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Daniel Suarez hits wall in Cup practice at Auto Club Speedway

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series TicketGuardian 500 - Practice

AVONDALE, AZ - MARCH 09: Daniel Suarez, driver of the #19 ARRIS Toyota, practices for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series TicketGuardian 500 at ISM Raceway on March 9, 2018 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)

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Daniel Suarez hit the wall during Cup practice Friday at Auto Club Speedway and will go to a backup car.

That means he will start at the rear of the field in Sunday’s Cup race.

Suarez, who is coming off a seventh-place finish at Phoenix, drove back to the garage after the contact in Turn 2 that damaged the back part of his car.

“Everybody is pushing very hard to know the limit of the car,’' Suarez told Fox Sports 1. “I knew I was loose. As soon as my right rear tire hit the seam in the race track, it just broke loose extremely hard and I couldn’t do anything.

“I just didn’t do a good job on that one. I have to apologize to my guys.’'

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