Key Takeaways
- Thursday, May 21, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. ET at Spire Motorsports' Mooresville, NC headquarters (351 Mazeppa Road) — the team's fifth annual Spring Fan Day and the on-ramp to Memorial Day weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
- Drivers signing autographs: Daniel Suárez, Michael McDowell, Carson Hocevar, Kyle Busch, and Connor Mosack. Autograph wristbands — 200 of them — distributed starting 8 a.m. on a first-come, first-served basis.
- The team store opens at 8 a.m. Exclusive Spire merchandise on the racks, plus race-used body panels for collectors. Memorial Day "Respect Our Troops" apparel — hoodies, tees, hats — debuts that morning.
- 25 percent of the day's proceeds go to the USO. A separate raffle for four Coca-Cola 600 grandstand tickets also benefits the USO.
- The "Spire Showdown" follows the autograph session — select drivers compete alongside four lucky fans in a multi-station challenge for prizes. The event closes with raffles for body panels, crew attire, and more.
Let me tell you something, folks.
Race-weekend culture isn't just the race. It's the days around the race. And one of the best ones on the Memorial Day weekend calendar happens not at Charlotte Motor Speedway but a half-hour up I-77 in Mooresville, North Carolina — at Spire Motorsports' team headquarters.
Thursday, May 21. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The team's fifth-annual Spring Fan Day.
Here's what's happening, and what you need to know to be in the right line at the right time.
Get there at 8 a.m. if you want an autograph. Spire distributes 200 autograph wristbands at the door starting at 8, first-come-first-served. The team store opens at the same time. If you're rolling up at 10:45, you're going to the merch line, not the autograph line. The doors open at 11 for the actual fan-day program.
The driver lineup: Daniel Suárez, Michael McDowell, Carson Hocevar, Kyle Busch, and Connor Mosack. That's the full Spire Cup roster plus Mosack — the entire competitive face of the organization, on one floor, signing for the people who follow them. Suárez is 14th in the Cup standings through 12 races in his first year with the team and crew chief Ryan Sparks, fresh off a Mission 600 visit to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base last Thursday. Kyle Busch arrives at Mooresville Thursday off setting a NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series qualifying record at Dover today — 161.740 mph, the most recent record on the books at the Monster Mile. McDowell finished second at Watkins Glen on the 10th. Hocevar is in the No. 77 Spire Chevrolet. Connor Mosack rounds out the autograph lineup.
Then the "Spire Showdown." After the autographs, select drivers go up against four lucky fans in a multi-station challenge. The release describes it as a competition "for the chance to win a variety of prizes." That's the program's mid-point — the part where the team turns the day from line-and-merch into an actual event.
The shop floor is the museum. Spire's team store has the full driver and team merchandise rack, plus — and this is where collectors should pay attention — race-used body panels. Actual carbon and sheet metal that ran on Sundays at tracks across the country. Memorial Day weekend brings out the "Respect Our Troops" apparel: military-themed hoodies, tees, and hats designed by the team for the holiday.
The charity component is the heart of the day. Spire is donating 25 percent of the day's proceeds to the USO — the United Service Organizations, the seventy-five-year-old nonprofit that supports U.S. military service members and their families wherever they're stationed. A separate raffle on the day awards four grandstand tickets to the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, with the raffle proceeds also going to the USO. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is on-site as well, with co-branded Spire Motorsports tees to support St. Jude's mission. Two charities, one day, one shop.
What else. Complimentary chips and salsa from Chili's Grill & Bar will be available. Promotional giveaways from Freeway Insurance, Go Bowling, Workforce, Miner Docks Doors and more, Hooey, IKEA, and NEFCO. Sampling from Katz Coffee and Coca-Cola. Show cars and trucks on display, including Kennametal's experiential marketing setup. And the Greenville (S.C.) Swamp Rabbits — part of the Spire Hockey family — on-site with team merchandise. The Swamp Rabbits don't usually share a sponsor day with a Cup race team. That alone is worth a few minutes of your morning.
Then it closes with raffles — race-used body panels, crew attire, and more, the release notes. The kind of stuff that exists in finite quantities and never shows up on the team store rack.
Spire is co-owned by Jeff Dickerson and TWG Motorsports CEO Dan Towriss. In 2026, the team campaigns the No. 7, 71, and 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1s in the NASCAR Cup Series and the No. 7 and 77 Chevrolet Silverado RSTs in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. The Mooresville shop is the operational center of all of it.
Address: 351 Mazeppa Road, Mooresville, NC 28115.
Thursday, May 21. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Be at the door at 8 if you want a wristband.
And then on Sunday May 24, the Coca-Cola 600 runs at Charlotte Motor Speedway — six hundred miles, 6 p.m. green flag, Memorial Day weekend's centerpiece. Thursday's Fan Day is the warm-up at the shop. The race is the finish.
I'll see you in Mooresville.