Daniel Suarez To Leave Trackhouse Racing At End Of 2025

By Gary Gastelu |

Jul 2, 2025

Trackhouse Racing’s first driver will be the first to leave the team. Daniel Suarez has confirmed that he is parting ways with the NASCAR Cup Series team at the end of the season when his current contract runs out.

“Trackhouse and I have mutually agreed to part ways at the end of the 2025 season,” Suárez said in statement posted to social media.

“I’ve had some of the best years of my Cup Series career at Trackhouse. We had great successes as a team and I gained some incredible friends. We took a team nobody had even heard of in 2021 and in just a couple of years we were winning races and running up front on a weekly basis. Just like the seasons in a year, sometimes things change and we have mutually agreed to each go in our own direction. I wish Trackhouse nothing but the best, this 99 team will always be special to me. And like I always say, the best is ahead!”

Suarez won the Xfinity Series championship in 2016 and moved up to the Cup Series with Joe Gibbs Racing the next year. He drove for Stewart-Haas Racing in 2018 an9 Gaunt Brothers Racing in 2020 before making the move to the newly created Trackhouse Racing team.

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Suarez won his first Cup Series race with Trackhouse at Sonoma in 2022 and added an Atlanta win in 2024. He is currently 29th in the points standings with no wins in 2025, while both of his teammates are locked into the playoffs. Ross Chastain has one win and is eighth in the standings while Shane Van Gisbergen is 32nd in points, but secured a postseason spot with a win at the inaugural Mexico City race. Suarez won the Xfinity Series race in Mexico City for JR Motorsports, but finished 19th in the Cup Series race.

“The role Daniel has played in the Trackhouse origin story and its first five years will remain a valued part of the company’s history forever,” Trackhouse Racing owner Justin Marks said in a statement. “His commitment, work ethic and dedication to the effort is one of the most impressive things I personally have seen in my career. We will forever be thankful and honored that Daniel chose to spend many incredible years with us. We are proud of his wins, his successes, the growth of his brand, and his emergence as a valuable athlete in America’s greatest motorsport. But, most of all, I’m proud of him as a friend. I’m truly excited to see what awaits him in the next chapter of his amazing career. We are grateful for the professionalism, effort and heart he’s brought to our organization.”

Suarez does not have a new ride secured for next year and it is not clear what his Cup Series options are as the “silly season” of driver signings hasn’t quite kicked in yet.