In one of the most special moments of his NASCAR career, Daniel Suárez survived a late-race restart to win his home race in the Xfinity Series at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
Despite crashing early Saturday morning in qualifying and starting at the rear of the field in a backup car, the native of Monterrey, Mexico, led 19 of 65 laps in the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet on the road to Victory Lane in Mexico City.
Suárez secured the lead on the restart at the beginning of the final stage when Connor Zilisch and Ty Gibbs were taken out of contention in a multicar wreck.
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Taylor Gray, Austin Hill, Christian Eckes and Zilisch rounded out the top five.
William Sawalich, Austin Green, Jeb Burton, Harrison Burton and Sammy Smith completed the top 10.
The Xfinity Series returns to action next Saturday at Pocono Raceway for the Explore the Pocono Mountains 250 at 3:30 p.m. ET (The CW, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
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