Column: Spire is a key player in NASCAR's charter game. A new revenue model should reward all teams
Nobody wanted a charter back in 2018, when Barney Visser wanted to sell the most valuable current franchise in NASCAR. Visser had won the 2017 Cup Series title with Furniture Row Racing and Martin Truex Jr. A heart attack followed by bypass surgery kept Visser from the final two races of the year, when Furniture Row became the first single-car team since 1992 to win a championship. Visser couldn't find any takers for the charter he'd purchased from NASCAR under a new revenue model designed to give race teams something tangible for their participation, so he asked Spire Sports + Ent...