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Corey LaJoie secures major NASCAR Truck deal with Spire Motorsports

Fans have been getting to see plenty of Corey LaJoie over the last two weeks as an analyst for Prime Video's NASCAR Cup coverage, but soon they'll get to see the third-generation racer behind the wheel once again.

Motorsport

Time to worry: Playoff hopes are slipping away for these NASCAR Cup drivers

13 races down, 13 races to go in the regular season for the NASCAR Cup Series. At the halfway point, there have been eight different winners with Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing [JGR] taking the lion's share of victories.

Motorsport

B.J. McLeod joins Spire for surprise NASCAR Truck start at Charlotte

Over the past decade, B.J. McLeod has started 146 NASCAR Cup races, driving underfunded equipment, but doing as one of the most respected field-fillers in the sport. His best finish was seventh, which came in the summer race at Daytona in 2022.

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Justin Haley on Childers' exit: Spire isn't "scared to do anything to win a race"

Justin Haley is likely just looking for a little bit of stability in the 2025 NASCAR Cup season after losing four crew members, his car chief and now his crew chief since the beginning of April.

Motorsport

Car chief ejected after Justin Haley fails pre-race inspection twice

It's been an eventful week off the track for the No. 7 Spire Motorsports, and things aren't calming down after they arrived at Talladega Superspeedway for the tenth round of the 2025 season.

Motorsport

Spire.AI Copilot For Key Talent Objectives: The Systemic Intelligence Behind A Responsive Talent Supply Chain

Spire.AI Copilot for Key Talent Objectives introduces this responsiveness by functioning as a live, integrated supply chain system, one that connects demand planning, fulfillment strategy, skill evolution, and workforce structure into a single layer of enterprise logic.

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Ryan Sparks to replace Rodney Childers as Justin Haley's crew chief

Rodney Childers' abrupt exit from Spire Motorsports shocked the NASCAR garage and left a vacancy atop the pit box for Justin Haley and the No. 7 Chevrolet. Childers has over 20 years of experience as a crew chief, winning 40 races and the 2014 NASCAR Cup Series championship with Kevin…

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Shocking split as Rodney Childers and Spire Motorsports part ways

Going into the 2025 season, Spire Motorsports sought to bolster its organization. It brought in two new drivers and hired a championship-winning crew chief while strengthening its existing technical alliance with Hendrick Motorsports.

Motorsport

Nick Sanchez eyeing Texas redemption, entering Truck race with Spire

Currently competing as a rookie in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Nick Sanchez has his hands full as he gets acclimated with the No. 48 Big Machine Racing Chevrolet. After ten races, he's crashed out of three races, but also has one top five and two top tens.

Motorsport

LaJoie gambled his own money to secure a coveted Daytona 500 ride

Corey LaJoie's NASCAR career looked to be reaching a conclusion at the end of the 2024 season when he was booted from his full-time ride at Spire mid-year before running the remaining races with Rick Ware Racing. There was no promise of a deal for 2025 or beyond.

Motorsport

‘No dissonance’: boss of private hospital group Spire on its work with the NHS

Justin Ash runs the UK’s biggest private health provider, which makes millions offering treatments ranging from hip ops to therapy

The Guardian - UK

All I want for NASCAR 2025 is...

'Tis the season to look back and reflect, while also making plans and wishes in hopes of making the new year even more eventful or spectacular. This time last year, I sat down and compiled a wish list of sorts to share with you, much like this one ahead of…

Motorsport

Your complete guide to NASCAR's 2025 Silly Season

When Stewart-Haas Racing announced the imminent closure of its four-car NASCAR Cup Series operation, it sent shockwaves through the sport, while scattering a lot of talented people throughout the paddock. It's end became the catalyst to what has become one of the silliest silly seasons in some time. Several drivers…

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New motorsports leadership executives introduced as Andretti Global moves on without Andretti

The Associated Press has learned that two longtime NASCAR executives have been introduced at Andretti Global as part of the restructuring now that Michael Andretti has stepped aside

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Spire Healthcare reports profit and revenue jump as its work for NHS increases

Private hospital group also benefited from higher take-up of private health insurance among working-age people

Motorsport

Zane Smith: "I've been put in a tough spot" with Trackhouse deal ending

"Obviously, I am disappointed that I've been put in a tough spot," said Smith in a release on Saturday.

Motorsport

McDowell's crew chief Travis Peterson to join him at Spire

Travis Peterson, who has worked alongside McDowell as his crew chief for the last two seasons, will join him at Spire Motorsports when he takes over the No. 71 Chevrolet. The duo made the 2023 playoffs after winning at the Indianapolis Road Course.

Motorsport

Spire Motorsports seeks "clean slate," will part ways with LaJoie

The decision not to retain LaJoie, 32, was especially surprising as when Spire announced its hire of veteran crew chief Rodney Childers beginning next season, it was to be crew chief for LaJoie and the No. 7 Chevrolet.

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Spire Motorsports well on its way to building "the best team we can"

Haley’s improbable victory at Daytona came when his No. 77 team elected not to pit while the remaining lead lap cars did, betting the rain would come and the race may not restart.

Motorsport

Veteran crew chief Rodney Childers to join Spire Motorsports in 2025

Childers, the winningest active crew chief in the Cup Series, signed a multi-year contract to lead Spire’s No. 7 Chevrolet team and driver Corey LaJoie starting in 2025.

The Independent UK

TV sex coach who ‘raped client’ linked with clinic run by major UK private healthcare provider

A high court judge has ordered sex therapist Mike Lousada to pay damages following civil rape case

Autosport

Front Row Motorsports intends to buy NASCAR charter from Stewart-Haas

The team currently operates two full-time Cup teams with Michael McDowell and Todd Gilliland, while McDowell is set to leave the team for Spire Motorsports at the end of the year.

Motorsport

Trans Am standout Connor Mosack to run Truck races for Spire

Mosack, who raced predominately Late Models and in the SCCA Trans Am Series until venturing into ARCA and NASCAR competition in 2021, earned his first victory in a stock car with a win last fall in the ARCA Menards Series race at Kansas.

Motorsport

Kyle Busch holds off Heim to win NASCAR Truck race at Texas

Making his fourth start for Spire Motorsports in the No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado, Busch snagged his second win of the year after sweeping both stages at TMS.

Motorsport

Sammy Smith to run several NASCAR Truck races with Spire

Smith, 19, will compete in four races this season in Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Chevrolet. His first race is April 5 at Martinsville, followed by May 18 at North Wilkesboro, July 19 at Indianapolis Raceway Park and Aug. 26 at the Milwaukee Mile.

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