Daniel Suarez Kicks Off Busy North Wilkesboro Week With ASA STARS National Tour

NASCAR Cup Series driver Daniel Suarez will compete in the ASA STARS National Tour event, the ECMD 150, at North Wilkesboro Speedway. The Monterrey, Mexico native joins the Rackley WAR pavement Super Late Model team for the Tuesday, May 16 event, which will also serve as the series debut for the team based out of Nashville, TN.

Suarez, who drives for Trackhouse Racing in NASCAR, will drive the number-99 Jockey Chevrolet Super Late Model in the ECMD 150 to kick off a busy week of racing at the historic oval. He will also compete in the CARS Tour Late Model Stock Car race on Wednesday, May 17 and the NASCAR All-Star Race on Sunday, May 21.

It will be a week of firsts for Suarez in the Foothills of North Carolina.

“I have never been to North Wilkesboro, nor really spent much time driving a late model,” said Suárez in a release by Trackhouse Racing. “Every little bit helps. Plus, it is going to be a lot of fun going short track racing. Getting familiar with the track will help our program a lot.”

Suarez enjoyed his most successful season at the NASCAR Cup Series level in 2021. He won his first-career Cup race at Sonoma Raceway in June, which qualified him for the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs for the first time. He finished 10th in points in 2022, his career-best points finish to date.

He was also the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion with Joe Gibbs Racing, after winning three races that season. Suarez has won races in all three NASCAR national series’, along with multiple wins with the ARCA Menards Series East and NASCAR Mexico Series.

Single-day general admission tickets for the May 16 ASA Stars ECMD 150 are $30 and available at www.northwilkesborospeedway.com. Children six and under are admitted free. Advance parking is also available for purchase online. Fans can connect with North Wilkesboro Speedway and get the latest news regarding NASCAR All-Star week and North Wilkesboro Speedway by following on Twitter and Instagram or becoming a Facebook fan.

The ASA STARS National Tour opened the ten race, six-state schedule at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL on March 11. Ty Majeski is the most recent winner with the series, taking the win at Madison International Speedway on May 7.

The ECMD 150 will be co-sanctioned with the ASA Southern Super Series, which will be the third race of the ASA SSS season. William Byron and Casey Roderick won the first two races at New Smyrna Speedway and Five Flags Speedway.

For more information regarding the Southern Super Series, visit the series website at www.southernsuperseries.com. Follow us on Facebook at Southern Super Series, on Twitter at @SoSuperSeries, and on Instagram at @officialsouthernsuperseries.

For the full ASA STARS National Tour schedule, plus Super Late Model rules and other information, please visit the series website at starsnationaltour.com, or be sure to follow the series on social media (Facebook: STARS National Series | Twitter: @racewithstars | IG: @starsnational).

ASA STARS National Tour
The ASA STARS National Tour debuted in March of 2023 for Super Late Model racing in America. Announced last October, many of the best drivers in America will compete in the ten-race national tour with a minimum $100,000 point fund. The championship team will be guaranteed $25,000.

The ASA STARS National Tour is made up of three races from each of the regional pavement Super Late Model Series under the Track Enterprises banner; the ASA CRA Super Series, the ASA Midwest Tour and the ASA Southern Super Series.

The Team Construction Winner’s Circle program has been announced as a part of the ASA STARS National Tour for licensed drivers/teams with perfect attendance. The program provides additional financial incentives to those teams who support the Series, thanks to Team Construction.

Track Enterprises, a Racing Promotions Company based in Illinois, will operate the ASA STARS National Tour. It announced the acquisition of the CRA sanctioning body in January and followed that up with the purchase of the Midwest Tour in July. In October, Track Enterprises President, Bob Sargent announced a partnership with the Southern Super Series which set the table for the formation of the ASA STARS National Tour.

-ASA STARS National Tour Press Release
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