Meet Hendrick Motorsports’ New Top Prospect
What’s Happening? Hendrick Motorsports made a signing for its long-term future on Thursday morning. Chevrolet’s top NASCAR team signed standout 19-year-old…
Corey Day is Hendrick Motorsports latest signing. While signing with a team as prestigious as Hendrick is a major milestone in his young career, Day still has a long route to the top. What could this route look like?
What’s Happening? Hendrick Motorsports made a signing for its long-term future on Thursday morning. Chevrolet’s top NASCAR team signed standout 19-year-old…
The 2025 season will be a test for Day to show just how skilled he can be behind the wheel of a stock car. In his limited appearance last season, Day had a best finish of fourth in ARCA but a best of 16th in trucks.
How Day performs in trucks this season will be telling of his 2026 plans. If he improves in trucks, he could, much like fellow Chevrolet prospect Connor Zilisch, jump into full-time Truck action and go to the Xfinity Series.
If he does go full-time Truck racing in 2025, Day could take over fellow HMS Prospect Rajah Caruth’s truck at season’s end. That is, of course, if Caruth gets promoted after his second season with Spire.
If Day jumps to Xfinity Series action next season, he could have multiple ride options. While he may be fighting Rajah Caruth for a spot, he could land at JR Motorsports or even have an in-house option with HMS’s Xfinity Series lineup.
The main problem with looking toward Day’s long-term future with HMS is the inability to see the team’s longterm landscape. While fans have had their opinions of the current HMS lineup. In 2024 the current HMS Cup Series lineup had one of their best statistical seasons in recent history.
For starters, Kyle Larson and William Byron continued their winning ways. Even better for HMS, Alex Bowman and Chase Elliott had redemptive seasons after a difficult 2023 campaign. However, this did not stop the rumor mill. Late in the season, fans and even a few insiders have investigated rumors that Alex Bowman could be ousted from his spot at the end of the season.
Bowman is back for 2025. However, when fans debate where an opening at HMS would be, they tend to focus on the No. 48. While some could point point to Bowman as the odd man out, the question remains what if Bowman continues to trend upward?
What’s Happening? Rumors have been swirling for a few weeks now about Justin Haley possibly joining Hendrick in the future. Logically,…
While it seems odd, HMS is already closely tying Day to Spire Motorsports. With starts in the No. 7 Truck in 2025, who’s to say HMS is not lining Day up for a spot with the big team through Spire?
Last season there were rumors of a growing relationship between the two teams. Perhaps down this long road Day could slot in at a Hendrick-adjacent team until the time is right for him to go to the big team. Spire seems to be getting better year to year but still has alot to go if they want to contend week in and out.
What’s Happening Since officially bringing Justin Haley on board for the future, the Rumor Mill is once again circling Spire Motorsports….
The truth is no one knows how or when Corey Day will make it to the top. But at just 19 years old, Day is one to watch in 2025.
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