Spire Motorsports

Spire Motorsports Team Information
Car No. | Driver | Manufacturer |
---|---|---|
7 | Justin Haley | Chevrolet |
71 | Michael McDowell | Chevrolet |
77 | Carson Hocevar | Chevrolet |
Spire Motorsports came to life in December 2018 after Spire Sports + Entertainment, the parent company of Spire Motorsports, purchased the No. 77 team charter from the Furniture Row Racing organization.
From humble beginnings as a one-car operation in 2019, Spire Motorsports has grown tremendously in recent seasons. The team purchased the assets of the now-defunct Leavine Family Racing team, which allowed them to add the No. 7 team into its stable, creating a two-car organization.
Heading into the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, Spire Motorsports expanded to three full-time NASCAR Cup Series entries after acquiring a team charter from the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports team in September 2023.
For the 2025 season, Carson Hocevar, who won the NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year Award last season, will return as the driver of the team's No. 77 Chevrolet. Justin Haley, who moved to the No. 7 Chevrolet for the final seven races of the 2024 season after the team traded Corey LaJoie to Rick Ware Racing for him, will return in the car in 2025 and he'll be paired with veteran crew chief Rodney Childers. Michael McDowell will round out the team's three-driver lineup in 2025 as he'll take over the No. 71 Chevrolet, which was driven by Zane Smith a season ago.
McDowell joins Spire Motorsports after a seven-year stint with Front Row Motorsports, and he'll be joined by his longtime crew chief Travis Peterson.
To date, Spire has one NASCAR Cup Series win, which came with Justin Haley in a weather-shortened event at Daytona International Speedway in the Summer of 2019.