Ryan Sparks will assume the crew chief role for Justin Haley and the No. 7 Spire Motorsports team beginning this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway.
Sparks, the competition director for the organization, will handle both roles following the departure of Rodney Childers. Spire and Childers confirmed they had mutually agreed to part ways earlier this week after nine races together in the NASCAR Cup Series. Childers and Haley earned one top-10 finish and sat 23rd in the championship standings.
Spire Motorsports and Childers acknowledged it “wasn’t working for either of us.”