The Latest: NASCAR says ‘everything in play’ as changes loom

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on NASCAR’s Cup Series championship (all times local):

1:45 p.m.

Carlos Slim Domit, the son of a billionaire businessman who has long backed driver Daniel Suarez, says he will continue to support NASCAR’s first Mexican champion in 2019.

“It’s been a very nice season and hopefully we have good news for next year,” Domit said Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. “We all feel very proud of what he has accomplished.”

Suarez, who won the 2016 Xfinity championship, is out at Joe Gibbs Racing after just two seasons in the Cup Series as the team makes room for Martin Truex Jr. Suarez has been linked to Stewart-Haas Racing as a potential landing spot.

Suarez won the pole at Pocono and had just three top-five finishes this season. He’s 20th in the standings.

Suarez declined this weekend to discuss his 2019 plans.

Domit said NASCAR has “been supporting diversity for a long time,” and Suarez’s success was an example of that commitment.

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