Saturday, March 12, 2016

Suárez Takes Over Points Lead, Hits Major Milestone (#NASCAR #Xfinity)

On the strength of three consecutive top 10s to start the season, Daniel Suárez took the points lead for the first time in his young – and impressive – career.

It was also the first-time in NASCAR history that a driver born outside the United States has led the standings in any NASCAR national series. The Mexico-born driver also matched his best finish of second last weekend at Las Vegas.

Suárez is currently three points ahead of second-place Elliott Sadler and seven points ahead of third-place Ty Dillon and fourth-place Brandon Jones.

Suárez has made two starts at Phoenix, posting one top five and an average finish of 7.5.

NASCAR’s Loop Data points to Suárez running strong in Phoenix. He is ranked in the top 10 in three major statistical categories: seventh in pre-race driver rating (101.1), fifth in average running position (7.4), and first in percentage of laps run in the top 15 (100.0%).

In three starts this season Suárez has posted one top five, three top 10s and an average finish of 5.7.

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