Owner(s) | Jeff Dickerson T. J. Puchyr [1] |
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Principal(s) | Doug Duchardt (President) |
Base | Mooresville, North Carolina |
Series | NASCAR Cup Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series |
Race drivers | Cup Series 7. Corey LaJoie 71. Zane Smith (R) 77. Carson Hocevar (R) Truck Series 7. Corey LaJoie, Kyle Busch, Connor Zilisch, Sammy Smith, TBA 71. Rajah Caruth 77. Chase Purdy |
Sponsors | Cup Series 7. Chili's, Celsius, USANA, Group1001 (Gainbridge) 71. WeatherTech, City of Refuge, Focused Health 77. Group1001 (Gainbridge, Delaware Life), Premier Security Solutions, Zeigler Auto Group Truck Series 7. Bluegreen Vacations, Group1001, Austin Hatcher Foundation, Realtree, TMC Transportation, Pilot Flying J, Golden Harvest 71. HendrickCars.com 77. Bama Buggies |
Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
Opened | 2018 |
Career | |
Debut | Cup Series: 2019 Daytona 500 (Daytona) Xfinity Series: 2023 Shriners Children's 200 (Darlington) Truck Series: 2022 NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona) |
Latest race | Cup Series: 2024 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix (COTA) Xfinity Series: 2023 Cabo Wabo Tequila 250 (Michigan) Truck Series: 2024 XPEL 225 (COTA) |
Races competed | 216 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 5 (1 Cup, 4 Trucks) |
Pole positions | 2 (2 Truck) |
Spire Motorsports is an American auto racing organization competing in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The team is a subsidiary of Spire Sports + Entertainment. In the Cup Series, the team currently fields three Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 teams: the No. 7 for Corey LaJoie, the No. 71 for Zane Smith, and the No. 77 for Carson Hocevar. In the Truck Series, the team fields three Chevrolet Silverados: the No. 7 for multiple drivers, the No. 71 for Rajah Caruth, and the No. 77 for Chase Purdy. They have also competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in the past.
On December 4, 2018, Spire Sports + Entertainment announced they purchased their charter from the now-defunct Furniture Row Racing. At the same time, the team announced they will use the No. 77 and field Chevrolet Camaro ZL1s. [1] [2] [3] FRR President Joe Garone joined the team to serve the same position. [4]
The team, in its first year of operation, operated in the same shop as Premium Motorsports as part of an alliance with Premium owner Jay Robinson. However, Premium was sold to Rick Ware Racing in 2020, and the team operated out of the RWR shop until season's end. On August 11, 2020, Spire Motorsports purchased the assets of Leavine Family Racing, allowing them to expand to a two-car operation in 2021. [5] Following the acquisition, the team moved their headquarters from Mooresville to the former shop of AK Racing in Concord, North Carolina. [6] On October 7, it was announced that Spire Motorsports had secured a third charter which would be leased to Trackhouse Racing for the 2021 season. [7] On December 10, it was reported that NASCAR on NBC analyst and former Hendrick Motorsports crew chief Steve Letarte will serve as a consultant for the team. [8]
On June 18, 2021, it was announced that Spire had sold two charters (for the No. 77, and the one leased to Trackhouse Racing) to Kaulig Racing for the 2022 season. In the announcement, Spire's co-owners said, "We will continue to field the No. 7 with Corey LaJoie as a chartered entry in 2022. We remain committed to NASCAR and the Cup Series and we will continue to look for opportunities to grow and compete in the future." [9] In 2022, Spire purchased Rick Ware Racing’s No. 53 charter for the No. 77. [10]
On September 16, 2023, Spire purchased Live Fast Motorsports charter for US$40 million to field a third team in 2024. [11] Less than two weeks later, on September 27, Spire agreed to purchase the assets of NASCAR Truck Series team Kyle Busch Motorsports. [12] On December 4, former Chip Ganassi Racing COO Doug Duchardt was named President of Spire Motorsports. [13]
On November 30, 2020, Spire Motorsports announced that Corey LaJoie signed a multi-year agreement with the team starting in 2021. In addition, the team selected the No. 7 with permission from Tommy Baldwin Racing to pay tribute to Alan Kulwicki and Geoff Bodine. [6]
LaJoie drove the No. 7 to a ninth-place finish at the 2021 Daytona 500. Following the season opener, however, the team was unable to break into the top 20 until the race at COTA, where LaJoie finished 20th. Josh Berry drove the No. 7 at Michigan, as LaJoie was sidelined in accordance with team and COVID-19 protocols. [14] LaJoie finished the season 29th in points.
On March 15, 2022, crew chief Ryan Sparks was suspended for four races due to a tire and wheel loss during the 2022 Ruoff Mortgage 500 at Phoenix. [15] At Atlanta, LaJoie led a career-best 19 laps and was on his way to claiming his first career win with two laps to go when Chase Elliott overtook him and blocked him on the high side, causing him to brush the wall and spin before colliding with Kurt Busch and finishing the race in 21st place. [16]
LaJoie started the 2023 season with a 16th place finish at the 2023 Daytona 500. He showed huge improvement over the past season with more consistent top-20 and top-30 finishes. On May 30, LaJoie was announced as the substitute driver of the Hendrick Motorsports No. 9 at Gateway after Chase Elliott was suspended for one race for intentionally wrecking Denny Hamlin at Charlotte. Carson Hocevar filled in for the No. 7, making his Cup Series debut. [17]
LaJoie started the 2024 season with a 4th place finish at the 2024 Daytona 500.
Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Owners | Pts |
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2021 | Corey LaJoie | 7 | Chevy | DAY 9 | DAY 31 | HOM 36 | LVS 37 | PHO 27 | ATL 29 | BRI 38 | MAR 37 | RCH 21 | TAL 22 | KAN 27 | DAR 22 | DOV 26 | COA 20 | CLT 19 | SON 18 | NSH 15 | POC 36 | POC 23 | ROA 21 | ATL 22 | NHA 23 | GLN 24 | IND 16 | DAY 16 | DAR 15 | RCH 29 | BRI 26 | LVS 30 | TAL 22 | CLT 35 | TEX 20 | KAN 25 | MAR 21 | PHO 32 | 29th | 459 | |
Josh Berry | MCH 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Corey LaJoie | DAY 14 | CAL 28 | LVS 15 | PHO 36 | ATL 5 | COA 36 | RCH 31 | MAR 32 | BRI 19 | TAL 14 | DOV 18 | DAR 35 | KAN 19 | CLT 35 | GTW 36 | SON 34 | NSH 20 | ROA 34 | ATL 21 | NHA 32 | POC 19 | IND 18 | MCH 19 | RCH 28 | GLN 27 | DAY 30 | DAR 24 | KAN 33 | BRI 15 | TEX 14 | TAL 35 | ROV 12 | LVS 24 | HOM 23 | MAR 21 | PHO 18 | 32nd | 466 | ||
2023 | DAY 16 | CAL 14 | LVS 20 | PHO 26 | ATL 4 | COA 11 | RCH 21 | BRD 30 | MAR 26 | TAL 25 | DOV 14 | KAN 20 | DAR 24 | CLT 17 | SON 20 | NSH 20 | CSC 14 | ATL 31 | NHA 33 | POC 27 | RCH 32 | MCH 15 | IRC 29 | GLN 20 | DAY 10 | DAR 22 | KAN 22 | BRI 25 | TEX 26 | TAL 4 | ROV 17 | LVS 18 | HOM 20 | MAR 22 | PHO 31 | 26th | 588 | ||||
Carson Hocevar | GTW 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Corey LaJoie | DAY 4 | ATL 13 | LVS 32 | PHO 33 | BRI 21 | COA 24 | RCH | MAR | TEX | TAL | DOV | KAN | DAR | CLT | GTW | SON | IOW | NHA | NSH | CSC | POC | IND | RCH | MCH | DAY | DAR | ATL | GLN | BRI | KAN | TAL | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | ||||
During the same announcement on September 16, 2023, when Spire purchased Live Fast Motorsports' charter, Zane Smith was announced as the driver of Spire's third team in 2024 as a partnership with Trackhouse Racing. Smith signed a multi-year deal with Trackhouse and will drive the Spire car until he is expected to move to Trackhouse, in a third car, in 2025. [11] [18]
Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Owners | Pts |
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2024 | Zane Smith | 71 | Chevy | DAY 13 | ATL 35 | LVS 36 | PHO 29 | BRI 36 | COA 19 | RCH | MAR | TEX | TAL | DOV | KAN | DAR | CLT | GTW | SON | IOW | NHA | NSH | CSC | POC | IND | RCH | MCH | DAY | DAR | ATL | GLN | BRI | KAN | TAL | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | ||
In January 2019, Quin Houff signed with Spire for a part-time schedule in the No. 77 in 2019 starting at Phoenix Raceway. [19] Spire Motorsports formed a partnership with Chip Ganassi Racing to field the No. 40 for Jamie McMurray at the 2019 Daytona 500 and Advance Auto Parts Clash, using the newly acquired No. 77 charter to effectively renumber it to the No. 40 for a one-off and guarantee it qualified for the race. [4] [20] Prior to Houff's debut, Garrett Smithley and Reed Sorenson drove the car at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway, respectively. [21] [22] Prior to the Atlanta race, car chief Shane Callis was ejected from the track after the No. 77 failed pre-qualifying inspection multiple times. [23] D. J. Kennington joined the team for the Martinsville Speedway race. [24] In April, NASCAR Xfinity Series regular Justin Haley made his Cup debut with the team at Talladega Superspeedway. [25]
On July 7, the team won their first Cup race in their 18th start at the rain-shortened 2019 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona, with Haley behind the wheel. Haley and the team were not eligible for the Cup Series Playoffs but did receive the Daytona winner's check. [26]
On September 29, Blake Jones was announced to drive the No. 77 at the October Talladega race. [27] Timmy Hill drove for the team at the Kansas and Martinsville playoff races.
On November 27, the team was docked 50 owner points and listed owner T. J. Puchyr fined $50,000 after being caught in a race manipulation scheme at the Homestead-Miami race: Sorenson was heard ignoring multiple calls to pit late in the race before finally obliging. The team then retired the car with an official reason stated being mechanical issues. Along with Rick Ware Racing also exiting the race, this enabled the No. 27 of Premium Motorsports to secure the highest Open (non-chartered) team in the final point standings. [28]
Spire and Chip Ganassi Racing rekindled their partnership in 2020, fielding the No. 77 for Ross Chastain at the Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola 600. [29]
For the Michigan double-header the No. 77 team was renumbered to the No. 74 with sponsorship from "Fake Steak" as a tie-in promotion with the Netflix sitcom The Crew . [30]
Jamie McMurray was hired to drive in the 2021 Daytona 500, his first NASCAR sanctioned start since the 2019 Daytona 500. He was caught up in a wreck on Lap 14 but managed to recover to finish in an incredible eighth place. Haley drove the car for the majority of the season, with his highest finishes being eighth at Indianapolis and sixth at the Daytona night race.
In 2022, Landon Cassill drove the No. 77 for the majority of the year, while Josh Bilicki drove in the races Cassill was not entered in. Justin Allgaier was announced as the entry for the Bristol dirt race.
On October 17, 2022, Spire Motorsports announced that Ty Dillon would drive the No. 77 full-time in 2023. [31] On July 25, 2023, following a string of disappointing finishes, crew chief Kevin Bellicourt was replaced by Kevin Manion starting at the Richmond summer race. [32]
On October 10, 2023, Carson Hocevar was announced as the driver of the No. 77 for the 2024 season, effectively replacing Dillon. [33] [34]
On March 7, 2023, the team announced that they will expand their racing operations to the NASCAR Xfinity Series, with Carson Hocevar running six races in their No. 77 car. [35] However the team only ran in four races.
Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | Owners | Pts | Ref |
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2023 | Carson Hocevar | 77 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA | RCH | MAR | TAL | DOV Wth | DAR 6 | CLT 8 | PIR | SON | NSH 36 | CSC | ATL | NHA | POC | ROA | MCH 32 | IRC | GLN | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | 42nd | 74 |
On November 23, 2021, Spire announced that they would field a team in the Camping World Truck Series in 2022, with Kevin Manion as crew chief. [36] On February 11, 2022, Spire announced Austin Hill would drive the No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado at Daytona with Kevin Manion as crew chief and sponsorship from United Rentals. [37] On April 7, William Byron gave Spire its first Truck Series win at Martinsville. [38] Chase Elliott drove the No. 7 to a seventh-place finish at Bristol dirt race. [39] On May 31, It was announced that Rajah Caruth would make his truck series debut at the World Wide Technology Raceway in the No. 7. [40]
The No. 7 returned on a part-time basis in 2023, with Corey LaJoie finishing 23rd at Daytona. Professional dirt track racer Jonathan Davenport drove the truck to a 14th place finish at the Bristol dirt race. Kyle Larson drove the No. 7 to the team's second Truck Series win at North Wilkesboro. [41]
During the 2024 season, LaJoie drove the No. 7 to a 20th place finish at Daytona. A week later, Kyle Busch won at Atlanta in his first Truck race after selling his team to Spire. [42] Connor Zilisch, Trackhouse Racing development driver, made his debut race in the series with Spire Motorsports at COTA. [43] On March 27, 2024, it was announced that Sammy Smith would drive the No. 7 Truck in a four-race deal. [44]
Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Owners | Pts |
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2022 | Austin Hill | 7 | Chevy | DAY 15 | LVS | ATL | POC 6 | IRP | 31st | 205 | ||||||||||||||||||
Alex Bowman | COA 25 | SON 29 | KNX | NSH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Byron | MAR 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chase Elliott | BRI 7 | DAR | KAN | TEX | CLT | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rajah Caruth | GTW 11 | RCH 25 | KAN | BRI 34 | TAL | HOM | PHO 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Dylan Lupton | MOH 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Corey LaJoie | DAY 23* | LVS | ATL | DAR 16 | 29th | 263 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Alex Bowman | COA DNQ | TEX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jonathan Davenport | BRD 14 | MAR | KAN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kyle Larson | NWS 1* | CLT | GTW | NSH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marco Andretti | MOH 19 | HOM 18 | PHO 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Hill | POC 33 | RCH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Layne Riggs | IRP 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derek Kraus | MLW 8 | KAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carson Kvapil | BRI 12 | TAL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Corey LaJoie | DAY 20 | KAN | CLT | GTW | NSH | POC | RCH | BRI | KAN | HOM | MAR | PHO | |||||||||||||||
Kyle Busch | ATL 1 | LVS 15 | BRI 2 | TEX | DAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Connor Zilisch | COA 4 | TAL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sammy Smith | MAR | NWS | IRP | MLW |
On February 7, 2024, It was announced that Rajah Caruth will be driving the No. 71 full-time in 2024. [45] At Las Vegas, Caruth scored his first career win, becoming only the third African-American driver to win a NASCAR national series race. [46]
Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Owners | Pts |
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2024 | Rajah Caruth | 71 | Chevy | DAY 3 | ATL 8 | LVS 1 | BRI 8 | COA 15 | MAR | TEX | KAN | DAR | NWS | CLT | GTW | NSH | POC | IRP | RCH | MLW | BRI | KAN | TAL | HOM | MAR | PHO | ||
In 2023, Spire fielded the No. 77 Chevrolet Silverado for Derek Kraus at season finale at Phoenix.
In 2024, the No. 77 is being driven full-time by Chase Purdy.
Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Owners | Pts |
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2023 | Derek Kraus | 77 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA | TEX | BRD | MAR | KAN | DAR | NWS | CLT | GTW | NSH | MOH | POC | RCH | IRP | MLW | KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM | PHO 28 | 45th | 9 |
2024 | Chase Purdy | DAY 28 | ATL 15 | LVS 16 | BRI 33 | COA 22 | MAR | TEX | KAN | DAR | NWS | CLT | GTW | NSH | POC | IRP | RCH | MLW | BRI | KAN | TAL | HOM | MAR | PHO | ||||
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