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Surprising cut up as Rodney Childers and Spire Motorsports half methods
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Surprising cut up as Rodney Childers and Spire Motorsports half methods

Motorsports April 23, 2025
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Going into the 2025 season, Spire Motorsports sought to bolster its group. It introduced in two new drivers and employed a championship-winning crew chief whereas strengthening its current technical alliance with Hendrick Motorsports.

There have been flashes of velocity from all three automobiles together with Carson Hocevar’s runner-up end at Atlanta, however after simply 9 races, that championship-winning crew chief — Rodney Childers — has left the group. Childers signed on to function the crew chief for Justin Haley and the No. 7 Chevrolet staff in what speculated to be a brand new starting for the veteran strategist. 

Childers’ introduced with him the expertise of over 600 Cup races, together with 40 race wins and the 2014 NASCAR Cup Collection championship with Kevin Harvick. He joined Spire after Stewart-Haas Racing closed its doorways, the place Childers had labored because the begin of the 2014 season. Beforehand, he led Michael Waltrip Racing to its first two victories as a staff, in addition to its final earlier than shutting down.

Spire on “challenges with the staff dynamic”

Talking on the cut up, Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson stated: “NASCAR is an ever-evolving sport and the trail to enchancment is not all the time snug. The break within the Cup Collection schedule gave us an opportunity to guage the place we’re as a program. We took the chance to debate the very best paths ahead for everybody concerned and the staff and Rodney agreed that it will be finest for us to half methods.

“Rodney has labored on the highest stage of our sport for 20 years, and he is aware of what it takes to win championships. With that in thoughts, we collectively acknowledged challenges with the staff dynamic. Having the fitting mixture of expertise is simply as necessary because the outcomes on observe. As we transfer in a brand new path it isn’t misplaced on us that Rodney has been a useful asset to our group, as he’ll proceed to be for others on this sport.”

Childers reacts

Childers launched his personal assertion, speaking about what’s subsequent for him. “I do know this can be a shock. But in addition know that not every part works out excellent on a regular basis. That is how life works. This was simply a kind of issues that simply wasn’t working for both of us. I recognize my time at Spire, working with JH [Haley] and your complete 7 staff. We did plenty of good that’s but to be seen, and I want them the very best sooner or later. Additionally need to say thanks to everybody at Chevrolet, Mr H. [Rick Hendrick] and everybody at Hendrick Motorsports for my time working with them once more. It was a pleasure. Thanks to NASCAR, the officers, and most significantly the followers to your help.

“For me, I will take some time. Give attention to the necessary issues like my household and pals. And truthfully simply see what the racing world holds for me subsequent. I do know the person above will lead me in a path that’s finest for me.”

Heading into Talladega, Haley sits twenty third within the championship standings with a finest end this 12 months of tenth, which got here at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The staff has not but introduced a alternative for Childers atop the pit field.

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