NASCAR Best. Birthday. Ever. Daniel Suárez Joins Stewart-Haas Racing Newly Minted 27-Year-Old Signed to Drive No. 41 Ford Mustang in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series with Sponsorship from Haas Automation and ARRIS KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Jan. 7, 2019) talented and we’re proud to have him as – Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) has a key part of our race team.” signed Daniel Suárez to its Monster Suárez’s racing career began in 2002 Energy NASCAR Cup Series lineup when he competed in go-karts. He won in 2019. The Mexican driver, who the Mexican national championship turned 27 today, will pilot the team’s in 2007 and received an invitation to No. 41 Ford Mustang with sponsorship compete in the Rotax World Champion- from Haas Automation and ARRIS ship. In 2008, he joined the mini-stock International PLC, joining teammates division – an official support series of , and Clint the NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series. Bowyer. Suárez won 10 races in the NASCAR The 2019 season will mark Suárez’s PEAK Mexico Series before coming third year in the elite NASCAR Cup stateside to compete in the NASCAR Series, but his first with SHR. Suárez K&N Pro Series. He kept on winning, made 72 NASCAR Cup Series starts scoring three victories in 2013 before with in 2017-2018 transitioning to the Xfinity Series. after winning the 2016 NASCAR Xfin- Suárez earned the 2015 Xfinity Series ity Series championship. Rookie of the Year title before his “This is the best birthday present I championship season in 2016, where could ask for,” said Suárez, who was he won three races, scored three poles born Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico and tallied 19 top-five and 27 top-10 and now calls Huntersville, North finishes. In winning his first career Carolina home. “We’ve all seen how Xfinity Series race on June 11, 2016 competitive Stewart-Haas Racing at Michigan International Speedway is – all of their drivers won last year in Brooklyn, Suárez became the first and all of them advanced deep into the Mexican-born driver to win a NA- playoffs. This is the opportunity every SCAR national series race. driver wants, and now I have it. I want “We’re in racing to win and we to deliver for this team, our partners believe Daniel Suárez can win in the in Haas Automation, ARRIS and Ford NASCAR Cup Series,” said Haas, who and, ultimately, for me. We have every- has grown Haas Automation into the thing we need to be successful.” largest machine tool builder in North , co-owner of SHR with America with a footprint of more than Haas Automation founder Gene Haas, 60 countries and 1,300 employees. believes Suárez’s quick ascension to “Haas Automation is a global brand the NASCAR Cup Series is proof of his and our success is directly attribut- ARRIS brand to millions of NASCAR has secured multiple opportunities to talent and desire. able to how we’ve leveraged the Haas fans, and we’re very proud to con- deploy its world-class connectivity “In each series Daniel has raced in, name in racing. We use motorsports to tinue supporting his efforts as part solutions among leading enterprises, he’s advanced quickly from rookie to showcase our latest technology and to of Stewart-Haas Racing,” said Tim racing organizations and sports venues race winner. In four years, he went attract the best talent in engineering and O’Loughlin, President of U.S. Sales, throughout the country. We look from the K&N Series to the NASCAR design. Daniel allows Haas Automation Global Marketing and Customer Opera- forward to collaborating with Stewart- Cup Series. In between, he won an to strengthen its ties to the Mexican tions, ARRIS. “Through the strategic Haas Racing and Haas Automation to Xfinity Series championship, and he community by racing the No. 41 Haas partnerships we’ve built as a result of pursue additional opportunities in the did it all while learning a new language Automation Ford Mustang.” our NASCAR sponsorship, ARRIS future.” and a new culture. He’s dedicated, he’s “Daniel has helped introduce the

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