NASCAR: 5 possible landing spots for Daniel Suarez in 2020
By Asher Fair
Stewart-Haas Racing (Xfinity Series)
When Daniel Suarez was promoted to the NASCAR Cup Series from the Xfinity Series at Joe Gibbs Racing ahead of the 2017 season, it was for no other reason than the fact that Carl Edwards unexpectedly retired before the 2017 season began.
As such, the consensus was that Suarez, despite the fact that he was the 2016 Xfinity Series champion, was rushed to the Cup Series.
Three seasons with two top-tier teams, including two at Joe Gibbs Racing and one with Stewart-Haas Racing, and effectively nothing to show for it in the form of zero victories and zero playoff berths in 108 races show that this may very well have been the case.
With Cole Custer set to be promoted from Stewart-Haas Racing’s Xfinity Series team to replace him, the seat of the #00 Ford is vacant at their Xfinity Series team. Could they utilize that to give him the chance to develop, especially since he supposedly still has a significant enough backing to keep him in NASCAR on some level next year?
It’s no secret that he has talent. Proper development of that talent, however, seems to have gone by the wayside. Stewart-Haas Racing can fix that, because if they don’t, somebody else might. Fortunately, according to Suarez, team co-owner Tony Stewart was lobbying hard to retain him before Custer was confirmed as his replacement in the Cup Series.