought we were going to be there at the end but we just had too many issues at the end to contend. I couldn’t be happier for Shane and everyone at Trackhouse. They gave us good cars all weekend and I think everyone noticed. I thought today was a fantastic event in Chicago and thank everyone for their hard work.”
