‘I wasn’t good in traffic,’ Daniel Suárez on his early exit in Talladega as his teammate Ross Chastain secured his second win of the season

‘I wasn’t good in traffic,’ Daniel Suárez on his early exit in Talladega as his teammate Ross Chastain secured his second win of the season

Daniel Suárez

Trackhouse Racing is on cloud nine after Ross Chastain secured the young NASCAR team their second cup race win and the second win of the season at the Talladega GEICO 500. Ross Chastain Made his way to the top from P19 at the starting grid to the top to win the race in the chaotic final lap.

But the Trackhouse team also had things to worry about as their No: 99 car driver Mexican Daniel Suárez found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time as Bubba Wallace pushing Joey Logano caused a nine-car crash which resulted in him being forced to retire at Lap 90 after his crew failed to get the car race-ready after the crash.

Now Daniel Suárez who had a great start to the race leading 28 laps of the first 35 laps and staying in the middle for the rest of the race has now come forth suggesting that he was at the wrong place at the wrong time during the class.  

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Find out what Daniel Suárez said

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Daniel Suarez

Daniel Suárez acknowledged that the Trackhouse Racing team had fast cars in Talladega and he was happy about its performance. He went on to suggest that he wasn’t good in traffic and his car needs a few adjustments. Daniel Suárez added that he was trying to be patient and be opportunistic at Talladega being aggressive at the right place at the right time. He went on to add that he was in a bad position as Joey Logano wrecked him out from the top lane.

“Our Camaro was fast. I was really happy with how the car was driving. I wasn’t good in traffic. I felt like we needed to make an adjustment or two. We made an adjustment and the car was much better by the end of the run. We just needed a little track position,” Daniel Suárez said.

“I felt like we were being patient, just trying to wait for the right time to try and get aggressive and get in the right position. I don’t even know what happened. I just saw the No. 22 (Joey Logano) sideways, wrecking, in the top lane. Unfortunately, we were just in a bad position,” Daniel Suárez added.

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