The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series is on to the 12th race of the year, as the 2021 Goodyear 400 awaits us all this coming Sunday at Darlington Raceway. The likes of Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr. are going to attract the attention of most, but let’s not forget about the other drivers with sneaky good chances to surprise in South Carolina. Check out three of these sleepers below.
Suarez has cracked the top 5 just once so far in 12 starts this season, and he’s coming off just a 23rd-place finish at the Goodyear 400. However, you can forget all about it with regards to his chances this weekend at Dover International Speedway, where he has a career average finish of 13.75. His early foray in racing at Dover International Speedway was actually great, as he finished sixth, eighth, and third in his first three starts there, stretching from 2017 to 2018. He’s struggled in his last two appearances on that track, as he went 30th and 28 in two races last year at Dover International Speedway, but who knows if he can recapture his form there, beginning this weekend.
Reddick only has two NASCAR Cup Series races under his belt at Dover International Speedway, finishing 13th and 18th at the two Drydene 311 races, respectively, back in 2020. But his recent form is more telling. He has cracked the top 10 three times in his last five starts and is coming off a 12th place finish at the Darlington Raceway last week during the 2021 Goodyear 400.
Jones is winless so far this season. Not only that, he has yet to make it inside the top 5 this year. He’s coming off his best finish in five starts though, as he went 18th at the Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway. As for his past performance at Dover International Speedway? Jones has a career average finish of 13.0 in eight starts on that track since 2017. His best performance there to date was a fourth-place finish at the 2018 Gander Outdoors 400. He followed that up with a sixth-place performance at the 2019 Gander RV 400.
