May 4, 2025
The Next Gen era at Texas Motor Speedway has been nice to Daniel Suarez. Over those three races, he has an average finish of 8.3 with no result worse than 12th. In last year's race in the Lone Star State, he clicked off a top-five finish after starting 17th. But will he be able to replicate that this weekend? Suarez will start from back in 25th-place when the Würth 400 goes green on Sunday, which gives the Trackhouse Racing driver ($6,900 on DraftKings) very solid Place Differential potential for DFS players. Additionally, the No. 99 Chevrolet wasn't awful in practice, ending up 12th-fastest on the sheet and 17th-best in 20-lap average. Looking at other high-speed intermediate tracks this year, Suarez came home second at Las Vegas and then had a dud of a performance at Homestead, finishing 22nd. If he's able to get some track position at Texas on Sunday, he could continue his streak of good runs at the track, but based off of pure speed alone, Suarez may struggle to contend this weekend. He's still a pretty good DFS option due to his Place Differential upside, but make sure you diversify your drivers in that price range.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: Driver Averages
April 27, 2025
In a year when Trackhouse Racing has seemed to have lost a lot of speed, Daniel Suárez probably needs to place more emphasis on drafting tracks this year than in previous years since he is unlikely to have the speed to win anywhere else. He qualified 24th, highest of any of the three Trackhouse drivers. Considering some people think he might potentially be replaced by Connor Zilisch, who came one lap from winning yesterday's NASCAR Xfinity Series race, he might therefore be more motivated to perform in an attempt to lock himself into the playoffs like he did at Atlanta. Unfortunately, his record at Talladega is nowhere near as good as his record at Atlanta. He did earn three consecutive Talladega top tens relatively recently, but there are plenty of other drivers starting around or even behind Suárez who are better DFS options, starting with Suárez's teammate Ross Chastain.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
April 12, 2025
If you have high expectations for Daniel Suarez at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend, you should probably temper those expectations. Although he did have a few good runs here in Thunder Valley early on in his career, Suarez hasn't been able to do much at all at Bristol since the 2019 season. In his last seven starts at this track, Suarez hasn't finished better than 18th, and his best driver rating over that span is an abysmal 54.8. This weekend, the No. 99 Chevrolet struggled in practice, and Suarez was visibly one of the worst cars on the long run during the session. He ended up qualifying 23rd for Sunday's Food City 500. Although there is room for positive Place Differential, the likelihood of Suarez pulling off a better-than-normal finish is quite low. You should still have some exposure to him priced at $6,800 on DraftKings and starting 23rd, but it should be relatively minimal.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: Driver Averages
April 6, 2025
Daniel Suarez of Trackhouse Racing will start 30th for this week's Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway. This is the third time since 2022 that Suarez will start a race at the site either 30th or lower. In 14 starts at the site, Suarez has five top-20 finishes, with three of them being scored since 2022. After the first seven races this season, Suarez has two top-20 finishes, but also five finishes with positive PD earned. In practice, Suarez ranked 25th in overall lap averages while displaying top-20 speeds in the 10, 15, and 20 consecutive lap average categories. Due to his high upside and practice speeds, Suarez is a driver worth consideration for all formats this week, despite his shaky history at Darlington.
--Sean Engel - RotoBallerSource: DriverAverages.com
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