Three of Suarez ’ s 10 series wins took place at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez , which was named after legendary Formula One driver and one of the earliest Hispanic NASCAR drivers , Pedro Rodriguez .
Suarez also notched 25 topfive finishes in 58 races over his four seasons competing in the Mexico Series . He moved up to the NASCAR K & N Pro Series , where he won three times driving for Rev Racing and the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program .
On November 19 , the Joe Gibbs Racing driver became the sport ’ s first foreign-born national series champion , beating out Elliott Sadler , Justin Allgaier and Erik Jones in the inaugural NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase by virtue of his victory in the series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway .