Daniel Suarez risks angering wife over birth of | Sports News

NASCAR star Daniel Suarez has mentioned he won’t be on the birth of his little one if it clashes with a Sunday Cup Series race whereas sitting alongside his wife, Julia Piquet.

With NASCAR taking a week off this weekend, the following time Suarez and his Cup Series counterparts take the observe shall be August 9 for the Iowa Corn 350, because the race to secure a place in The Chase heats up. Having carried out away with the outdated ‘win and also you’re in’ format this previous offseason, The Chase will see the highest 16 scorers in factors qualify for the postseason this yr, with Suarez, who gained the Coca-Cola 600 back in May, presently sitting eleventh.

The Cup Series race at Iowa is the primary of the final 4 regular-season races earlier than the playoffs. Suarez is bidding to make the Cup Series playoffs for a third time, having beforehand carried out so in 2022 and 2024. But this yr, issues could also be sophisticated by the arrival of his and wife Julia Piquet’s firstborn.

The pair, who married in 2024, introduced back in April 2026 that they have been anticipating, with Baby Piquet due in early September simply because the postseason motion kicks off. Earlier this week, Suarez and Piquet hosted a particular episode of ‘Bless Your Hardt‘, a podcast normally hosted by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his wife Amy, who have been away on trip.

And it was during that episode that Suarez defined how he has no intention of lacking a Cup Series playoff race ought to the newborn be born on a Sunday. “What’s the plan if you’re racing and Julia goes into labor? Are you finishing the race or are we just going to miss the race? We’ve seen drivers do a little bit of everything,” Suarez was requested during the podcast.

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Suarez replied, “Yeah, you know, that’s a great question. Honestly, I don’t have a plan. I don’t really have a plan. I know that Julia doesn’t want me to miss a race.

“And clearly we will be on the playoffs, so I can not miss a race. So I feel that it relies upon the place we’re, will depend on the time, perhaps if the newborn was coming Saturday, perhaps lacking a Saturday shall be okay, proper now. If it is someplace close.

“But not Sunday. Like Sunday, I’m not missing a race. I just can’t. Being in the playoffs, being so competitive with the team and we have just so many great things that we’re building that I just can’t.”

Suarez additionally added that he would have missed a race final season had he gained one and certified mechanically for the postseason, earlier than explaining that he was assured that he can be there when his and Piquet’s little one is born.

“If this was the previous format of NASCAR and we are not in the playoffs yet and we’ve already won a race, oh that’s fine [to miss Sunday]. It’s not a big deal,” he added.

“I’m not worried about it because I’m confident things are gonna work out. I don’t know how. But I’m confident that I’m gonna be there with Julia when the baby is born.”

And Piquet additionally believes Suarez shall be in attendance, partly as a result of she believes her physique will not go into labor on a Sunday on account of not feeling secure with out her husband by her facet.

“And obviously this doesn’t always happen but I feel like as a woman your body knows when you feel safe right,” mentioned Piquet. “And so I wouldn’t feel safe if he’s not there. So I trust my body it’s going to come when he’s around.”