Will Spire Motorsports be a Major Player in 2027 NASCAR Silly Season?

What’s Happening?

Some recent developments in NASCAR Silly Season rumors and reports have some NASCAR fans wondering if Spire Motorsports could make a major free agent splash during 2027 NASCAR Silly Season.

Much like the 2024 and 2025 seasons, Spire Motorsports is facing a flurry of questions entering the 2026 season.

Last year, the questions were the long-term status of driver Carson Hocevar and the future of the team following major offseason moves. Those moves saw the team bring in Crew Chiefs Travis Peterson and Rodney Childers and new drivers Michael McDowell and Justin Haley.

McDowell and Peterson, who both came from the Front Row Motorsports No. 34 team, survived the year, though without a trip to victory lane.

Haley and Childers wouldn’t be so lucky, with the former championship-winning Crew Chief leaving prior to the season’s halfway point, and Haley out of his No. 7 ride at season’s end.

To replace Haley, Spire turned to former NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Champion and former Trackhouse Racing cornerstone driver Daniel Suarez.

Suarez is looking to bounce back with Spire, though, as NACAR insider Jordan Bianchi of the Athletic said during the latest episode of The Teardown, he may not have the long-term security that his teammates have.

During this episode, Bianchi said that Suarez, who is on a one-year deal, is “racing for his future.”

“This could be his last real bite at the apple,” Bianchi said. “And if he struggles this year, it’s gonna be really interesting to see what happens with him and his career.”

If Suarez doesn’t perform, he could find himself out of another Cup Series seat at the end of the season, while his options would likely be limited in that scenario, in a free agent market with reportedly 20 drivers on contract seasons, Spire could have the pick of the litter.

As Bianchi went on to say, Spire would not hold back if they had an open seat entering 2027.

“They’ve been very upfront about the fact that they have spent a lot of money. They expect performance, and they’re gonna go big game hunting, I’ve been told.” — Jordan Bianchi on The Teardown

For one, Spire has already kicked off Silly Season with a bold move, signing Hocevar to a massive extension that will keep the young driver in the No. 77 into the 2030s.

But, who would they go after if Suarez is out at year’s end?

Who Would Spire Go After?

So far, the 2027 free agent class has two major storylines: Kyle Busch is on a contract year, and so is 23XI Racing star driver Tyler Reddick.

While fans will focus on names like Kyle Larson being a free agent, it seems unrealistic that he would leave his home. On the other hand, Busch, despite his age and recent struggles, and Reddick could both spark some form of bidding war from hungry teams at all levels of competition.

During this week’s episode of The Teardown, Bianchi agreed, saying that either could be a fit for Spire. “You talk about a Reddick, and you talk about a Kyle Bush, who we know the ties to Spire,” Bianchi said.

While this might not say that Reddick or Spire have an interest in one another, in October, Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports said on Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour that Spire had an interest in Busch and would “like to have him and see what they could do with him.”

Regardless, there are still many factors in the way of Reddick, Busch, or any other free agent driver landing at Spire in 2027, such as Suarez’s performance, Busch’s performance, and 23XI Racing’s still unknown interest in retaining Reddick.

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