Daniel Suarez is aware of what it appears like when a room goes quiet, when somebody not appears like themselves or senses their voice carrying much less weight inside a workforce. He has admitted to going by means of that section throughout the latter a part of his time at Trackhouse Racing, whilst he remained concerned in discussions and contributed to improvement. That perspective is why, when information broke that Joe Gibbs Racing had filed swimsuit in opposition to Chris Gabehart, Suarez selected his phrases rigorously.
Stories had already linked Gabehart with a transfer to Spire Motorsports earlier than December. Then got here claims within the lawsuit filed by JGR that he had entry to previous setups and different knowledge from JGR that he deliberate to take with him to the rival camp.
Suarez, now driving for Spire, was in no temper to level fingers, even with the storm clouds hanging overhead. He additionally shares a thread from the previous. Suarez was at JGR in 2017-18 whereas Gabehart was a part of the identical setup.
Talking throughout a media session about what Gabehart might deliver if he lands at Spire, Suarez stated, “Yeah, you already know, truly, Chris (Gabehart) and I, we fought for the championship again in 2016. He was the crew chief for Erik Jones, and I used to be with Scott Graves. He’s extraordinarily sensible and intensely aggressive.”
“On the time, he was a crew chief. I’ve nothing however respect for him. Clearly, you already know, I by no means actually started working with him… just one race, truly, in 2017. I’ve nothing however respect for him. He was extraordinarily quick in 2016.
“He was the most important menace for us to win the championship with Erik Jones. So, I’ve nothing however respect for every thing that he has performed in his profession,” he continued.
Now settled into the No. 7 journey at Spire, Suarez opened the season with a P13 at Daytona and has already turned his focus to Atlanta. As for Gabehart, the authorized issues have but to settle, and till that clears, any transfer to Spire appears to be like caught in impartial.
