NASCAR's Daniel Suárez on Going LAST to FIRST

Spike's Car Radio

Spike Feresten

Automotive, Leisure

4.3 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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This week, Spike is joined by NASCAR driver Daniel Suárez as they dive into his historic racing career, mental resilience, and passion for classic car collecting. Highlights include Daniel sharing the emotional story of reclaiming his childhood Volkswagen bus and his perspective on NASCAR's evolution. ______________________________________________ BUY SCR MERCH! https://spikescarradio.com Listen to a new audio-only Jerry Seinfeld episode on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/spikescarradio 🎧 Raycon - Pocket-Sized Sound for Active Days Get 20% off the Everyday Earbuds Classic https://buyraycon.com/spike 🛞 Vredestein - Car, SUV, Van, and Light Truck Tires Demand a better tire. Demand Vredestein. https://vredestein.com 🛠️ RaceDeck - Transform Your Garage Get 15% off plus free shipping with code SPIKE356 https://RaceDeck.com ______________________________________________ Daniel Suárez takes us through his remarkable journey from being a young car enthusiast in Mexico to making history as the first Mexican driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma. He shares insights about starting from 39th place after switching to a backup car and the mental fortitude required to achieve a first place victory. Daniel also discusses his thrilling Atlanta Motor Speedway win with its photo-finish ending, his rigorous training regimen, and the extreme challenges of racing including communication difficulties and intense heat inside the car. The conversation shifts to Daniel's personal life, including his childhood working in his father's car restoration shop, his Volkswagen collection, and the heartwarming story of reacquiring a VW bus his father had restored. Daniel also reveals his pre-race rituals, his controversial thoughts on the movie "Talladega Nights," and more! _____________________________________________ 📧 To advertise with Spike’s Car Radio, contact Neon Tiger Media: contact@neontiger.media 🌐 or visit: https://scrpod.com/sponsor Produced by Skyview Entertainment & Q6 Media https://q6.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Daniel Suarez, driver for the 99 car for Chevrolet, welcome to L.A.
0:09.0	I love L.A. You love it here. What do you love about our city here?
0:13.0	I love L.A. for a few different reasons. The first one is the food. You can find way more Mexican
0:19.8	Antarctic food here than Charlottes Carolina
0:22.1	you know I just I just love the culture you know you come here and it almost feel like a mix
0:28.6	it's almost it almost maybe for you guys is normal because you guys are here all the time but for me
0:34.2	coming from from the East Coast it almost it feels like a different country yes
0:38.8	i say it's a little bit multicultural and i love that uh really you know coming from mexico i love
0:44.6	uh multicultural multicultural multicultural stuff and uh the food is amazing the people uh a lot
0:51.3	spaniac here yeah uh it's just a lot going on all the time.
0:56.2	Probably too much on the street sometimes.
0:58.0	A lot of traffic.
0:59.2	But I love coming here.
1:01.2	We're proud of our traffic.
1:02.2	Yeah, I bet you are.
1:04.0	You learn how to kind of get around it.
1:06.2	It's pretty easy.
1:07.2	What brings you to L.A.?
1:09.2	Why are you here?
1:10.2	Yeah, well, I love coming to LA,
1:12.4	but also we have an event tonight with the Kings hockey. Oh, the LA Kings. Yeah, the LA Kings. So
1:20.1	that's going to be, that's going to be a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to that. What we, are you a hockey
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