Corey LaJoie

Corey Daniel LaJoie (born September 25, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 32 Ford Mustang for Go Fas Racing. LaJoie is the son of two-time NASCAR Busch Series champion Randy LaJoie. He was formerly a development driver for Richard Petty Motorsports.

Corey LaJoie
LaJoie at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2019
Born	Corey Daniel LaJoie (1991-09-25) September 25, 1991 Charlotte, North Carolina
NASCAR Cup Series career
116 races run over 5 years
Car no., team	No. 32 (Go Fas Racing)
2019 position	29th
Best finish	29th (2019)
First race	2014 Sylvania 300 (Loudon)
Last race	2020 Go Bowling 235 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 3 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
22 races run over 4 years
2017 position	58th
Best finish	31st (2016)
First race	2013 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Last race	2017 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
2014 position	48th
Best finish	48th (2014)
First race	2014 UNOH 225 (Kentucky)
Last race	2014 UNOH 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics current as of August 16, 2020.

Racing career

LaJoie started his racing career in 1996, competing in kart racing events; winning 19 times on both dirt and asphalt tracks. He moved in 2003 to the INEX Bandolero series, scoring twelve wins and winning the series' Summer Shootout Championship. LaJoie began racing Legends cars in 2005, and in 2006 moved to the Aaron's Pro Challenge Series, where he won 10 of 12 races that year.[1]

LaJoie's No. 07 NASCAR Camping World East Series car at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in 2009

Between 2007 and 2009, LaJoie competed in the UARA-Stars Late Model Touring Series; scoring one win and ten top-ten finishes in 17 starts in the series.[1] In 2009, he made his debut in the NASCAR Camping World East Series at Thompson Speedway;[2] LaJoie remained in the series through the 2012 season, scoring his first win in the series in June 2012 at Bowman-Gray Stadium;[3] He scored four additional wins over the course of the season, finishing the year second in points.[4]

LaJoie, who had been named to the 2012 NASCAR Next class of up-and-coming drivers,[5] entered the 2013 season with only a limited schedule planned, including selected NASCAR Nationwide Series races for Tommy Baldwin Racing,[6] however in June it was announced that he had signed with Richard Petty Motorsports as a development driver, with plans to run in the Nationwide Series later that year.[7] In addition, LaJoie ran a limited schedule in the ARCA Racing Series in the second half of 2013, winning his first start of the year, and second career start, at Chicagoland Speedway in July,[8] and then in his next race at Pocono Raceway in August.[9]

In November 2013, it was announced that LaJoie would make his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Homestead-Miami Speedway that month, driving the No. 9 Ford for Richard Petty Motorsports.[10] He was involved in an accident during the race and finished 34th.

In June 2014, LaJoie joined Biagi-DenBeste Racing to drive five races, starting at Kentucky. LaJoie struggled in these races, crashing in three of them. In September 2014, LaJoie made his Sprint Cup Series debut in the Sylvania 300 at Loudon, racing for Randy Humphrey Racing.[11]

LaJoie returned to NASCAR in 2016, driving the No. 24 Toyota Camry for JGL Racing in the Xfinity Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway.[12]

In 2017, LaJoie returned to the Cup Series and signed with BK Racing, driving the No. 83 Camry part-time.[13] LaJoie made the Daytona 500 controversially, as he got into the left rear of Reed Sorenson about halfway through the first Can-Am Duel, which resulted in Sorenson hitting the inside wall and retiring from the race. Many were led to believe that LaJoie wrecked Sorenson on purpose to get into the 500, although LaJoie denied doing so. LaJoie initially competed for points in the Cup series with BK Racing but switched to Xfinity at the last race.

In 2018, LaJoie moved from BK Racing to TriStar Motorsports for a part-time schedule, splitting the No. 72 with Cole Whitt.[14] LaJoie entered the 2018 season with high hopes in the Daytona 500, and qualified 32nd for the 500, but unfortunately blew an engine on lap nine. He made his second start for the team at ISM Raceway in March, once again blowing an engine early in the race. In the Coca-Cola 600, LaJoie went as high as eighth but finished 26th.

LaJoie practicing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway

LaJoie joined Go Fas Racing's No. 32 Ford in 2019.[15] For the 2019 Daytona 500, Go Fas Racing made headlines by placing a picture of LaJoie's face on the No. 32 car as part of Old Spice's sponsorship. LaJoie finished 18th after blowing a right-front tire just 20 laps into the race.[16][17]

Controversies

After an October 15. 2013 tweet that some deemed racially stereotypical, NASCAR put LaJoie on indefinite probation and required him to go through sensitivity training.[18][19]

Trying to make the 2017 Daytona 500 as an Open team with BK Racing (no starting spot guaranteed), LaJoie was turning his first laps at Daytona International Speedway during the Can-Am Duels due to practice being rained out.[20] Trailing Reed Sorenson, the only other Open driver, with under fifteen laps to go, LaJoie spun out Sorenson in the tri-oval, ensuring himself a spot in the 500[21] and making Paul Menard start at the back of the field as Menard was also involved in the crash and had to start in a backup car. After the race, LaJoie said that "I do feel bad"[22] and that "if that was my mom, I'd probably spin her out to make the Daytona 500 too." Sorenson was incensed after the incident, calling the crash "moronic" and "pretty crappy" while saying that LaJoie could have hurt somebody with reckless driving.[23]

Personal life

LaJoie is a Christian.[24] His father, Randy LaJoie, is a two-time NASCAR Busch Series champion, winning the series title in 1996 and 1997.[25] LaJoie is a host of Motor Racing Network's "Sunday Money" podcast, talking about racing and current events.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NCSC	Pts	Ref
2014	Randy Humphrey Racing	77	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA 41	DOV	KAN	CLT 35	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	70th	0^1	[26]
2017	BK Racing	83	Toyota	DAY 24	ATL 34	LVS 39	PHO 38	CAL 30	MAR 28	TEX 32	BRI 24	RCH 32	TAL 27	KAN 27	CLT 32	DOV	POC 28	MCH 30	SON								BRI 28		RCH 29											51st	0^2	[27]
		23																		DAY 11	KEN	NHA 31	IND 40	POC 25	GLN 33	MCH 31		DAR 28		CHI 36	NHA 27	DOV 34	CLT 28	TAL	KAN 27	MAR 33	TEX 39	PHO 31	HOM 31
2018	TriStar Motorsports	72	Chevy	DAY 40	ATL	LVS	PHO 37	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI 25	RCH	TAL	DOV 38	KAN 24	CLT 26	POC	MCH 27	SON	CHI 34	DAY 31	KEN 31	NHA 27	POC 39	GLN	MCH 40	BRI 34	DAR 27	IND 27	LVS 16	RCH 32	CLT	DOV 30	TAL 32	KAN 34	MAR	TEX 40	PHO	HOM 34	34th	144	[28]
2019	Go Fas Racing	32	Ford	DAY 18	ATL 29	LVS 27	PHO 26	CAL 31	MAR 33	TEX 28	BRI 34	RCH 26	TAL 11	DOV 29	KAN 22	CLT 12	POC 36	MCH 23	SON 32	CHI 30	DAY 6	KEN 28	NHA 23	POC 26	GLN 34	MCH 21	BRI 24	DAR 36	IND 19	LVS 28	RCH 29	CLT 27	DOV 28	TAL 7	KAN 28	MAR 18	TEX 38	PHO 35	HOM 31	29th	401	[29]
2020				DAY 8	LVS 16	CAL 29	PHO 27	DAR 31	DAR 24	CLT 23	CLT 19	BRI 32	ATL 27	MAR 18	HOM 29	TAL 16	POC 23	POC 21	IND 39	KEN 28	TEX 16	KAN 21	NHA 35	MCH 22	MCH 22	DAY 32	DOV	DOV	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	-*	-*	[30]

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2017	BK Racing	Toyota	31	24
2018	TriStar Motorsports	Chevrolet	32	40
2019	Go Fas Racing	Ford	32	18
2020			36	8

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2013	Richard Petty Motorsports	9	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM 34	84th	10	[31]
2014	Biagi-DenBeste Racing	98	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN 16	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN 26	CLT 24	TEX 32	PHO	HOM 37	106th	0^1	[32]
2016	JGL Racing	24	Toyota	DAY	ATL 23	LVS 19	PHO	CAL 18	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY 30	KEN	NHA 37	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI 10	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV 6	CLT	KAN	TEX 23	PHO 33	HOM 35	31st	177	[33]
2017				DAY	ATL 16	LVS	PHO	CAL 18	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV 15	CLT 17	KAN	TEX	PHO 22	HOM 15	58th	23^2	[34]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2014	RBR Enterprises	92	Ford	DAY	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	KEN 17	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI 10	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	48th	61	[35]

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
2009	Randy LaJoie Racing	07	Ford	GRE	TRI	IOW	SBO	GLN	NHA	TMP 19	ADI	LRP		DOV 3				34th	341	[36]
	Marsh Racing	36	Chevy										NHA 31
2010	Randy LaJoie Racing	07	Ford	GRE DNQ	SBO			NHA 8	LRP	LEE	GRE	NHA 13	DOV 2					21st	668	[37]
		70				IOW 4	MAR
2011		07		GRE 20	SBO 29	RCH 3		BGS 2		LGY 8		COL 17	GRE 13					8th	1548	[38]
			Dodge				IOW 20		GRE 5		NHA 3			NHA 6	DOV 30
2012			Ford	BRI 22	GRE 2	RCH 3	IOW 14	BGS 1*	GRE 4	LGY 1	CNB 23	COL 17	IOW 1*	NHA 2		GRE 1		2nd	522	[39]
			Toyota												DOV 1		CAR 2
2013			Ford	BRI	GRE	PEN	RCH 31											54th	35	[40]
	Spraker Racing	37	Chevy					BGS 22	IOW	LGY	COL	IOW	VIR	GRE	NHA	DOV	RAL
2015	Precision Performance Motorsports	12	Toyota	NSM	GRE	BRI	IOW	BGS	LGY	COL	NHA	IOW	GLN	MOT	VIR	RCH	DOV 7	44th	37	[41]
2016	Ranier Racing with MDM	41	Chevy	NSM	MOB	GRE	BRI	VIR	DOM	STA	COL	NHA 1	IOW	GLN	GRE	NJM	DOV	43rd	47	[42]

Whelen Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results
Year	Car owner	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	NWMTC	Pts	Ref
2012	Randy LaJoie Racing	17	Chevy	TMP	STA 27	MON	STA	WAT	NHA	STA	TMP	BRI	TMP	RIV	NHA	STA	TMP		51st	17	[43]
2015	Rob Fuller Motorsports	15	Chevy	TMP 28	STA	WAT	STA	TMP 14	RIV	NHA	MON	STA	TMP	BRI	RIV	NHA	STA	TMP	45th	46	[44]

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour results
Year	Car owner	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NSWMTC	Pts	Ref
2010	Roger Hill	19	Pontiac	ATL 1	CRW	SBO	CRW	BGS	BRI	CRW	LGY	TRI	CLT					28th	185	[45]
2011	Glenn Ryerson	71	Chevy	CRW	HCY	SBO	CRW	CRW 6	BGS	BRI 9	CRW	LGY	THO	TRI	CRW	CLT	CRW	26th	288	[46]
2012	Randy LaJoie Racing	17	Chevy	CRW	CRW	SBO	CRW 21	CRW	BGS	BRI								30th	57	[47]
	Phillip Smith	1	Ford								LGY 12*	THO	CRW	CLT

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points
² LaJoie began the 2017 season racing for Cup Series points but switched to Xfinity Series points before the race at Homestead–Miami Speedway

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2009	Kevin Harvick Inc.	33	Chevy	DAY	SLM	CAR	TAL	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	MFD	IOW	KEN	BLN	POC	ISF	CHI	TOL	DSF	NJE	SLM	KAN	CAR 23	73rd	365	[48]
2013	Randy LaJoie Racing	17	Ford	DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH	ROA	WIN	CHI 1	NJE	POC 1	BLN	ISF	MAD	DSF	IOW 4	SLM	KEN 1*	KAN 25	22nd	1295	[49]

References

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External links

• Corey LaJoie driver statistics at Racing-Reference