Just ahead of NASCAR’s season opener this weekend with the Daytona 500, Armando Christian Pérez — the rapper and singer known worldwide as Pitbull — announced on the social media platform X that the partnership between him and Trackhouse Racing has ended,

The first race at Chicago was marred by heavy rain, and that played right into the hands of Shane van Gisbergen, who was one of the few in the field accustomed to racing a street course in wet conditions thanks to his Australian Supercars background. SVG came from 18th to first in the final run to win in his Cup debut.