The young 19-year-old Mexican driver will have intense activity in the United States starting this month (regardless of his commitment to NASCAR Mexico, which starts in April).
On Tuesday, February 15, he will compete in the ARCA East Series at New Smyrna Speedway, in order to endorse the victory he had last year in the first race of the season and in which he finished fourth overall in the championship, just three points from the top 3.
It will be the first race of the 2022 calendar in this category, on the one-mile paved oval, with 200 laps and 100 total miles to go, at New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Start time is 7:40 p.m. ET and will be broadcast live on FloRacing and ARCARacing.com radio.
And on Saturday the 19th he will go all out at the Daytona International Speedway in the ARCA Series, on the 2.5-mile oval, with 80 laps and 200 total miles to go, in the great and traditional Daytona Beach party, Florida, start seasonal.
The time is at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time and will be broadcast live on the Fox Sports app and on the FS1 television channel.
Max Gutiérrez will race again with his now iconic #30 Ford Fusion and with Rette Jones Racing, run by Mark Rette, in the ARCA East Series, and with #32 Chevrolet in ARCA National.
In addition to the aforementioned ARCA East Series race in New Smyrna, Max Gutiérrez will participate in five ARCA Series dates and four NASCAR Camping World Truck Series dates in the United States, in addition to all 12 NASCAR Mexico Series races in 2022, with the support of TOUGHBUILT, TELCEL, SEARS, CLARO, BOLSA DX and TEKNEKK.
And his brother, by the way, Federico Fico Gutiérrez, 16 years old, who already debuted in the Pro Late Model Series at the end of last year, will participate in five races in that category in the US, in addition to the 12 corresponding to the NASCAR Mexico Series. , according to the plans of José Sabates, Director of the International NASCAR Project.
“The combination of Rette Jones Racing and José Sabates has borne fruit and we expect more this year”, said Max Gutiérrez, who added: “We are going for everything, for now, in New Smyrna and Daytona. I especially appreciate the support of Michael Panosian, Mike Francis, Troy Wilkes and Jimmy Morales.”
«It will be an extreme and frenetic activity, but we are going to have a lot of fun,» concluded the oldest member of the ambitious project of the Gutiérrez Brothers (G BRO.).
