Daniel Suarez on uncertain NASCAR future: "We’ll see what happens"

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Daniel Suarez is the top non-American talent in NASCAR with wins across all three national divisions and a championship in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The Mexican-born driver also earned a big victory in front of his home in NASCAR’s recent visit to Mexico City, going from last to first in the Xfinity race.

However, things have been up and down in the Cup Series. He nearly won at Las Vegas earlier this year, but that runner-up finish is his only top-five so far this year. Meanwhile, teammates Ross Chastain and Shane van Gisbergen have both won their way into the playoffs.

Suarez has not won a Cup race since taking a dramatic win in a three-wide photo finish at Atlanta over 50 races ago in February, 2024. A few months after that victory, he signed a one-year contract extension with Trackhouse Racing, meaning he is once again in a contract year.

Speaking on the Dale Jr. Download, Suarez admitted that “it’s going to be maybe in a few months” when he knows for sure what 2026 will look like for him.

“Things are gonna work out”

Daniel Suarez, Trackhouse Chevrolet

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“We’ll see what happens,” he continued. “There (are) still a lot of things (up) in the air, right now. There (are) just some things that I’m just uncomfortable in a few areas, a few things, but I love Trackhouse and I love this team. And this team for me has been my best home in the Cup Series.

“I want to have more success with this team and I want to see this team successful, regardless of if I’m in it or not. Right now, honestly, everything is an option. All I know is that things are gonna work out.”

He later echoed these comments in a different appearance on Kevin Harvick’s weekly podcast, noting that he has never felt more complete as a driver than he does now. Suarez’s Cup career has taken him from Joe Gibbs Racing where he replaced Carl Edwards after his shock exit from the sport, later joining Stewart-Haas Racing before eventually teaming up with Trackhouse as their first driver in 2021.