Dale Earnhardt Jr. has raised serious concerns about Daniel Suárez’s NASCAR future after Trackhouse Racing announced a split after the 2025 Cup Series season.
Suárez has secured two Cup Series victories since he joined Trackhouse in 2021. However, the driver and team decided to part ways mutually. A recent statement by Trackhouse owner Justin Marks suggested that Trackhouse and Suárez got to a point where they felt they had to end their professional association. He said:
“Look, Daniel’s been a huge part of this company for four and a half years now and when we sat down and mapped out our three-year and our five-year plan and the sponsorships and everything that we’re trying to accomplish over the next five years of the company, we just got to a point where we felt like that relationship had beared a lot of fruit for us, but it just was time to move on.
“So, as we grow and as the team grows, obviously, we have to identify different opportunities. Look, Daniel has been a huge part of this company and a great friend of mine. We met last night, me and him in the hotel for an hour down in the lobby and we talked about our time together, everything that we’ve accomplished together and him and I are in a really good place.”
Daniel Suarez, driver of the #99 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet, looks on during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on July 12, 2025 in Sonoma, California.
Daniel Suarez, driver of the #99 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet, looks on during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on July 12, 2025 in Sonoma, California.
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Marks also admitted that he will help Suárez find the next opportunity. He added:
“It’s just this isn’t a sport where you do the same thing forever and as we grow, we just felt like it was time to wrap up that relationship and work to try to help him to find the next opportunity, but continue to grow as a company [is] what we’re trying to accomplish.”
However, Dale Jr. has spoken about the opportunities available for Suárez in the NASCAR Cup Series, revealing a grim picture for the Mexican-American driver. He said on the Dale Jr. Download podcast:
“I don’t know, really like what opportunities he’s got, right? To stay in Cup.
“What openings are there? Where would he go that would be like a, ‘Hell yeah! This is just as good.’ A lateral move at least, right? There’s nowhere he’s going to go. There’s nothing, right?
“He may be hopeful, and look, I could be wrong, and something could open up, and somebody might go, ‘Yeah, man. We’ll take this.'”
Do Suárez and Marks know about a potential opportunity that Dale Jr. is unaware of? There is a possibility, but only time will tell of his next move.