UPDATE - Daniel Suarez to Drive ---- Justin Marks to officially announce Trackhouse Racing Team - Will compete in NASCAR's Cup Series

UPDATE  - Daniel Suarez to drive #99 Chevrolet for Team Trackhouse in 2021. The team will be affiliated through a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing





Photo Source : Twitter.com/TeamTrackHouse


Per Adam Stern of the Sports Business Journal, Justin Marks will announce formally today that he has started a new NASCAR Cup Series team called 'Team Trackhouse'. Marks, the successful multi-disciplined racer competed in NASCAR's premiere series a total of 6 times with a best finish of 12th in the 2018 Daytona 500.

The 39 year old from St. Louis Missouri has one NASCAR win coming in an Xfinity deal at Mid-Ohio in 2016, and has found other success in sports car racing primarily. This is not Marks' first business venture, he and his father of operated and managed multiple businesses in the past. Currently, Marks co-owns GoPro Motorplex, located 30 miles north of Charlotte, North Carolina.


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