ARCA Menards Series Champion Andrés Pérez joins NASCAR Daily to discuss being the first Mexican-born driver to win the title.
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00:00When you started the season, how much did you think about making history in the Arca series?
00:05Yeah, super happy. And I think we had it in mind the whole year. Like, you know, it's been a year
00:12thing, whole process. Try to be consistent up front and we got it. And like you said,
00:1772 years in Arca and first time non-U.S. driver wins it. It's super cool. It just makes it a
00:22little bit more special to me and the whole background and story that that means, you know.
00:28There are so many drivers that have come into NASCAR from outside the United States. Obviously,
00:33Daniel Suarez, the big one, right from Mexico. What are some of the response that you've received
00:38just kind of getting this done and setting the bar so high for drivers outside the United States?
00:44Well, like you said, Daniel has put the bar high, like Cup Series driver winner.
00:50But I see it as a motivation because he also started NASCAR Mexico just like I did,
00:55even with the same teams and everything. You know, he went through the NASCAR Driver of the
00:59Road Series program with ref just like me. So I see that as like a good motivation. I think it's
01:05a great story and well, I'm trying to, I think I'm on a good path, you know, like it's proven to work.
01:10So that's really cool.