Trackhouse boss lifts lid on how Daniel Suarez | Sports News

Five seasons after becoming a member of Trackhouse Racing as its first full-time NASCAR Cup Series driver, it was just lately introduced that Daniel Suarez will half methods with the group after the 2025 season. Something the driving force himself just lately broke his silence on.

Reflecting on this resolution, group co-owner Justin Marks has admitted that it was a robust call to make.

“This was one that was personally very difficult for me because it is a business decision,” he defined on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. “I mean a lot of things in the works for the future and you can’t just keep everybody happy forever.”

Suarez joined in 2021 after 4 seasons cut up between Joe Gibbs Racing, Stewart-Haas Racing, and Gaunt Brothers Racing, following his 2016 Xfinity Series championship. Unfortunately for the much-loved Mexican-American, whereas he has pushed his No. 99 Chevrolet to victory lane twice (in Atlanta and Sonoma) since becoming a member of Trackhouse, he has but to complete greater than tenth within the Cup Series standings.

“He means a lot to this company but he means a lot to me personally because he was basically employee number two and was here you know from day one and we’ve had a really really great run together,” Marks continued.

Citing their quite a few successes collectively, Marks stated he was “super proud of that but it is a business and sometimes when you’re faced with an opportunity for the future and you’re growing and you’re doing things, you have to make difficult decisions and this one was very, very difficult for us.”

The resolution for the 2 sides to half company was made some months in the past, though it was solely just lately introduced publicly. But with the mud now having settled, Marks stated he and Suarez sat down collectively to replicate upon their time working collectively earlier than the No. 99’s disappointing afternoon at The Grant Park 165 in Chicago on Sunday, the place it was concerned in a mass wreck early on.

“We left in just like a really really good place, and we gave a big hug to each other and just said, ‘Man, let’s just go give it hell, try to get this 99 car in victory lane this year.’ And that’s what we’re going to do, is just finish this thing really, really strong with him and put a lot of effort and support and everything behind him,” Marks defined.

“This is when the business gets tough is because sometimes it puts you in positions that are uncomfortable emotionally and personally and that’s certainly what this week was but Daniel’s a class act you know you still got a great future in NASCAR and and we’re always going to be proud of what we were able to do together.”

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Suarez and Trackhouse could have had their honest share of highs as a partnership, however this season has been full of lots of lows. The 33-year-old has struggled for consistency, reaching the highest 10 simply 3 times.

That being stated, it hasn’t been all dangerous for Suarez, who returned to the Xfinity Series for a one-off look in Mexico City with JR Motorsports, going on to win in entrance of a thrilled home crowd.

Suarez’s impending exit from Trackhouse, and the uncertainty that this brings with it with regard to his future within the sport, doesn’t seem to faze him too closely, having just lately admitted that it was time to maneuver on.

“It’s just like everything in life… things change, people change, companies change, and that’s okay. There just wasn’t love anymore. There are no hard feelings at all. I want to stick to the amazing years we had together early with Trackhouse, and it was just time for a change,” he admitted.

“There have been several situations in the last eight months, 10 months, that I just haven’t felt like I used to,” Suarez added. “Sometimes when you don’t have that feeling, there is no chemistry anymore. It’s like being in a relationship but just living together because you bought a house. It just didn’t feel good anymore. I’m pretty sure it was both ways.”