It was an incredible weekend for Daniel Suárez in Mexico City. He was able to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race in his home country, but Sunday’s Cup Series race, where his teammate Shane van Gisbergen was victorious,

With his home country fans cheering, Daniel Suarez went from last in a backup car to win Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. The crowd roared when Suarez took the lead with 19 laps to go after Ty Gibbs and Connor Zilisch crashed racing for the lead and triggering a 13-car crash.

Suárez electrified the crowd by becoming the first driver in any series in NASCAR history to go from last to first in a road course race

All it took was two international drivers and one international circuit to make the historic weekend one of the best. The post Former HMS Veteran Recalls Daniel Suarez’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Heroics That Won the Mexico Crowd appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Daniel Suarez transformed disaster into triumph on Saturday, recovering from a morning crash to storm from last place to victory in NASCAR's Xfinity Series race, sending thousands of rain-drenched Mexican fans into ecstasy at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

"I cried as hard as a situation like this permits," one fan said of Suárez's Xfinity Series win Saturday as NASCAR returns to Mexico City.

Daniel Suarez's NASCAR Xfinity Series win in Mexico City has been met with some skepticism after the Mexican took the chequered flag in front of his home crowd.

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