[autotag]Live Fast Motorsports[/autotag] joined the NASCAR Cup Series for the 2021 season after acquiring a charter from Go Fas Racing. B.J. McLeod, co-owner of Live Fast Motorsports, drove the No. 78 car for a majority of the year and that transitioned into 2022 and 2023. However, the organization sold its charter for around $40 million to Spire Motorsports beginning in 2024.
Yet, this doesn’t mean that Live Fast Motorsports will be disappearing. McLeod was open to questions during a media availability on November 14th and gave a pretty substantial update on the organization’s future. For those who want to see McLeod behind the wheel, this is a positive response.
“We’re still going to be in [the NASCAR Cup Series] part-time,” McLeod said. “I’m looking to run the [superspeedways] because we’re competitive there and then if we can put a driver in for the road courses. We showed great speed at the road courses this year with Josh Bilicki. He ran exceptionally well and that’s something that we’re looking forward in trying to put together.”
Unlike other NASCAR teams that leave the sport after selling a charter, Live Fast Motorsports appears to be continuing its operations into the 2024 season. The NASCAR organization will be forced to become an open team due to the move but it is good to see it continue. Now, the 2024 Daytona 500 has at least 37 entries with McLeod being one of them in the No. 78 car.
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