The young Mexican driver will have his fourth participation in the Camping World Trucks Series (one of the three main categories of NASCAR EU), and will do so on Saturday, October 22 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, in Florida, starting at 1 p.m. , local time.
He will start in twenty-third position, according to the state of the championship, on a grid made up of 36 participants, after there were no qualifying due to rain and only 12 practice laps on Friday the 21st.
The so-called Baptist Health 200 will be 134 laps and 201 miles to go, on the 1.5-mile rectangular oval with four low-bank curves (opened in 1995 and seating 46,000 fans).
Max Gutierrez drives the #22 Chevrolet Silverado RST with AM Technical Solutions for Kevin Cywinski’s AM Racing, based in Statesville, North Carolina.
In 2022 Max Gutiérrez debuted in the Camping World Trucks Series in Charlotte, with a twenty-sixth place; in his second race, held in Nashville, he managed to finish in eighth place, coming from behind and beating drivers such as John Nemechek and defending champion Ben Rhodes; and in Pocono, third participation, he finished in twenty-first.
By the way, on the other hand, in 11 career ARCA Menards Series East starts, Max Gutierrez has one win (New Smyrna), three top fives and six top 10s.
In 2021 he was Top 4 and Rookie of the Year at ARCA Menards Series East, with victory at New Smyrna, as already mentioned, where he also reached the podium in third place at the beginning of 2022.
This 2022 also debuted at Daytona and later raced at Talladega in the national ARCA Series, as part of its journey to reach the top of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
At the Talladega super sprint race, Gutierrez impressed when he posted an impressive 10th place finish after starting 24th.
In his track record in Mexico, it stands out that he is the 2018 Trucks Mexico Champion, the 2020 NASCAR Challenge Champion and the 2021 NASCAR Mexico Series Rookie of the Year.
Currently in our country he is in fifth place in the NASCAR Mexico Series championship, with 2 top 5s, 6 top 10s and 280 points, 82 less than the leader, to date ninth, out of a total of 12 in the 2022 season.
Max Gutiérrez is 19 years old, he is part of the Escudería Telmex Telcel and his sports project is led by José Sabates, with the support of several important companies that trust in his talent as a sports car star.
