Hometown: Monterrey, Mexico

Birthday: January 7, 1992

Daniel Suárez enters his first season with Spire Motorsports and his ninth full-time campaign in the NASCAR Cup Series. The 33-year-old veteran has more than 300 Cup Series starts to his credit, earning two wins and 75 top-10 finishes. Suárez’s Cup Series triumphs include his breakthrough victory at Sonoma Raceway in 2022 and a hard-fought win at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2024. A native of Monterrey, Mexico, Suárez launched his racing career in the NASCAR Mexico Series before advancing to the NASCAR ARCA Menards Series East and ultimately made his O’Reilly Auto Parts Series debut with Joe Gibbs Racing in 2014. In 2016, he captured the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Championship becoming the first Mexican-born driver to a title in a NASCAR national series. His O’Reilly Auto Parts résumé also includes an emotional victory at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in the Cup Series first visit to Mexico City in 2025. Away from the racetrack, Suárez maintains a rigorous fitness regimen, enjoys cycling, and dedicates time to restoring classic cars near his home in Huntersville, N.C.

Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC

Birthday: March 27, 1984

Ryan Sparks serves as crew chief for Daniel Suárez and the No. 7 Spire Motorsports team. The Winston-Salem, N.C, native previously served in a dual role as crew chief of the No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and Spire Motorsports Competition Director. With more than a decade of experience in the sport, Sparks led driver Corey LaJoie to three top-five and eight top-10 finishes from 2020 to 2024 and most recently guided Justin Haley to one top-five and three top-10 finishes in 42 races between 2024 and 2025.

Before joining Spire Motorsports, Sparks built a championship-winning résumé at Richard Childress Racing, serving in multiple engineering roles. Over the course of his 13 years with the organization, Sparks’ contributed to championships for RCR in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (2011) and NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series (2013), and marquee victories in the 2017 Coca-Cola 600 and the 2018 Daytona 500