
NASCAR: Trackhouse Racing Owner Breaks Silence on Split With Daniel Suarez
Trackhouse Racing owner Justin Marks has broken his silence on the split with driver Daniel Suarez after the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. Marks explained the situation that eventually led him and Suarez to part ways mutually.
Suarez secured two Cup victories with Trackhouse since he joined the team in 2021. Now, Marks revealed that it was time for the team to move on, while hinting that his relationship with Suarez remains the same. In addition, Marks also said that he would help his friend find his next opportunity. 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, (R) and Trackhouse Racing team co-owner Justin Marks stand on the grid during pre-race ceremonies prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Verizon 200 at the Brickyard...
Daniel Suarez, driver of the #99 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet, (R) and Trackhouse Racing team co-owner Justin Marks stand on the grid during pre-race ceremonies prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Verizon 200 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 31, 2022 in Indianapolis, Indiana. More"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."
Trackhouse Racing owner Justin Marks addressed Daniel Suarez's departure from the team in post-race. Said he and Daniel talked for an hour in the hotel lobby last night and are in a "really good place", but they had gotten to a point in regards to mapping out the team's future… pic.twitter.com/qMeDA7F3OR — Steven Taranto (@STaranto92) July 7, 2025
Newsweek Sports reported Suarez's statement early this month after he and Trackhouse agreed to split. He wrote:
"Trackhouse and I have mutually agreed to part ways at the end of the 2025 season. I've had some of the best years of my Cup Series career at Trackhouse. We had great successes as a team and I gained some incredible friends.
"We took a team nobody had even heard of in 2021 and in just a couple of years we were winning races and running upfront on a weekly basis. Just like the seasons in a year, sometimes things change and we have agreed to each go in our own direction.
"I wish Trackhouse nothing but the best, this 99 team will always be special to me. And I like I always say, The best is ahead!"
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