It was a successful weekend of racing for NASCAR Cup Series star Daniel Suárez, who contested two preliminary races at Autódromo de Interlagos on Saturday, and the final race of Round five of the 2024 NASCAR Brasil Series season on Sunday.
Suárez started the weekend off by being the fastest driver in opening practice on Friday, and he backed that up with a stirring performance in the opening preliminary race on Saturday at Interlagos. Suárez climbed from fourth to the lead on the final lap of that event, and initially was scored the winner of the race.
However, after series officials declared Suárez to have been overly aggressive as he made contact to force his way from fourth to the lead, he was hit with a five-second penalty, which dropped him to a sixth-place finish overall in the opening prelim event.
Here is a video of the final lap of the opening Preliminary event:
Fun last lap though!! Shame they took the win away from us, still trying to understand the rules here in Brazil, definitely different than NASCAR in the ?? Race 2 coming up! pic.twitter.com/2mD9BVknFF
— Daniel Suárez (@Daniel_SuarezG) August 3, 2024
NASCAR Brasil Series Interlagos Prelim Race 1 Results
| Pos | No. | Driver(s) | Laps | Diff | Best Lap | Lap No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Leo Torres | 11 | -- | 111.663 | 8 |
| 2 | 4 | Cayan Chianca | 11 | 0.129 | 112.554 | 9 |
| 3 | 99 | Luan Lopes | 11 | 0.133 | 112.313 | 7 |
| 4 | 27 | Lucas Mendes | 11 | 0.301 | 112.430 | 5 |
| 5 | 22 | Victor Andrade | 11 | 1.150 | 111.817 | 9 |
| 6 | 91 | Daniel Suarez | 11 | 4.492 | 112.124 | 5 |
| 7 | 83 | Alex Seid / G. Casagrande | 11 | 7.596 | 112.889 | 8 |
| 8 | 16 | Antonio Junqueira | 11 | 13.807 | 112.410 | 5 |
| 9 | 57 | Fe Tozzo / J. Campos | 11 | 16.873 | 114.109 | 10 |
| 10 | 46 | Arthur Sherer / V. Genz | 11 | 22.061 | 113.183 | 7 |
| 11 | 56 | Gabryel Romano | 11 | 22.084 | 114.251 | 7 |
| 12 | 87 | Jorge Martelli | 11 | 27.423 | 113.542 | 7 |
| 13 | 28 | Gui Backes | 11 | 35.054 | 114.207 | 3 |
| 14 | 78 | Leo Yoshii | 11 | 35.427 | 114.179 | 5 |
| 15 | 1 | Nick Monteiro | 11 | 35.946 | 113.532 | 9 |
| 16 | 39 | Marcel Jorand / B. Monteiro | 11 | 43.960 | 114.436 | 6 |
| 17 | 81 | Rafa Seibel | 11 | 60.179 | 116.219 | 6 |
| 18 | 63 | Luis Trombini / Z. Muggiati | 11 | 80.219 | 114.327 | 7 |
| 19 | 77 | Dorivaldo Gondra Jr. / V. Brito | 10 | 1 lap | 115.559 | 6 |
| 20 | 44 | Antonio De Carvalho | 10 | 1 lap | 117.729 | 7 |
| 21 | 32 | Thiago Lopes / L. Reis | 9 | 2 laps | 113.569 | 7 |
| 22 | 20 | Rafa Dias | 9 | 2 laps | 111.413 | 9 |
| 23 | 13 | Witold Ramasauskas | 9 | 2 laps | 113.417 | 9 |
| 24 | 12 | Edson Reis | 6 | 5 laps | 114.347 | 6 |
While Suárez was disappointed about missing out on the win in prelim No. 1 due to a time penalty, he would be on the opposite end of things in the next race. Suárez would come home in the runner-up position in the second preliminary event on Saturday evening in Brazil but would be elevated to the race winner after it was determined that the winner of that event had incurred a time penalty.
— Daniel Suárez (@Daniel_SuarezG) August 3, 2024
NASCAR Brasil Series Interlagos Prelim 2 Results
| Pos | No. | Driver(s) | Laps | Diff | Best Lap | Lap No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 91 | Daniel Suarez | 9 | -- | 112.932 | 9 |
| 2 | 83 | Alex Seid / G. Casagrande | 9 | 1.774 | 113.589 | 9 |
| 3 | 39 | Beto Montiero / Marcel Jorand | 9 | 3.923 | 114.051 | 9 |
| 4 | 22 | Victor Andrade | 9 | 3.940 | 112.725 | 9 |
| 5 | 13 | Witold Ramasauskas | 9 | 8.983 | 115.008 | 6 |
| 6 | 99 | Luan Lopes | 9 | 13.166 | 115.792 | 7 |
| 7 | 27 | Lucas Mendes | 9 | 13.956 | 113.132 | 9 |
| 8 | 1 | Nick Monteiro | 9 | 17.478 | 116.282 | 9 |
| 9 | 63 | Luis Trombini / Z. Muggiati | 9 | 17.943 | 116.677 | 9 |
| 10 | 57 | Fe Tozzo / J. Campos | 9 | 18.067 | 117.053 | 7 |
| 11 | 28 | Gui Backes | 9 | 18.842 | 116.836 | 9 |
| 12 | 56 | Gabryel Romano | 9 | 19.021 | 116.554 | 8 |
| 13 | 87 | Jorge Martelli | 9 | 19.212 | 115.801 | 6 |
| 14 | 12 | Edson Reis | 9 | 20.466 | 115.842 | 9 |
| 15 | 78 | Leo Yoshii | 9 | 20.523 | 116.947 | 8 |
| 16 | 81 | Rafa Seibel | 9 | 32.971 | 119.077 | 8 |
| 17 | 77 | Dorivaldo Gondra Jr. / V. Brito | 9 | 43.275 | 120.955 | 7 |
| 18 | 44 | Antonio De Carvalho | 9 | 44.573 | 119.198 | 9 |
| 19 | 20 | Rafa Dias | 7 | 2 laps | 115.183 | 5 |
| 20 | 32 | Thiago Lopes / L. Reis | 6 | 3 laps | 125.805 | 2 |
| 21 | 46 | Arthur Sherer / V. Genz | 2 | 7 laps | 180.324 | 1 |
| 22 | 2 | Leo Torres | 2 | 7 laps | 191.348 | 1 |
| 23 | 4 | Cayan Chianca | 1 | 8 laps | 187.350 | 1 |
| 24 | 16 | Antonio Junqueira | 1 | 8 laps | 151.688 | 1 |
On Sunday, Suárez finished off his bucket list-checking weekend at Interlagos off with a fourth-place finish. The driver explained on X after the race that his No. 91 car struggled with the brakes in the third race of the weekend, but he says the experience was incredible in the NASCAR Brasil Series.
Fun race with these guys today! Wanted another ? but we struggled with the brakes today. Really really enjoyed the experience thank you @NASCARBrasil @NASCAR for making it happen!! ????? #TeamChevy pic.twitter.com/I59ObxpJtY
— Daniel Suárez (@Daniel_SuarezG) August 4, 2024
NASCAR Brasil Series Interlagos Final Race Results
| Pos | No. | Driver(s) | Laps | Diff | Best Lap | Lap No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 83 | Gabriel Casagrande / Alex Seid | 13 | -- | 112.632 | 12 |
| 2 | 57 | Julio Campos / Fe Tozzo | 13 | 0.453 | 112.421 | 12 |
| 3 | 91 | Daniel Suarez | 13 | 0.842 | 111.784 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | Leo Torres | 13 | 5.963 | 113.403 | 10 |
| 5 | 20 | Rafa Dias | 13 | 6.494 | 112.399 | 12 |
| 6 | 32 | Leo Reis / Thiago Lopes | 13 | 6.609 | 112.371 | 12 |
| 7 | 46 | Vitor Genz / Arthur Sherer | 13 | 6.643 | 112.892 | 12 |
| 8 | 99 | Luan Lopes | 13 | 8.668 | 113.300 | 11 |
| 9 | 28 | Gui Backes | 13 | 10.177 | 113.589 | 13 |
| 10 | 77 | Valdeno Brito / Dorivaldo Gondra Jr. | 13 | 10.463 | 113.804 | 11 |
| 11 | 12 | Edson Reis | 13 | 18.083 | 114.447 | 9 |
| 12 | 22 | Victor Andrade | 13 | 19.463 | 112.548 | 11 |
| 13 | 56 | Gabryel Romano | 13 | 20.633 | 115.780 | 11 |
| 14 | 78 | Leo Yoshii | 13 | 20.808 | 115.277 | 12 |
| 15 | 1 | Nick Monteiro | 13 | 25.059 | 113.690 | 13 |
| 16 | 4 | Cayan Chianca | 13 | 103.866 | 113.670 | 13 |
| 17 | 44 | Antonio De Carvalho | 12 | 1 lap | 115.848 | 10 |
| 18 | 81 | Rafa Seibel | 11 | 2 laps | 115.810 | 10 |
| 19 | 63 | Zeeinho Muggiati / Luis Trombini | 11 | 2 laps | 113.300 | 9 |
| 20 | 13 | Witold Ramasauskas | 11 | 2 laps | 115.056 | 5 |
| 21 | 87 | Jorge Martelli | 5 | 8 laps | 115.823 | 4 |
| 22 | 16 | Antonio Junqueira | 5 | 8 laps | 115.544 | 5 |
| 23 | 39 | Beto Montiero / Marcel Jorand | 2 | 11 laps | 119.523 | 2 |
| 24 | 27 | Lucas Mendes | 2 | 11 laps | 119.927 | 2 |
After getting married to his longtime girlfriend Julia Piquet on Tuesday, Suárez went on to have a very successful weekend on-track at Interlagos, and now, he’ll head back home to the United States as the NASCAR Cup Series is set to return to action at Richmond Raceway next weekend after a two-week hiatus during the Olympic games.
