Spire Motorsports Purchases LFR, Expands To Two Cars

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Leavine Family Racing (LFR) No. 95 car on track

Spire Motorsports has completed an agreement to purchase the assets of Leavine Family Racing (LFR).

As part of the purchase, Spire Motorsports will acquire LFR’s NASCAR charter, the team’s race shop, and all owned inventory. As a technical partner of Joe Gibbs Racing, LFR’s current fleet of vehicles and chassis will be returned to Joe Gibbs Racing upon completion of the 2020 season.

Spire Motorsports will expand to a two-car operation in 2021 and relocate to LFR’s existing race shop in Concord, North Carolina.

Spire Motorsports was established in 2018 and is co-owned by longtime NASCAR industry executives Jeff Dickerson and Thaddeus “T.J.” Puchyr. 

“This is an exciting moment for Spire as we take the natural next step in our long-term plan to build our race team and prepare for the Next Gen car in 2022,” Dickerson said. “Bob Leavine invested more than money into LFR and this industry. He built a team brick by brick and we have long admired how he took his own steps in the garage. He also did it with his family at his side. We won’t let that be lost in this transaction...”

For more information, visit nascar.com or spiremotorsportsllc.com

Photo courtesy of Leavine Family Racing (LFR), Spire Motorsports

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