38 Facts About Corey LaJoie

Corey Daniel LaJoie was born on September 25,1991 and is an American professional stock car racing driver and analyst for NASCAR on Prime Video.

Corey LaJoie currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No 01 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Rick Ware Racing.

Corey LaJoie was formerly a development driver for Richard Petty Motorsports and JGL Racing.

Corey LaJoie started his racing career in 1996, competing in kart racing events; winning 19 times on both dirt and asphalt tracks.

Corey LaJoie moved in 2003 to the INEX Bandolero series, scoring twelve wins and winning the series' Summer Shootout Championship.

Corey 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.

Between 2007 and 2009, Corey LaJoie competed in the UARA-Stars Late Model Touring Series; scoring one win and ten top-ten finishes in 17 starts in the series.

Corey LaJoie remained in the series through the 2012 season, scoring his first win in the series in June 2012 at Bowman Gray Stadium; He scored four additional wins over the course of the season, finishing the year second in points.

Corey LaJoie, who had been named to the 2012 NASCAR Next class of up-and-coming drivers, entered the 2013 season with only a limited schedule planned, including selected NASCAR Nationwide Series races for Tommy Baldwin Racing, 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.

In November 2013, Corey LaJoie made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Homestead-Miami Speedway, driving the No 9 Ford for Richard Petty Motorsports.

Corey LaJoie was involved in an accident during the race and finished 34th.

In June 2014, Corey LaJoie joined Biagi-DenBeste Racing to drive five races, starting at Kentucky.

Corey LaJoie struggled in these races, crashing in three of them.

In September 2014, Corey LaJoie made his Sprint Cup Series debut in the Sylvania 300 at Loudon, racing for Randy Humphrey Racing.

Corey LaJoie returned to NASCAR in 2016 after leaving in 2014, driving the No 24 Toyota Camry for JGL Racing in the Xfinity Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

In 2017, Corey LaJoie returned to the Cup Series and signed with BK Racing, driving the No 83 Camry part-time.

In 2018, Corey LaJoie moved from BK Racing to TriStar Motorsports for a part-time schedule, splitting the No 72 with Cole Whitt.

Corey 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.

Corey LaJoie finished 18th after blowing a right-front tire just 20 laps into the race.

Corey LaJoie scored two top tens during the year with a sixth at Daytona's Coke Zero Sugar 400 and seventh at Talladega's 1000Bulbs.

Corey LaJoie returned to the No 32 for 2020 on a one-year contract extension.

Corey LaJoie moved to Spire Motorsports' No 7 on a multi-year agreement beginning in 2021.

Corey LaJoie missed the FireKeepers Casino 400 due to COVID-19 protocols; Corey LaJoie was close to a person testing positive for COVID-19 from his Stacking Pennies podcast studio while he was unvaccinated at the time.

At Atlanta, Corey LaJoie led a career-best 19 laps and was on his way to claiming his first career win with two laps to go when Chase Elliott overtook him and blocked him on the high side, causing him to brush the wall and spin before colliding with Kurt Busch and finishing the race in 21st place.

Corey LaJoie started the 2023 season with a 16th place finish at the 2023 Daytona 500.

Corey LaJoie showed huge improvement over the past season with more consistent top-20 and top-30 finishes.

Corey LaJoie finished 25th in the points standings, his highest points finish in his career, and was the only driver to not have had a single DNF throughout the 2023 season.

From 2020 to 2023, Corey LaJoie was represented by Athelo Group, a sports agency based out of Stamford, Connecticut.

On July 25, Corey LaJoie announced he was parting ways with Spire at the end of the 2024 season.

At Michigan the same year, Corey LaJoie would be involved in another flip.

Corey LaJoie made slight contact with Gragson's left rear, but enough to send Corey LaJoie into a spin.

Corey LaJoie became the first Cup Series driver to flip twice in one season since Rusty Wallace in 1993.

At Watkins Glen Corey LaJoie would make contact with Kyle Busch on lap 1 in the bus stop chicane causing a pileup but he would go on to run in the top 5 the majority of the race scoring yet another top 10 finish, fishing 8th.

On September 20,2024, it was announced that Corey LaJoie would move to the Rick Ware Racing No 51, while Justin Haley would replace him in the No 7 for the remainder of the 2024 season starting with Kansas.

On January 27,2025 it was announced Corey LaJoie would run a part-time schedule for RWR that year in the No 01 car, starting with the 2025 Daytona 500.

In Speedweeks Corey LaJoie raced himself into the race with a 6th place finish in Duel 2 and would start 12th in the 500, he would go on to stay up front nearly all race, leading the race with 8 laps to go and found himself in position to win the race leading the inside line going down the backstretch on the white flag in 3rd place, but would ultimately be taken out by an ill timed block by Cole Custer which set off the big one.

Corey LaJoie's father, Randy LaJoie, is a two-time NASCAR Busch Series champion, winning the series title in 1996 and 1997.

Corey LaJoie was a host of Motor Racing Network's Sunday Money podcast alongside Daryl Motte and MRN's Lauren Fox, talking about racing and current events; Corey LaJoie and Fox were classmates in high school.