Trackhouse Racing

Trackhouse Racing History

The Trackhouse Racing team is among the newer teams that have joined NASCAR on a full-time schedule in the Cup Series. The Trackhouse Racing team started operations in 2020. They entered the Cup Series with a single car driven by Daniel Suarez. The team went on to procure the services of Ross Chastain in 2022. Furthermore, they have plans to run a third team from the 2025 Cup Series season, with Shane Van Gisbergen behind its wheel.

Trackhouse Racing has completed 134 races in the NASCAR Cup Series, securing 7 victories till September 8th, 2024. Ross Chastain was their first winner and ended up claiming a playoffs spot for the team for the first time in 2022. Daniel Suarez is among the drivers in the 2024 Cup Series season, who has qualified for the NASCAR Chase for Cup from Trackhouse Racing. The team even featured a race appearance from Formula 1 World Champion, Kimi Räikkönen in the 2022 and 2023 seasons.

Trackhouse Racing Owner

Trackhouse Racing is owned jointly by Justin Marks and Armando Christian Perez “Pitbull”. Avenue Sports Fund has a minority stake in the company.

Justin Marks

Justin Marks is a part-time professional stock car racing driver, entrepreneur and owner of Trackhouse Racing. He has previously competed in NASCAR. Marks never ran a full-time schedule in either of the three NASCAR series. He has won one race in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and has started only 6 Cup Series races over 4 years of his career. He last competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2023 driving for Kaulig Racing.

Justin Marks is a native of St. Louis, Missouri in the United States. He was born on March 25th, 1981. Mark’s career began in 1998 at the Altamont Raceway Park in the street stock division. He attended California State University to attain a degree in sports marketing but dropped out to pursue his racing career.

Pitbull

Armando Christian Perez, who is known for his Hollywood nicknames as “Pitbull, Mr. 305 and Mr. Worldwide”, is the co-owner and strategic partner of Trackhouse Racing. He is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, actor and businessman. He began his professional career in the early 2000s and made music in reggaeton, Latin hip hop, and crunk music genres under a variety of labels. His fourth album in 2009 introduced him to worldwide success with "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" and "Hotel Room Service" songs which entered the Billboard Hot 100 in #2 and #8 positions respectively. Pitbull was born in Miami, Florida to Cuban immigrant parents on January 15th, 1981.

Trackhouse Racing Crew Chief

Trackhouse Racing fields two teams in the Cup Series. Their respective crew chiefs are:

Phil Surgen

Phil Surgen joined the team in 2022. He and his team brought Trackhouse Racing their first win ultimately placing 2nd in the drivers championship in 2022.

Matt Swiderski

Matt Swiderski joined the team at the start of the 2024 season with Daniel Suarez. He has been in the NASCAR Cup Series for nearly 202 years. He was previously serving as the competition director for Kaulig Racing and the crew chief of their no.16 car. He has 7 top-10 finishes in 2023 with A.J. Allmendinger. Swiderski has two race victories under his name as a crew chief in the NASCAR Cup Series. He has also worked for Team Penske and Richard Childress Racing in the Xfinity Series.

List of Trackhouse Racing Drivers

Current Drivers: