Too Good To Be True — Suarez Wins At Home

MEXICO CITY — It’s a narrative that sounds too good to be true.

Mexican NASCAR driver Daniel Suarez returned to his homeland to compete on this weekend’s doubleheader at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and got here away an unlikely winner in Saturday’s The Chilango 150 for the NASCAR Xfinity Collection.

Beginning final on the grid after crashing his major JR Motorsports Chevrolet earlier within the day, the 33-year-old, who gained the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Collection championship, overcame an early race accident and steadily labored his method ahead to get in place for victory.

“It’s the whole lot I used to be in search of, only a special occasion,” mentioned Suárez, who led a race-high 19 of the race’s 65 laps and beat Taylor Grey to the checkered flag by .598 seconds.

“It’s a really special occasion, very, very particular to be right here in entrance of my folks, all these those who have supported me for a lot of, a few years and identified me since my NASCAR Mexico days, now I’m combating with the large boys,” mentioned Suárez.

Austin Hill got here residence third for Richard Childress Racing, with Christian Eckes and polesitter Connor Zilisch finishing the highest 5.