The 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and two-time FIA World Endurance champion from Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan, will pilot a third 23XI Racing entry for his second career start in NASCAR's premier series in Austin, Texas.
Alex Bowman, William Byron, Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson and Boris Said will take turns piloting Hendrick Motorsports' No. 17 entry throughout the 2024 Xfinity Series season.
The three-time Supercars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, will campaign in seven Cup Series events in a jointed alliance between Kaulig Racing and Trackhouse Racing for the 2024 season.
The 31-year-old Suarez from Monterrey, Mexico, was issued a $50,000 fine for bumping into Alex Bowman's entry on pit road during this past weekend's Cup event in Austin.
From a showcase to some of NASCAR's best and the return of strategy to road courses to some of NASCAR's dumbest, here's Three Big Stories from Circuit of the Americas.
The two-time Xfinity Series champion from Corning, California, led a race-high 41 of 75 over-scheduled laps and outlasted the field through three overtime attempts for his first win of the 2023 Cup season in Austin.
William Byron had the car to beat Saturday at Circuit of The Americas. He topped the NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session in his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet with a lap of 130.76 seconds at 93.882 mph to earn the Busch Light Pole Award at the 20-turn, 3.41-mile track.
The 41-year-old Allmendinger from Los Gatos, California, led a race-high 28 of 46-scheduled laps and fended off William Byron during a 14-lap dash to the finish to notch a second consecutive Xfinity victory in Austin.
The reigning Craftsman Truck Series champion from Huntington Beach, California, led a race-high 16 of 42-scheduled laps and beat Kyle Busch during a 13-lap dash to the finish for his second Truck victory of the 2023 season.
