Spire Motorsports

Spire Motorsports was founded in December 2018 by sports managers Jeff Dickerson and T. J. Puchyr as an offshoot of their agency Spire Sports + Entertainment. The two acquired the charter of Furniture Row Racing, which was dissolved after the 2018 season, and officially entered the NASCAR Cup Series in 2019. The series debut at the 2019 Daytona 500 with the number 77 marked the beginning of an organization that would become a fixture in the Cup grid within just a few years.

In its early years, Spire operated in borrowed workshop facilities, initially alongside Premium Motorsports and later at Rick Ware Racing. A defining moment in the team’s history was therefore the purchase of Kyle Busch Motorsports’ facilities in late 2023: The state-of-the-art workshop in Mooresville, North Carolina, became the central home for all Cup and Truck activities and symbolizes the transformation from a charter startup to an established major organization. The address 351 Mazeppa Road is today synonymous with this rise.

The greatest success of the young company’s history came as early as the first year: On July 7, 2019, Justin Haley won the weather-shortened Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona in a surprising debut race for the team, a victory that immediately established Spire as a credible Cup competitor. The following years were marked by expansion: in 2020, Spire acquired the charter and equipment of Leavine Family Racing and became a two-car team in 2021, and in 2022 the team entered the Truck Series with the first victory by William Byron in Martinsville. By 2024, the fleet in the Cup Series had grown to three permanent entries with numbers 7, 71, and 77.

Today, operational leadership lies with team president Bill Anthony and co-owner Jeff Dickerson, while since 2026 former Joe Gibbs Racing strategist Chris Gabehart serves as Chief Motorsports Officer overseeing all racing programs, supported by new Cup competition director Matt McCall. In the cockpit sit Carson Hocevar, Daniel Suárez, and Michael McDowell—three drivers from different generations—who bring the team broad experience for the 2026 season. After years of rapid growth, from the charter rescue to its own workshop, the focus now turns to consolidation at the Cup level.