Daniel Suarez has left thumb fracture, will race at Bristol

Daniel Suarez took to Twitter on Tuesday afternoon to provide fans with an update on his injured thumb. Suarez revealed that he has an avulsion fracture in his left thumb, but has been cleared by a doctor to race in Sunday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway (1 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). "I won't need surgery and it's not broke," Suarez said in a video posted to his Twitter account. "But the tendons and ligaments are pretty bad." RELATED: Full schedule for Bristol | Series standings The driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota also modeled the brace he will wear on his left hand for the foreseeable future. Suarez, caught up in Lap 2 wreck at Texas Motor Speedway last Sunday that also involved Alex Bowman, Paul Menard, Austin Dillon and Ross Chastain, posted a video after the race that showed his left hand wrapped in a splint. On Tuesday, a doctor gave it a closer look now that the driver is back in North Carolina. Suarez was able to finish the race, logging 290 (of 334) laps to finish 29th at Texas. He enters the Bristol weekend 26th in the point standings through the series' first seven races.