- Spire Motorsports will field its first entry in the ARCA Menards Series when Corey Day pilots the No. 77 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet SS in Saturday’s Chili’s Ride the ‘Dente 200 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.
- The Chili’s Ride the ‘Dente 200 will be televised live on FOX Saturday, Feb. 15 beginning at Noon Eastern Standard Time (EST). The 2025 ARCA Menards Series season-opener will be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.
Corey Day – Driver, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet SS
- Corey Day will pilot Spire Motorsports’ No. 77 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet SS in the organization’s first ARCA Menards Series’ start in the Chili’s Ride the ‘Dente 200 at Daytona International Speedway.
- Saturday’s 80-lap event will mark Day’s fourth start in the ARCA Menards Series. He competed in three events in 2024 for Pinnacle Racing Group. He will return to the seat of Spire Motorsports’ No. 77 Chevrolet later this season at Phoenix Raceway (March 7), Sonoma Raceway (July 11) and Kansas Speedway (Sept. 26).
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- In his ARCA Menards Series debut at Salem (Ind.) Speedway last July, the then 18-year-old Day spent a majority of the event in the top five and was racing for second until an on-track incident forced him to retire from the event with 68 laps remaining. The race marked the second asphalt race of his young career.
- The Clovis, Calif., native returned to the ARCA seat at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway one month later where he started eighth and finished seventh to earn his first top 10 in an asphalt touring series. Day pulled off the evening doubleheader, crossing the finish line18th in his CRAFTSMAN Truck Series debut.
- Day partook in his second doubleheader last season in as many weeks at Kansas Speedway, locking up his first top five with a fourth-place performance in his final ARCA outing of 2024. An on-track incident sidelined his CRAFTSMAN Truck Series outing later that day.
- The young phenom competed in four CRAFTSMAN Truck Series events in 2024 for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing. He scored a career-best 16th-place finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway in October.
- Day will return to CRAFTSMAN Truck Series competition next month at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where he will be paired with veteran crew chief Brian Pattie and Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 team. His eight-race CRAFTSMAN Truck Series slate will also include stops at Homestead-Miami Speedway (March 21), Martinsville (Va.) Speedway (March 28), Bristol Motor Speedway (April 11), Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway (April 18), Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway (May 30), Indianapolis Raceway Park (July 25) and Darlington (S.C.) Raceway (Aug. 30).
- The 19-year-old emerged victorious in his first pavement race, taking the checkered flag behind the wheel of a JR Motorsports-prepared Late Model Stock Car in weekly racing competition at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway last May.
- The accomplished dirt racer has collected victories at some of the west coast’s most prestigious races, including the 2024 Turkey Night Grand Prix at Ventura (Calif.) Speedway, 2024 Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup at Skagit (Wash.) Speedway, 2023 Abreu Vineyards Trophy Cup at Thunderbowl (Calif.) Raceway, 2022 David Tarter Memorial at Silver Dollar and 2022 Cotton Classic at Keller (Calif.) Auto Speedway.
Corey Day Quote
Daytona is a whole new challenge for you. How are you feeling heading into your first superspeedway race?
“I’m excited to get to finally race at Daytona (International Speedway). Growing up, no matter how much you knew about NASCAR, you knew about the DAYTONA 500. While this won’t be in a Cup car, it’s still really cool to be able to say that I’m racing at such a historic track as this. The test in January was able to give me a bit of practice in the draft so I feel ready to go and to officially get back to the track
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 Chevrolets in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team will also field the Nos. 07, 7, 71 and 77 Chevrolet Silverados in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series and the No. 77 Chevrolet in the ARCA Menards Series in select events.