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Daniel Suárez needed to leave the opening round of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with a good points day after entering Sunday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway only one point above the elimination line to advance to the Round of 12.

A second-place finish after the checkered flag fell in NASCAR Overtime might indicate it was mission successful. Still, for Suárez, the bitterness of not winning after leading before the final caution fell almost outweighs the positives of the big-picture fight.

“It kinda stings that we’re not in Victory Lane,” Suárez said on pit road following the 400-mile event. “That’s racing, we have to continue to work, but it’s good starting out in the playoffs. Honestly, right now I don’t care about the points. It just hurts that we’re not in Victory Lane.”