NASCAR's Corey LaJoie: What to Know About the Driver of the 'Trump 2020' Car
Corey LaJoie was the talk of NASCAR this past weekend when fans noticed a decal that read 'Trump [...]
Son of NASCAR Legend
Corey LaJoie has racing in his blood as his father, Randy LaJoie, is a two-time winner of the NASCAR Busch Series (now the Xfinity Series). In his career, Randy LaJoie competed in 350 Busch Series races with 15 wins and 118 top 10 finishes.
prevnextNASCAR Debut
LaJoie made his NASCAR debut in 2013 when he competed in the Ford EcoBoost 300, which is an Xfinity Series race. He finished 33rd in the race, which was the final Xfinity Series race of the year. He only competed in 22 Xfinity Series races from 2013-2017 and posted two top-10 finishes.
prevnextFirst Cup Series Race
The first Cup Series race for LaJoie came in 2014 when he competed in the Sylvania 300. He finished 41st place, and it was one of two Cup Series races LaJoie competed in that year. LaJoie also raced in five Xfinity Series events in 2014 with one top-20 finish.
prevnextFirst Daytona 500
LaJoie competed in his first Dayton 500 in 2017 as a member of BK Racing and it was a solid performance as he finished 24th. When Lajoie qualified for the race, he was met with some controversy as he nudged Reed Sorenson's bumper which led to him wrecking the car and taking him out of the qualifying race, the Can-Am Duel.
prevnextBest Finish
In 2019, Lajoie had his best finish in a Cup Series race when he finished sixth in the Coke Zero Sugar 400. After the race, LaJoie said: "Sixth for us, no matter what the circumstance, is a good day. If you told me I could take a sixth-place finish before we even started I would have taken it to the bank and ran with it."
prevnextDaytona 500 Ray Newman Crash
LaJoie was part of the Ryan Newman crash at the Daytona 500 this year. After Ryan Blaney nudged Newman, LaJoie collided with Newman, which caused a massive wreck of Newman's car. After the race, LaJoie said: "My stomach dropped, and I thought I was going to puke."
prevnextTrump 2020 Car
Read about our new partnership with the Patriots of America PAC here:@POTUS | @realDonaldTrump | @CoreyLaJoie https://t.co/FEo9xEa4sm pic.twitter.com/phCaCMJlFC
— Go Fas Racing (@GoFasRacing32) July 1, 2020
This is what LaJoie will drive for the next nine races. In a press release, LaJoie said: "With an estimated 75 million NASCAR fans out there, I was surprised that about 15 million of those fans are not registered voters. "I will give my best effort to get NASCAR fans registered to vote, through our team efforts on and off the track. When they see the car, hopefully it makes them race to the polls in November."
prev