Getting Ready For 2017 Season

Daniel Suarez testing the 2017 car

This week The first foreign-born national series champion, Daniel Suarez tested the 2017 season car.“This was amazing to have this test. I couldn’t imagine myself getting to Daytona for my first time in a Cup car. It’s just a huge deal,” Suarez said. he was on track for 152 laps. “It’s a huge opportunity to get to run some laps and get to test and get to know the Cup car and to know the team and everything,” Daniel commented in the interview.

Daniel Suarez at homestea

Suarez said he found a couple of big differences between the Cup car with its new 2017 rules package and the Xfinity car he used last season.

“The power is different, for sure, and the grip that you have from the car – I had a lot more balance in the Xfinity car last year,” he said. “The middle-corner speed with this car versus the other car is way different.