Daniel Suárez became the first Mexican-born driver to win a Nascar Cup Series race, holding off Chris Buescher for a historic victory at Sonoma Raceway
Cup Series race Sunday, holding off Chris Buescher for a historic victory at Sonoma Raceway.
“It’s crazy,” Suárez said. “I have so many thoughts in my head right now. It’s been a rough journey in the Cup Series, and these guys believed in me. I have a lot of people to thank in Mexico. My family, they never gave up on me. A lot of people did, but they didn’t. I’m just happy we were able to make it work.”
“They believed in me since Day One,” Suárez said of his team. “ all the people, all the resources to make it happen.”Daniel Suárez, a 30-year-old native of Monterrey, finally won in the 195th career start of a Cup Series career that began in 2017.Buescher’s second-place finish was also a season best in his RFK Racing Ford. He fell just short of his second career victory.
Suárez, who won the Xfinity Series championship in 2016, is the fifth foreign-born driver to win a Cup Series race. He joins Colombia’s Juan Pablo Montoya, Australia’s Marcos Ambrose, Canada’s Earl Ross and Italian-born American Mario Andretti.
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