Spire Motorsports is parting methods with Justin Haley, who has pushed the No. 7 Chevrolet for the reason that late portion of the 2024 season, the place he changed Corey LaJoie.
Sadly, Haley struggled this 12 months and fell behind his teammates. Whereas Michael McDowell is twenty first in factors and Carson Hocevar twenty third, Haley is again in thirty first. He has one prime 5 and two prime tens this 12 months with a mean end of twenty second.
It is value noting that the No. 7 workforce has gone via a whole lot of turmoil this 12 months as effectively, dropping a number of key personnel and abruptly parting methods with crew chief Rodney Childers.
Again in 2019 in his first stint with the workforce, Haley really earned Spire’s one and solely Cup Sequence victory to date, profitable a rain-shortened race at Daytona Worldwide Speedway. That sudden triumph got here within the workforce’s inaugural season and Haley’s second profession begin.
Justin Haley, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
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“It is a determination that was not taken frivolously,” stated Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson. “Justin has been a member of the Spire household since he was an adolescent. We’ve watched Justin develop from a younger driver attempting to make his mark within the sport to a confirmed winner. He helped strengthen our group into what it’s right now. He made us winners and returned dwelling after forging his personal path within the Cup Sequence. Justin is the embodiment of a real racer who has quietly grow to be a revered competitor throughout the NASCAR storage and might be an unimaginable asset to his subsequent workforce.”
Together with nearly 180 begins on the Cup degree, Haley can also be a confirmed winner within the Xfinity and Truck Sequence. He has 4 Xfinity Sequence wins, and even made the Championship 4 in 2020. The 26-year-old has gained Truck races as effectively, and likewise made the Championship 4 there in 2018.
Whereas no alternative driver has been made, Spire has a number of choices. For instance, two-time race winner Daniel Suarez remains to be looking for a brand new dwelling after 5 seasons with Trackhouse Racing and might be within the operating for the seat.
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