Races September 20, 2021 No. 99 Coca-Cola Chevrolet Overcomes Early Damage Date: September 18th, 2021 Event: Bass Pro Shops Night Race (Round 29 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (.533-mile oval) Format: 500 laps, broken into three stages (125 laps/125 laps/250 laps) Start/Finish: 21st / 22nd (running, completed 498 of 500 laps) Point Standing: 25th with 500 points Notes: Daniel Suárez finished 22nd in Saturday night’s 500-lap NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. Suárez is 25th in the season standings after 29 of 36 races. Suárez started 21st Saturday and finished 26th in the first stage and 27th in the second stage. He overcame fender damage sustained on lap 169 when several cars crashed in front of him. Suárez drove hard and gained a few spots in the final stage, but couldn’t keep up with the blistering pace set by the leaders and ended the race in 22nd. As part of the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month – Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 – Suárez drove a multicolored Coca-Cola paint scheme and wore a sombrero in pre-race festivities Saturday at Bristol. The Cup Series will return to action Sunday Sept. 26 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. NBCSN will televise Sunday’s race at 7 p.m. EDT. Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 99 Coca-Cola Chevrolet Camaro for Trackhouse Racing: “It was a tough race. We dug ourselves a hole early in the race getting a lap down and getting some damage, but we did a good job of climbing out of it. At the start of the run we were free and at the end of the run we were just too tight.”
