zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Racing
/
Someone Chucked a Drink at Daniel Suárez After NASCAR Race at Martinsville
Someone Chucked a Drink at Daniel Suárez After NASCAR Race at Martinsville-June 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:10

After the race at on Sunday,Ryan Blaney did the usual TV interview—saying he had the best car at times, but couldn’t get it across the line first. But it was hard to focus on Blaney, since fellow driver Daniel Suárez was getting stuff thrown at him in the background.

Suárez, who at Martinsville after from Joe Gibbs Racing to Stewart-Haas Racing this year, was walking behind Blaney during the interview. It wasn’t clear what happened before or after Suárez got hit with what appears to be someone’s drink, since it occurred almost immediately after he walked into the frameand Fox Sports cut to race B-roll right afterward.

None of us can be sure whether Suárez was the target, but he was the one who got hit. ( NBC Sports writer Daniel McFadin someone tossed a beer can near Denny Hamlin’s car after the race as well, it “landed like a gun shot.”)

A representative for Martinsville Speedway, where a fan in the infield in 2017,told Jalopnik that the speedway was “made aware of the situation and had law enforcement officials in the area, but were not able to identify the person who threw the object.”

The spokesperson said that type of behavior isn’t “encouraged or acceptable”at the track, and that Martinsville Speedway would look into ways to try to prevent it from happening in the future. Suárez’s race team didn’t have comment on the incident,but Jalopnik also reached out to NASCAR for more information and any comment on the situation.We’ll update this story if we hear back.

Race winner Brad Keselowski was also the target of some drinks launched into the infield, with beer cans thrown at his car around the time he did a celebratory burnout.

An industry veteran who was managing interviews with another driver nearby Suárez told Jalopnik that since things are so tight at the half-mile track,anyone in the stands with a decent arm at Martinsville can throw a beer or drink over the fence and onto pit road. That appeared to be what happened to Suárez and his PR rep as they walked toward the media bullpen at the end of pit road,the person said. The person called it a rare occurrence, even in their decades of NASCAR experience.

Some, including and the website ,say it sounds like someone yells “Mexican”right before Suárez is hit by the drink. The audio isn’t totally clear,but there are and a if you’d like to hear it for yourself.

The person who was near Suárez after the race told Jalopnik that while their focus was elsewhere,they didn’t hear anything other than race cars,drivers doing interviews,the PAand crews tearing down pit stallsaround the time it happened. They didn’t hear anything derogatory,they said.

But no matter what was or wasn’t said, if there’s one thing you shouldn’t do at a sporting event, it’s throw something at one of the people who just spent the past four hours or so out on a field, court or track for your entertainment.

Or, you know, maybe just don’t throw stuff at anyone at all.

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Racing
Daniel Ricciardo Said His Promotional Schedule Helped Kill His Australian Grand Prix Hopes
Daniel Ricciardo Said His Promotional Schedule Helped Kill His Australian Grand Prix Hopes
Daniel Ricciardo had one hell of a tough time at season opener in Melbourne, Australia this past weekend. On his new team debut with Renault and in his home country, he qualified 12th, only to mere seconds after the race had started. This led to an early retirement, Ricciardo’s third...
Jun 1, 2026
Ryan Tuerck's 1,000 HP Drift Car Has My New Favorite Livery
Ryan Tuerck's 1,000 HP Drift Car Has My New Favorite Livery
For a while it’s been clear that drifters are the new hot rodders. But new livery for the 2019 Formula Drift season takes it a step farther: What if drift cars were the modern 1970s street machines? This kind of outlined look started out in the late 1950s, with tracing...
Jun 1, 2026
Officials Issue Measles Health Warning From the F1 Australian Grand Prix
Officials Issue Measles Health Warning From the F1 Australian Grand Prix
It’s been almost a week since the and start of the season,but the side effects of attending such a large event didn’t end after the overpriced concessions and traffic mess to go home. On Friday,the Victoria State Governmentput out a health warning for those who attended the race. The government’s...
Jun 1, 2026
I Have to Begrudgingly Admit That the W Series Liveries Look Great
I Have to Begrudgingly Admit That the W Series Liveries Look Great
Racing’s first top-tier women-only racing category, , has continued to truck right along as it approaches its on-track debut in May. While the has begun—to be continued later this month—the series hadn’t yet released what their cars would look like. Until today. And I hate that I love them. The...
Jun 1, 2026
The 'Millennial-Inspired' NASCAR Race Car Needs Suggestions
The 'Millennial-Inspired' NASCAR Race Car Needs Suggestions
In November, I received a PR email with “#Basic” in the subject and an opening line that began with, “We have some V lit news.” Having been hit so hard with “?” vibes that I’ve only now regained consciousness, my editors are forcing me to write about it. (What’s that...
Jun 1, 2026
Let's Take in Daniel Ricciardo's Wing Blowing Up His First F1 Race this Season
Let's Take in Daniel Ricciardo's Wing Blowing Up His First F1 Race this Season
didn’t make it to the finish of the Australian Grand Prix this year, but he did make it to the first corner, which is something of an achievement given that his front wing exploded. Ricciardo left the perhaps less than stress-free climes of Red Bull Racing to join eager team...
Jun 1, 2026
Copyright 2023-2026 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved