February 15, 2023 | By Lee Spencer

Daniel Suarez finds security in contract extension with Trackhouse Racing

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Daniel Suárez will have an added sense of security entering the Daytona 500.

For the first time in his NASCAR career, the 31-year-old Monterrey, Mexico native knows where he’ll be racing in 2024 and beyond before the season begins.

Trackhouse Racing announced on Wednesday that Suárez signed a multi-year extension to remain behind the wheel of the No. 99 Chevrolet in the Cup Series.

"Trackhouse is my home and I am very happy with this announcement," said Suárez who begins his third season with Trackhouse and seventh in the Cup Series. "We are building something special on the No. 99 team and at Trackhouse Racing. We can't wait to get the season started Sunday.”

Suárez is kicking off his third season with the Justin Marks-owned team. Of his six previous years on the Cup tour, 2022 was by far his best. Suárez scored his first career win with a dominant performance at Sonoma Raceway to advance to the NASCAR Cup Playoffs—the first Mexican racer to win at the Cup level. He tallied six top fives and 13 top 10s en route to a personal-best 10th-place finish in the standings.

“Obviously, everyone at Trackhouse Racing is pleased with the performance and professionalism of Daniel both on and off the track,” Marks said. “Culture has been of prime importance since the idea of Trackhouse existed only on a whiteboard in an office. Daniel has fulfilled every expectation and we look forward to the future. The best is yet to come.”

Suárez helped build the foundation for Trackhouse when the company operated as a single-car team out of Richard Childress Racing in 2021. Last year, the company moved to Concord, N.C. after purchasing Chip Ganassi Racing’s NASCAR assets—and charters—and added Ross Chastain to the roster.

The Trackhouse teammates earned three wins, 21 top five and 34 top-10 finishes last year in what was an epic coming-out party for the company.

Suárez became the first NASCAR Drive for Diversity graduate to win a NASCAR national series with his 2016 Xfinity Series championship. That year, he also became the first winning Mexican driver to win in the Xfinity Series with victories at Michigan, Dover and the championship finale at Homestead-Miami.

“I have a great team behind me now and I’m very, very happy to continue to be able to do that and challenge for more wins in the 2023 season,” Suarez said. “I think this year isn’t really any different after winning (last year), it just shows that for sure we belong here and we have a great team.

“We had the potential to win a few races for sure last year. We had some issues here and there and we worked hard in the offseason to go through the whole year and say, ‘This is what we did right’ and 'This is what we did wrong’ and 'This was the issue we had with the car’ and then look at how we could do all these things better. We made a few adjustments and we believe we are a better team. ”