On Tuesday, NASCAR Cup Collection driver Daniel Suarez announced that he will not return to Trackhouse Racing for the 2026 NASCAR season. Listed here are three potential touchdown spots for Suarez as he seems to be to additional his NASCAR profession.
No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, NASCAR Xfinity Collection
With Connor Zilisch being the doubtless candidate to take over Suarez’s Cup Collection seat at Trackhouse, Zilisch’s Xfinity Collection experience with JR Motorsports will doubtless be vacant in 2026. Fox Sports activities’ Bob Pockrass reported that a number of drivers are “angling” for the No. 88 seat, and will a Cup Collection alternative not come to fruition for Suarez, taking up a top-tier Xfinity Collection experience would not be a nasty choice for the 2016 Xfinity Collection champion.
Suarez did win for JR Motorsports within the Xfinity Collection race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on June 14. Following that win, workforce proprietor Dale Earnhardt Jr. praised Suarez’s effort. Racing within the Cup Collection is all the time the objective for any driver, however driving the very best automobiles within the Xfinity Collection is not a nasty backup plan in any respect.
Kaulig Racing Chevrolet, NASCAR Cup Collection
In line with Pockrass, Kaulig 2026 Cup Collection lineup is close to being solidified, however Ty Dillon does not formally have a deal achieved. Ought to Dillon and AJ Allmendinger return to Kaulig in a full-time capability, Suarez might keep within the Chevrolet camp and pilot a 3rd full-time Kaulig Cup Collection entry. The workforce has run a 3rd automobile in choose races previously, and even when Suarez cannot nail down a full-time experience, a part-time Cup Collection alternative with Kaulig could be higher than not making any Cup Collection begins in any respect.
Kaulig Racing Chevrolet, NASCAR Xfinity Collection
Ought to neither of the aforementioned choices work out for Suarez, driving for Kaulig’s Xfinity Collection program could be one other means for him to stay with Chevrolet and drive for top-of-the-line packages within the Xfinity Collection. Daniel Dye and Josh Williams aren’t confirmed to be returning to Kaulig for the 2026 Xfinity Collection season, however even when all three Kaulig drivers – Dye, Williams and Christian Eckes, who signed a multi-year contract in 2024 – do return to the group, a fourth automobile could possibly be utilized for Suarez on both a part-time or full-time foundation, as Dye drove 10 races in a fourth Kaulig Xfinity Collection entry in 2024.
