2016 Season Review: Daniel Suarez

The 24-year-old driver started 2016 on a high note, earning the Coors Light Pole Award at Auto Club Speedway -- the fifth race of the season. By the end of the 150-lapper, Suarez was five-for-five in top-10 finishes.

Victory at last! After several close finishes, the Joe Gibbs Racing wheelman finally drove his No. 19 to Victory Lane for the first time in the XFINITY Series at Michigan. The win made NASCAR history with Suarez becoming the first Mexican-born driver to win in a national series race. The win also secured him a spot in the series first Chase -- where he would vie against 12 of his peers for the 2016 championship.

Four months later, Suarez found Victory Lane again, but this time at Dover during the second race in the Chase. And he didn't just win, he completely dominated the event, topping the board for a whopping 123 laps -- out of the 200 laps run that day. The win granted him an automatic berth into the next round of the playoffs -- the Round of 8.

Meet your 2016 XFINITY Series champion. Suarez was the man to beat at Miami after earning the Coors Light Pole Award -- his third of the season -- and he didn't disappoint, leading a race-high 133 laps. The Mexican-born driver outraced fellow championship drivers Erik Jones, Elliott Sadler and Justin Allgaier for the title. He made some more history as he became the first Latin American driver to win a NASCAR national series championship.

The No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing team collects on pit road to celebrate the historic Homestead-Miami win.

Suarez celebrates his well-deserved championship win. The driver ended his stellar season with three wins, 19 top fives, 27 top 10s and 347 laps led over the course of 33 races.

While in Miami Beach for the XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series gala, Suarez collected some bling as he was crowned 2016's XFINITY Series champion.