Fox Nation revs up for Daytona 500 with sponsorship of underdog racing team, new streamable special

Landon Cassill discusses his long journey towards becoming a professional racecar driver in the Fox Nation docuseries ‘Road to Daytona.’

As drivers rev their engines and grease their wheels ahead of the NASCAR's Daytona 500, Fox Nation is looking to enter the race and promote its new "Road to Daytona" docuseries by sponsoring the gritty 26-man racing team known as Spire Motorsports.

A David to NASCAR’s Goliath, Spire Motorsports boasts one of the smallest rosters in the league competing against teams of almost 300. But, don’t let this underdog crew of men and women fool you. What they lack in manpower, they make up for in teamwork and state-of-the-art technical prowess.

Due to the introduction of the Next-Gen Car, this team now has the capabilities to do what was previously impossible in the NASCAR Cup Series: compete against the teams with massive manufacturing pipelines and budgets who have dominated the sport for decades. 

NASCAR IS MAKING THIS CHANGE TO THE 2022 DAYTONA 500

Driver Landon Cassill inspects his vehicle during a NASCAR event.  (Fox Nation )

"It makes a team like Spire have a business model where, in three years, we feel like we can be a top 15 Cup team. With this car, that's possible," said Kevin Bellicourt, the team’s crew chief, of the new racecar.

Fox Nation will be sponsoring racer Landon Cassill with a custom car wrap for Spire Motorsports’ Number 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. The sponsorship will be a part of FOX’s larger effort to promote the newly released "Road to Daytona" four-part special. The first two episodes are available to stream here now.

The first episode, aptly titled "Spire Motorsports," follows the team as they discuss their strategy and the enormous task of punching up against NASCAR’s