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Daniel Suarez will join Spire Motorsports for the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Suarez will take over the No. 7 seat, currently driven by Justin Haley.

Daniel Suarez has found another new home and will continue his NASCAR Cup Series career with Spire Motorsports beginning in 2026.

Spire will be the fifth Cup Series team since 2017 for the Mexico native and 2016 Xfinity Series champion. He’ll fill the No. 7 seat that will be vacated at year’s end when Justin Haley and Spire cut ties.

He’ll join a 7-year-old Cup team that now fields three Chevrolet, including the No. 77 for Carson Hocevar and No. 71 for Michael McDowell.

Suarez has spent the past five seasons in the No. 99 Chevy for Trackhouse Racing. That car will be taken over next year by Connor Zilisch, who

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