Daniel Suarez wins the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on June 12, 2022 in Sonoma, California. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Daniel Suarez wins first NASCAR race; Drops F-Bomb on TV (Video)
Shane Walters
Daniel Suarez becomes first Mexican-born driver to win in NASCAR Cup Series
On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series unloaded in Sonoma, California. The 1.99-mile road course of Sonoma Raceway helped make NASCAR history.
Kyle Larson had the dominant car early in the race. However, the team elected to stay out in stage 1 to take a stage win. That buried him deep in the field and he struggled to return to the top of the board, opening the door for another team.
In the closing laps of stage two, Chase Elliott pitted from the race lead. The team failed to tighten a lug and Elliott was forced to backup in his box. However, Elliott was handed a penalty as the crew tightened the lug while Elliott wasn’t fully in the box. Yet another dominate car was sent to the back.
At the start of stage three, Chris Buescher and Daniel Suarez ran side by side for the race lead. Buescher ran deep on the brakes and locked up into turn four, Suarez completed the pass.
From that point on, Daniel Suarez took control of the race. The 30-year-old driver went on to grab his first career victory.
After the win, the entire Trackhouse Racing team stood on the pit lane wall. Suarez packed his car in front of them and did a massive burnout.
As he did that, a pinata in the shape of a taco sat on his car. Suarez climbed from his car, grabbed the pinata and punched a hole through it.