Spire Motorsports - Homestead-Miami Speedway Race Advance: Baptist Health 200

In four NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series starts at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Spire Motorsports has collected one top-five and two top-10 finishes. Connor Mosack earned a team-best third-place finish in the 2024 Baptist Health 200. The Mooresville, N.C., organization fields the Nos. 07, 7, 71 and 77 Chevrolet Silverados full time in the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. The Nos. 07 and 7 entries will see a rotating roster of all-star caliber drivers throughout the season, while Rajah Caruth and Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender Andres Perez de Lara will pilot the Nos. 71 and 77, respectively, for the full slate of races.
The Baptist Health 200 will be televised live on FOX Friday, March 21 beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The fourth of 25 races on the 2025 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series calendar will be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

Kyle Larson – Driver, No. 07 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado

Kyle Larson will drive Spire Motorsports’ No. 07 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Silverado in Friday’s Baptist Health 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The Elk Grove, Calif., native will pull triple duty this weekend. In addition to his CRAFTSMAN Truck Series responsibilities, Larson will also drive Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 17 Chevrolet in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Hard Rock Bet 300 and the No. 5 Chevrolet ZL1 in Sunday’s Straight Talk Wireless 400.
Larson looks to become the second driver to sweep all three national series events in a single weekend and join Kyle Busch’s pair of three-peats at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in August 2010 and August 2017.
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Larson will contest his second CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race for Spire Motorsports Friday night. In 2023, Larson started eighth and led 138 of the event’s 250 laps en route to victory in the Tyson 250 at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway.
The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Champion owns 15 starts in the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series, where he’s collected eight top fives, 11 top 10s, a pair of pole awards and victories at Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway, Eldora (Ohio) Speedway and North Wilkesboro.
Three of Larson’s 15 series appearances came at Homestead, most recently in 2016. His resume features two top five-finishes, 220 laps led in 408 laps contested (53.92%) and an average starting position of 2.0. He secured a runner-up finish after starting from the pole position in the 2014 event.
The 32-year-old has seen success across all three NASCAR national series at the South Florida-oval. In four Xfinity Series starts, he’s secured three top fives, four top 10s, paced the field for 303 circuits and took the checkered flag in the 2015 series finale. Meanwhile, he owns an average starting position of 6.5 and a 3.3 average finish. In 11 starts in NASCAR’s premier division, Larson has secured five top-five finishes, led 626 laps and claimed victory in 2022.
The blue and white HendrickCars.com colors will wrap Spire Manufacturing chassis SMT-087. Larson will pilot the fresh truck in its first event.

Kyle Larson Quote

What are your thoughts on reuniting with Spire Motorsports heading into the weekend?
“I love racing at Homestead, so I’m excited that I was able to add the truck races to my schedule. Hopefully, we can put on a great show with HendrickCars.com on board and park the No. 07 Silverado in victory lane.”

Atop the No. 07 Box – Crew Chief Allen Hart

Allen Hart calls the shots for the No. 07 team, an entry that will see a rotating roster of drivers throughout the 2025 campaign.
Last week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the No. 07 team qualified fourth and finished 11th with Justin Haley at the controls.
In the 2022 Xfinity Series event at Homestead, the Midland, Mich., native led Chandler Smith to a seventh-place finish, his first top 10 in the series in only his third start.

Corey Day – Driver, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado

Corey Day will pilot Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Silverado in Friday’s Baptist Health 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Last week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the 19-year-old contested his first CRAFTSMAN Truck Series event for Spire Motorsports. Day secured his first Kennametal Pole Award and led the field to the green flag. He enjoyed the handle of his HendrickCars.com Silverado and maintained top-five track position throughout the race’s first two stages. Unfortunately, his night was derailed when contact with another competitor cut his right-front tire. The team was ultimately credited with a 27th-place finish.
The west coast open-wheel standout capped off the busy weekend with a $25,000 score in Saturday’s Kubota High Limit Racing season opener at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Friday’s 200-mile event will mark Day’s sixth CRAFTSMAN Truck Series start. He competed in four events in 2024 for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, scoring a career-best 16th-place finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway last October.
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Day will return to the No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado next week at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. He will continue to round out his eight-race slate with the team at 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 talented teenager will contest two more ARCA Menards Series events in Spire Motorsports’ No. 77 Chevrolet SS later this season at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway (July 11) and Kansas Speedway (Sept. 26).
Day will be behind the wheel of Spire Manufacturing chassis SMT-086 on Friday, a brand new Chevrolet Silverado.

Corey Day Quote

Homestead is one of a few tracks you have a prior start in a truck. How will that help you heading into the weekend?
“I think we’re coming off a good weekend last weekend and I hope to keep that momentum going in Homestead. I have a bit more confidence going there this time since I do have a truck start there already. My hope is to build off of what I know and improve off of my last visit.”

Atop the No. 7 Box – Crew Chief Brian Pattie

Brian Pattie returns to the top of the No. 7 pit box, an entry that will see a plethora of all-star caliber drivers behind the wheel throughout the 2025 season.
Pattie has called a pair of CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races at Homestead. Last season, Connor Mosack drove the No. 7 Silverado to a third-place finish. His average running position of 6.11 was second-best in the field.
In Xfinity Series competition, the Zephyrhills, Fla., native totaled four top-five finishes at the facility while leading Joe Nemechek to a pair of victories in 1999 and 2001.
The 49-year-old has stood atop the box for 14 NASCAR Cup Series races at Homestead, claiming two top fives, highlighted by a runner-up finish with Clint Bowyer in 2012.
The 24-year veteran of the sport spent 14 seasons in the NASCAR Cup Series. As a crew chief, he has earned six wins in Cup Series competition and 11 in the Xfinity Series. He stands as one of 11 to be atop the box for wins across all three of NASCAR’s national touring series.
Last month, the No. 7 team defended their 2024 victory in the Fr8 208 at Atlanta Motor Speedway with Kyle Busch behind the wheel. The Las Vegas driver spent all 135 laps in the top 15 while leading a race-high 80 laps and calculating a field-leading average running position (3.2) and driver rating (124.6).

Rajah Caruth – Driver, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado

Rajah Caruth will pilot Spire Motorsports’ No. 71 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Silverado in the Baptist Health 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
In last season’s trip to Homestead, Caruth qualified third and managed his track position throughout the day to secure an eighth-place finish. The result backed up an eighth-place result at the facility in 2023, his fourth and final top 10 of his rookie campaign.
The Winston-Salem (N.C.) State University graduate has collected one win, one pole, one top five and six top 10s in 16 career CRAFTSMAN Truck Series events on 1.5-mile circuits. He owns an average starting position of 10.6 and a 14.9 average finish.
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Last week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Caruth qualified sixth and managed top-10 track position to secure four stage points on the evening. Unfortunately, Caruth and Co. were dealt a pit road penalty but over the course of the final 60 circuits, raced their way from 21st to earn a solid seventh-place finish. The result marked his first top 10 of the 2025 season.
Last season marked a career year for Caruth. He tallied one win, a pair of pole positions and five top-five finishes, all of which were the first of his career. The 12 top-10 finishes on the season tripled Caruth’s total of four in 2023, while his average starting position of 10.7 was four positions higher than 2023. His 11.6 average finish was an impressive seven positions higher than the previous season.
The 2024 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Most Popular Driver became the third African-American driver to win a NASCAR National Touring Series race with his victory last season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Caruth and the No. 71 team qualified for the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series playoffs in 2024, the first such appearance for the former Washington, D.C., resident. Despite reaching the Round of 8, a mechanical malady stalled his championship bid in the season’s penultimate event at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.
Caruth will be behind the wheel of Spire Manufacturing chassis SMT-084. The truck has made two previous appearances, both with Nick Sanchez, most recently at Homestead-Miami Speedway last October.

Rajah Caruth Quotes

Homestead-Miami Speedway is widely considered one of the most fun tracks from the driver’s seat. What are your thoughts?
“I love Miami and it is a really fun race track. I think I ran a better race in my rookie season in 2023 than I did last year, but finished in the same spot. We tweaked on our setup and I think I have improved as a driver and my emphasis for the race track. At the end of the day, it is just another race, but I feel really good about going back and competing near the front.

This year’s event is shifting to an evening event. How will this effect the tire wear, which is already a major factor at the facility?
“Tire wear is always a huge factor at Homestead, and now you have the added variable of the race moving to night. Trucks have been a day race since 2019, so a lot of the recent data and knowledge is pretty much thrown out the window. I believe the bottom will be better than the past few years, and there will be a lot more grip, overall. Throughout a long run, the tires degrade a lot and you start to slip and slide around. It is really fun behind the wheel, and from the fan perspective, it is really fun to watch.”

Atop the No. 71 Box – Crew Chief Kevin “Bono” Manion

Veteran crew chief Kevin “Bono” Manion calls the shots for Rajah Caruth and the No. 71 team in 2025.
The 53-year-old will call his seventh CRAFTSMAN Truck Series event at Homestead-Miami on Friday, claiming a venue-best sixth-place finish in the series with Daniel Suarez in 2016.
The Boylston, Mass., native clinched back-to-back Xfinity Series championships at the 1.5-mile oval with Martin Truex, Jr., in 2004 and 2005 via a pair of top-10 finishes (ninth, seventh).
Manion has stood atop the box for 11 NASCAR Cup Series events at the track, collecting four top 10s and a runner-up finish with Truex, Jr., in 2006.
The veteran crew chief has racked up six Cup Series victories (including the 2010 Daytona 500), 17 NASCAR Xfinity Series triumphs and 11 CRAFTSMAN Truck series wins. Manion is also one of 11 crew chiefs to have called wins across all three of NASCAR’s national touring series.
Manion, a 31-year veteran of the sport, founded Spire Motorsports’ CRAFTSMAN Truck Series program alongside Mike Greci in 2022. The team won that season in their second outing with William Byron behind the wheel at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.
In 2023, Manion became one of few to call a race in all three of NASCAR’s national series in a single season, all of which came under the Spire Motorsports banner. He led the part-time effort on the No. 7 Silverado in the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series, helped in limited starts for Carson Hocevar in the Xfinity Series and took the reigns during the second half of the Cup Series season for Ty Dillon and the No. 77 team.

Andres Perez de Lara – Driver, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado

Andres Perez de Lara will pilot the No. 77 Telcel Chevrolet Silverado for Spire Motorsports in the Baptist Health 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Last week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the 19-year-old made his first CRAFTSMAN Truck Series start on a traditional 1.5-mile oval. The Mexico City native capitalized on a pair of chaotic restarts to reach the ninth position with 30 laps remaining. Perez de Lara fought a loose Telcel Silverado throughout the event’s waning laps and finished 17th.
The 19-year-old will make his first start at the South Florida 1.5-mile oval this weekend. Perez de Lara has made six starts on 1.5-mile ovals in the ARCA Menards Series, collecting one top-five and three top-10 finishes, while claiming the pole position in the 2023 event at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The 2024 ARCA Menards Series champion is no stranger to speed in qualifying at 1.5-mile circuits, converting an average starting position of 5.3 in six ARCA events.
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The talented teenager will chase Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors in 2025 and sits second in the standings for the award, 31 points behind leader Gio Ruggerio.
The 2024 ARCA champion juggled his full-time duties while competing full time in the NASCAR Mexico Series. In 2023, he earned the Rookie of the Year award while finishing fourth in the division’s championship point standings and reaching the series’ version of the NASCAR playoffs. He returned one year later to secure his first checkered flag in the series, visiting Victory Lane at Ovalo Aguascalientes Mexico.
Perez de Lara will pilot Spire Manufacturing chassis SMT-085 Friday evening. The truck’s maiden voyage came last season at Homestead with Rajah Caruth behind the wheel. Caruth qualified third and managed his equipment throughout the day to finish eighth.

Andres Perez de Lara Quotes

You are making your first career start at Homestead-Miami Speedway. What are your thoughts before heading to the track for the first time?
“I am very excited to get to Homestead-Miami zspeedway. It is an awesome track with a great atmosphere. This is another new track for me, like many so far this year. I am feeling pretty confident about the race. We’ve had good simulator sessions leading into the weekend. Homestead is an extremely technical track, but the sim has gotten me comfortable with all of the different lines and options that are available to a driver. I feel confident that all the preparation the team has put in will help deliver a good finish that we can build momentum on.”

Homestead is unique to any other 1.5-mile track you’ve raced on. How are you going to handle that throughout the weekend?
“Homestead is definitely unique to any other track. It is a style of racing I haven’t done. Tire degradation will be a huge factor throughout the race and I will have to take care of my tires unlike any track I’ve raced on. I’ve seen the track changes constantly through the film I’ve studied, so I’ll have to adapt quickly to the track throughout the day. I know my team has built a truck that will make speed wherever I need to go on the track. Spire has been successful there in the past, and I’m hoping to build on that success.”

Atop the No. 77 Box – Crew Chief Chad Walter

Crew chief Chad Walter stands atop the box for Andres Perez de Lara and the No. 77 team in 2025.
The 53-year-old has called three CRAFTSMAN Truck Series events at Homestead-Miami Speedway, earning one top five and three top 10s, highlighted by a runner-up finish with Tyler Ankrum in 2020 during his time at GMS Racing.
The Albion, N.Y., native led Sam Hornish, Jr., to a fourth-place finish in the 2012 Xfinity Series event at the South Florida-circuit, his lone top-five at the facility in the series.

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 Feb. 22, 2025, when Kyle Busch took the checkered flag in the Fr8 208 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

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.