American Racing News Vol 1, Issue 2 Issue 9 | Page 23

Fresh off his 2016 NASCAR XFINITY Series championship, Daniel Suarez will make his highly anticipated return to Mexico this weekend in the very place his NASCAR career began-- the NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series.
The Monterrey native will serve as honorary grand marshal for the series’ exhibition race Sunday at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, site of Suarez’ s first NASCAR Peak Mexico Series win in 2012.
After a year’ s hiatus, Mexico’ s national stock car championship series will be back on track in 2017 with a full race schedule. The series will celebrate its 10th
season with its first year of a multi-year agreement with PEAK as its entitlement sponsor.
To get ramped up for the return, the series will compete this weekend in the country’ s capital.
Nearly 30 drivers have registered for the event, which will be run in two 70-lap segments. Each segment will include a 50-minute time limit. Teams will be allowed to make adjustments in the intermission, and the top 10 positions will be