Driver: Daniel Suárez Number: 7 Team: Spire Motorsports Manufacturer: Chevrolet Crew Chief: Ryan Sparks Series: NASCAR Cup Series Born: Monterrey, Mexico Citizenship: U.S. citizen (2024)
2026 Season Notes
Suárez is in his 10th NASCAR Cup Series season and his first with Spire Motorsports. The pairing — Suárez in the No. 7 Chevrolet, Ryan Sparks as crew chief — represents the start of a new chapter after five seasons at Trackhouse Racing in the No. 99 Chevrolet from 2021 through 2025.
In May 2026, Suárez and Sparks visited the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, North Carolina, as part of NASCAR's Mission 600 program — the Memorial Day lead-up to the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. They toured the F-15E Strike Eagle, ran F-35 and F-22 simulators, and met with U.S. Air Force Airmen.
"I'm extremely proud to be a U.S. citizen. What they do, the amount of people, the amount of building, the amount of training, the amount of equipment that they all have is amazing."
— Daniel Suárez, Seymour Johnson AFB, May 14, 2026
Career Stats
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Cup Series wins | 2 (Sonoma 2022 — his 195th career start; EchoPark Speedway / former Atlanta Motor Speedway, Feb 2024) |
| Cup Series starts | 321 |
| Cup poles | 3 |
| Cup top-fives | 24 |
| Cup top-tens | 75 |
| Xfinity / O'Reilly Series championship | 1 (2016 — first Latin-American driver to win a NASCAR national series championship) |
| Cup Series seasons | 10 (2017–2026) |
Historic Firsts
- First Mexican-born driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race. Sonoma Raceway, June 2022.
- First Latin-American to win a NASCAR national series championship. Xfinity Series, November 19, 2016, at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Background
Suárez was born in Monterrey, Mexico. He moved to the United States at 19 to pursue NASCAR. He became a U.S. citizen in 2024 — a fact he discussed openly during the May 2026 Seymour Johnson visit. He spent the 2021–2025 Cup seasons at Trackhouse Racing in the No. 99 before moving to Spire for 2026.
Recent Coverage
- May 15, 2026 — From Monterrey to Mach 2.5: Daniel Suárez and Ryan Sparks Spend a Day with the Air Force (CLT Mercury — Mission 600)
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