Justin Haley fights to defend his title in RC dirt racing in this year’s RC Chili Bowl
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (January 8, 2025) – While the NASCAR Cup Series is on break, Justin Haley will stay busy around the world of dirt racing. The Winamac, Ind., native’s offseason plans will kick off in Tulsa, Okla., at the RC Chili Bowl. The weeklong event features scaled, remote-controlled versions of some of dirt racing’s most badass machines and operates in conjunction with the prestigious Chili Bowl Nationals presented by NOS Energy Drink.
In 2023, Haley took the crown in the street stock division, besting a field of 64 competitors. In the B-modified division, the 25-year-old made the feature and finished seventh. His pursuit of a second RC Chili Bowl title begins on Monday, January 13th and will conclude with the feature events on Saturday, January 18th. He will be competing in the RC late model, midget, and outlaw sprint divisions before returning to Charlotte to continue preparation for the NASCAR Cup Series season.
Rodney Childers, a 40-time NASCAR Cup Series race winning crew chief and one of the sport’s most respected tacticians, will lead Spire Motorsports No. 7 team in 2025. Childers, 48, led Kevin Harvick to the 2014 NCS championship and is the winningest active crew chief in NASCAR’s premier division. The Mooresville native called 37 wins from 2014 – 2023. Prior to the over three dozen victories with Harvick, Childers is credited with leading drivers David Reutimann and Brian Vickers to Victory Lane.
The NASCAR Cup Series will kick off the 2025 season with the 67th running of the Daytona. The season opener will be televised live on FOX, Sunday February 16 beginning at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The first of 36 races on the 2024 NCS schedule will be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.
About Spire Motorsports …
Spire Motorsports earned its inaugural NASCAR Cup Series victory in its first full season of competition when Justin Haley took the checkered flag in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway on July 7, 2019. Less than three years later, William Byron drove Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado to its inaugural NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series win on April 7, 2022 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. The team’s most recent win came on April 12, 2024, when Kyle Busch took the checkered flag in the SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.
In 2025, Spire Motorsports will campaign the Nos. 7, 71 and 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1s in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team will also field the Nos. 7, 71 and 77 Chevrolet Silverados full time in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series.