No. 51 ARRIS Toyota Tundra News and Notes:
- Kicking Off 2016: Making his first of 13 scheduled NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) starts on Friday night at Daytona International Speedway (DIS), Daniel Suárez will look to build momentum and kick-off his 2016 season on a positive note. In his only NCWTS start at the 2.5-mile superspeedway last February, Suárez started 30th, but rebounded nicely, leading five laps and coming home with a ninth-place finish.
- NEW CREW CHIEF: NASCAR veteran Crew Chief Kevin Manion takes over the reins of the No. 51 Toyota Tundra in 2016. Bono, as he is referred to in the garage, is no stranger to success at DIS, having four wins to his credit, including one Daytona 500 victory in 2010, six top-five’s and eight top-10’s during his time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR XFINITY Series.
- DOUBLE DUTY: In what will happen many times over the course of the 2016 season, Suárez will pull double duty this weekend in the NCWTS and NASCAR XFINITY Series. Less than 24 hours after he’s scheduled to compete in the NextEra Energy 250, Suárez will jump behind the wheel of the No. 19 ARRIS Toyota Camry in Saturday’s PowerShares QQQ 300 XFINITY Series event. It will be the third XFINITY series start at Daytona for Suárez, who earned his first-career pole and finished 15th in the XFINITY Series in his last visit to DIS in July.
- RACE INFO: The NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 19. The race will be broadcast live on FOX Sports 1, Sirius XM Channel 90 and MRN Radio.
Suárez’s Career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Stats at Daytona International Speedway:
| Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles | Laps Led | Avg. Start | Avg. Finish |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 30.0 | 9.0 |
Suárez’s 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Season Stats:
| Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles | Laps Led | Avg. Start | Avg. Finish |
| 13 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 8.9 | 9.2 |
Suárez’s Career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Stats:
| Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles | Laps Led | Avg. Start | Avg. Finish |
| 14 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 9.5 | 9.6 |
From the Cockpit:
Daniel Suárez: “I’m looking forward to Daytona and getting into my ARRIS Tundra on Thursday afternoon. It’s been a long offseason and I can’t wait to hit the track. The guys at KBM have worked extremely hard to build me a fast truck, so hopefully we can go out, have some fun and bring home a solid finish on Friday night to kick-off speedweeks.”
From the Pit Box:
Bono Manion: “I’m really looking forward to my first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race as a crew chief down in Daytona. You look around the shop here at KBM and see all these banners, and I should would like to be associated with one of them, and there is no better place and no better time than Friday night in Daytona to get that done. This team has worked extremely hard in the offseason, and I’m excited to see how the race shakes out on Friday night.”
