Corey LaJoie

Corey Daniel LaJoie (born September 25, 1991), nicknamed SuperShoe, is an American professional stock car racing driver, crew chief, analyst for NASCAR on Prime Video, podcaster, and businessman. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 10 Ram 1500 for Kaulig Racing. LaJoie is the son of two-time Busch Series champion Randy LaJoie. He was formerly a development driver for Richard Petty Motorsports and JGL Racing.

Racing career

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

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

2012–2013 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. 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, and then in his next race at Pocono Raceway in August.

NASCAR

2013: Nationwide Series debut 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, LaJoie made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Homestead-Miami Speedway, driving the No. 9 Ford for Richard Petty Motorsports. He was involved in an accident during the race and finished 34th.

2014: Cup series debut 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.

2016: Return to NASCAR 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.

2017: BK Racing In 2017, LaJoie returned to the Cup Series and signed with BK Racing, driving the No. 83 Camry part-time. Trying to make the 2017 Daytona 500 as an Open team (without a charter, thus no starting spot guaranteed) with BK Racing, LaJoie was turning his first laps at Daytona International Speedway during the Can-Am Duels due to practice being rained out. 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 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" 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.

2018: TriStar Motorsports In 2018, LaJoie moved from BK Racing to TriStar Motorsports for a part-time schedule, splitting the No. 72 with Cole Whitt. 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. At year’s end, TriStar shut down, throwing LaJoie out of his part-time ride.

2019–2020: Go Fas Racing

LaJoie joined Go Fas Racing's No. 32 Ford in 2019. 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. He scored two top tens during the year with a sixth at Daytona's Coke Zero Sugar 400 and seventh at Talladega's 1000Bulbs.com 500.

He returned to the No. 32 for 2020 on a one-year contract extension. In the Daytona 500, LaJoie impacted an airborne Ryan Newman coming to the finish, denting LaJoie's windshield and knocking the wind out of him; LaJoie, who finished eighth, was ultimately uninjured while Newman was briefly hospitalized. On August 21, LaJoie announced that he will part ways with Go Fas Racing at the end of the 2020 season.

2021–2024: Spire Motorsports

LaJoie moved to Spire Motorsports' No. 7 on a multi-year agreement beginning in 2021. LaJoie missed the FireKeepers Casino 400 due to COVID-19 protocols; LaJoie was close to a person testing positive for COVID-19 from his Stacking Pennies podcast studio while he was unvaccinated at the time.

On March 15, 2022, crew chief Ryan Sparks was suspended for four races due to a tire and wheel loss during the 2022 Ruoff Mortgage 500 at Phoenix. At Atlanta, 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.

LaJoie started the 2023 season with a 16th-place finish at the 2023 Daytona 500. He showed huge improvement over the past season with more consistent top-20 and top-30 finishes. On May 30, LaJoie was announced as the substitute driver of the Hendrick Motorsports No. 9 at Gateway after Chase Elliott was suspended for one race for intentionally wrecking Denny Hamlin at Charlotte. Carson Hocevar filled in for the No. 7, making his Cup Series debut. He 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, LaJoie was represented by Athelo Group, a sports agency based out of Stamford, Connecticut. In 2024, he signed with KHI Management.

On April 21, 2024, at Talladega Superspeedway, LaJoie was attempting to avoid an accident on the last lap of the race through the tri-oval when he got turned by both Ryan Preece and Carson Hocevar after those two made contact, which shot them both up into LaJoie. LaJoie spun up the track into Josh Berry and ramped onto Berry's car, and LaJoie's car got turned over coming to the checkered flag, and LaJoie finished the race with his car on its side, scoring in 18th. A few feet after the line, LaJoie's car rolled over back onto its wheels. On July 25, LaJoie announced he was parting ways with Spire at the end of the 2024 season. At Michigan the same year, LaJoie would be involved in another flip. Going down the backstretch, LaJoie pulled to the inside of Noah Gragson to attempt a pass following several laps of intense racing between the two. LaJoie made slight contact with Gragson's left rear, but enough to send LaJoie into a spin. The car caught air on the apron of the track, blew over onto its roof, and slid upside down for some time. After glancing off the inside wall, the car continued to slide inverted until digging into the grass on the inside of turn 3, launching it into a barrel roll, before the car finally came to rest upright in the grass. Fortunately, LaJoie would climb out of his car unhurt. LaJoie became the first Cup Series driver to flip twice in one season since Rusty Wallace in 1993. The flip was the second in the same spot of that race weekend, following Kyle Sieg's in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race the preceding Saturday. Following LaJoie's incident, NASCAR implemented a new side air deflector for the upcoming Coke Zero Sugar 400. LaJoie would score a top-ten at Darlington, his first ever at a non-drafting track, in the regular season finale, but still finished outside of Playoff contention. The next week at Atlanta in the Playoff opener, LaJoie would finish 15th after narrowly avoiding a multi-car accident in turn 4 on the final lap. At Watkins Glen, 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-five the majority of the race, scoring yet another top-ten finish, finishing eighth. Lajoie’s final race with Spire would be at the Bristol night race, where he would DNF on lap 330 after getting loose in turn 2 and hitting the outside wall.

2024–2025: Rick Ware Racing; return to Spire

On September 20, 2024, it was announced that 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 LaJoie would run a part-time schedule for RWR that year in the No. 01 car (formerly No. 15), starting with the 2025 Daytona 500. In addition to that announcement, it was announced he, along with Danielle Trotta, would serve as analysts for Amazon Prime Video's coverage of the Cup Series season later in the year, as well as starting his Stacking Pennies Performance brand. In Speedweeks, LaJoie raced himself into the race with a sixth 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 eight 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 third place, but would ultimately be taken out by an ill timed block by Cole Custer which set off the big one.

On June 2, 2025, it was announced that LaJoie would return to Spire Motorsports to run nine Craftsman Truck Series races later that season. LaJoie drove Spire's No. 07 to a fifth-place finish at Michigan. On August 11, 2025 Spire announced that LaJoie would drive their No. 77 for the rest of the season starting at Richmond after Andrés Pérez de Lara departed to join Niece Motorsports. LaJoie would once again finish fifth at Richmond.

2026: RFK Racing and Kaulig Racing

On January 8, 2026, it was revealed that LaJoie would replace Brad Keselowski in the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium, after Keselowski suffered a broken leg during a skiing trip a month prior. Two weeks after the announcement, it was announced that LaJoie would attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500, in the No. 99 car, the first time that number was used by RFK since 2016.

In his Duel race, RFK dominated the majority of the race, seeking to help LaJoie clinch among the "Open" cars, as he had not qualified for the race. Unfortunately for LaJoie, a last-lap wreck would end his chances of making the race.

In the Craftsman Truck Series, LaJoie ran in the No. 25 RAM for Kaulig Racing at Darlington. LaJoie was scheduled to run Rockingham in the No. 25, until it was announced he would pilot the No. 10 for the rest of the season, replacing Daniel Dye, who was suspended and released from Kaulig.

Personal life LaJoie is a Christian. His father, Randy LaJoie, is a two-time NASCAR Busch Series champion, winning the series title in 1996 and 1997.

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; LaJoie and Fox were classmates in high school. In 2021, he began hosting his own podcast Stacking Pennies on NASCAR.com.

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 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 NHA41 DOV KAN CLT35 TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 70th 01 2017 BK Racing 83 Toyota DAY24 ATL34 LVS39 PHO38 CAL30 MAR28 TEX32 BRI24 RCH32 TAL27 KAN27 CLT32 DOV POC28 MCH30 SON BRI28 RCH29 51st 02 23 DAY11 KEN NHA31 IND40 POC25 GLN33 MCH31 DAR28 CHI36 NHA27 DOV34 CLT28 TAL KAN27 MAR33 TEX39 PHO31 HOM31 2018 TriStar Motorsports 72 Chevy DAY40 ATL LVS PHO37 CAL MAR TEX BRI25 RCH TAL DOV38 KAN24 CLT26 POC MCH27 SON CHI34 DAY31 KEN31 NHA27 POC39 GLN MCH40 BRI34 DAR27 IND27 LVS16 RCH32 ROV DOV30 TAL32 KAN34 MAR TEX40 PHO HOM34 34th 144 2019 Go Fas Racing 32 Ford DAY18 ATL29 LVS27 PHO26 CAL31 MAR33 TEX28 BRI34 RCH26 TAL11 DOV29 KAN22 CLT12 POC36 MCH23 SON32 CHI30 DAY6 KEN28 NHA23 POC26 GLN34 MCH21 BRI24 DAR36 IND19 LVS28 RCH29 ROV27 DOV28 TAL7 KAN28 MAR18 TEX38 PHO35 HOM31 29th 401 2020 DAY8 LVS16 CAL29 PHO27 DAR31 DAR24 CLT23 CLT19 BRI32 ATL27 MAR18 HOM29 TAL16 POC23 POC21 IND39 KEN28 TEX16 KAN21 NHA35 MCH22 MCH22 DRC32 DOV29 DOV23 DAY21 DAR37 RCH27 BRI33 LVS27 TAL28 ROV27 KAN23 TEX25 MAR25 PHO38 30th 408 2021 Spire Motorsports 7 Chevy DAY9 DRC31 HOM36 LVS37 PHO27 ATL29 BRD38 MAR37 RCH21 TAL22 KAN27 DAR22 DOV26 COA20 CLT19 SON18 NSH15 POC36 POC23 ROA21 ATL22 NHA23 GLN24 IRC16 MCH DAY16 DAR15 RCH29 BRI26 LVS30 TAL22 ROV35 TEX20 KAN25 MAR21 PHO32 29th 448 2022 DAY14 CAL28 LVS15 PHO36 ATL5 COA36 RCH31 MAR32 BRD19 TAL14 DOV18 DAR35 KAN19 CLT35 GTW36 SON34 NSH20 ROA34 ATL21 NHA32 POC19 IRC18 MCH19 RCH28 GLN27 DAY30 DAR24 KAN33 BRI15 TEX14 TAL35 ROV12 LVS24 HOM23 MAR21 PHO18 31st 466 2023 DAY16 CAL14 LVS20 PHO26 ATL4 COA11 RCH21 BRD30 MAR26 TAL25 DOV14 KAN20 DAR24 CLT17 SON20 NSH20 CSC14 ATL31 NHA33 POC27 RCH32 MCH15 IRC29 GLN20 DAY10 DAR22 KAN22 BRI25 TEX26 TAL4 ROV17 LVS19 HOM20 MAR22 PHO31 25th 603 Hendrick Motorsports 9 Chevy GTW21 2024 Spire Motorsports 7 Chevy DAY4 ATL13 LVS32 PHO33 BRI21 COA24 RCH36 MAR32 TEX22 TAL18 DOV21 KAN26 DAR16 CLT35 GTW32 SON11 IOW21 NHA23 NSH20 CSC27 POC19 IND14 RCH34 MCH32 DAY34 DAR9 ATL15 GLN8 BRI36 33rd 489 Rick Ware Racing 51 Ford KAN15 TAL18 ROV37 LVS14 HOM35 MAR35 PHO32 2025 01 DAY22 ATL38 COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI34 TAL TEX KAN CLT NSH MCH MXC POC ATL39 CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN RCH DAY DAR GTW BRI NHA KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 52nd 01 2026 RFK Racing 99 Ford DAYDNQ ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN CLT NSH MCH POC COR SON CHI ATL NWS IND IOW RCH NHA DAY DAR GTW BRI KAN LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

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 2021 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 16 9 2022 24 14 2023 12 16 2024 29 4 2025 Rick Ware Racing Ford 12 22 2026 RFK Racing Ford DNQ

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 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 HOM34 84th 10 2014 Biagi-DenBeste Racing 98 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN16 DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN26 CLT24 TEX32 PHO HOM37 106th 01 2016 JGL Racing 24 Toyota DAY ATL23 LVS19 PHO CAL18 TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY30 KEN NHA37 IND IOW GLN MOH BRI10 ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV6 CLT KAN TEX23 PHO33 HOM35 31st 177 2017 DAY ATL16 LVS PHO CAL18 TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV15 CLT17 KAN TEX PHO22 HOM15 58th 232

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman 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 23 24 25 Pts Ref 2014 RBR Enterprises 92 Ford DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN17 IOW ELD POC MCH BRI10 MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 48th 61 2023 Spire Motorsports 7 Chevy DAY23* LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR16 NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 106th 01 2024 DAY20 ATL LVS BRI COA MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR PHO 87th 01 2025 07 DAY ATL LVS HOM MAR BRI CAR TEX KAN NWS CLT NSH MCH5 POC LRP IRP GLN 24th 282 77 RCH5 DAR20 BRI9 NHA8 ROV18 TAL8 MAR5 PHO7 2026 Henderson Motorsports 75 Chevy DAY34 ATL STP -* -* Kaulig Racing 25 Ram DAR21 10 CAR7 BRI29 TEX25 GLN12 DOV8 CLT12 NSH22 MCH29 COR35 LRP28 NWS29 IRP24 RCH21 NHA15 BRI KAN CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM

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

ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Menards 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 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 CAR23 73rd 365 2013 Randy LaJoie Racing 17 Ford DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH ROA WIN CHI1 NJE POC1 BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW4 SLM KEN1* KAN25 22nd 1295 2023 Spraker Racing Enterprises 63 Chevy DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH IRP GLN15 ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 91st 31

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 Pts Ref 2009 Randy LaJoie Racing 07 Ford GRE TRI IOW SBO GLN NHA TMP19 ADI LRP DOV3 34th 341 Marsh Racing 36 Chevy NHA31 2010 Randy LaJoie Racing 07 Ford GREDNQ SBO NHA8 LRP LEE JFC NHA13 DOV2 21st 668 70 IOW4 MAR 2011 07 GRE20 SBO29 RCH3 BGS2 LGY8 COL17 GRE13 8th 1548 Dodge IOW20 JFC5 NHA3 NHA6 DOV30 2012 Ford BRI22 GRE2 RCH3 IOW14 BGS1* JFC4 LGY1 CNB23 COL17 IOW1* NHA2 GRE1 2nd 522 Toyota DOV1 CAR2 2013 Ford BRI GRE FIF RCH31 54th 35 Spraker Racing 37 Chevy BGS22 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 DOV7 44th 37 2016 Ranier Racing with MDM 41 Chevy NSM MOB GRE BRI VIR DOM STA COL NHA1 IOW GLN GRE NJM DOV 43rd 47

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 16 17 18 Pts Ref 2012 Randy LaJoie Racing 17 Chevy TMP STA27 MON STA WAT NHA STA TMP BRI TMP RIV NHA STA TMP 51st 17 2015 Rob Fuller Motorsports 15 Chevy TMP28 STA WAT STA TMP14 RIV NHA MON STA TMP BRI RIV NHA STA TMP 45th 46 2022 Michelle Davini 17 NSM RCH RIV LEE JEN MND RIV WAL NHA9 CLM TMP LGY OSW RIV TMP 41st 83 Mike Curb 53 MAR1* 2023 Rob Fuller 1 NSM RCH MON RIV LEE SEE RIV WAL NHA7 LMP THO LGY OSW MON RIV NWS THO MAR 69th 32 2025 Mike Curb 77 Chevy NSM THO NWS14 SEE RIV WMM LMP MON MON THO RCH5 OSW NHA RIV THO MAR 44th 70

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 Pts Ref 2010 Roger Hill 19 Pontiac ATL1 CRW SBO CRW BGS BRI CRW LGY TRI CLT 28th 185 2011 Glenn Ryerson 71 Chevy CRW HCY SBO CRW CRW6 BGS BRI9 CRW LGY THO TRI CRW CLT CRW 26th 288 2012 Randy LaJoie Racing 17 Chevy CRW CRW SBO CRW21 CRW BGS BRI 30th 57 Phillip Smith 1 Ford LGY12* THO CRW CLT

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts Ref 2025 KP Speed Motorsports 12 Chevy AAS WCS CDL OCS ACE NWS28 LGY DOM CRW HCY AND FLC SBO TCM NWS 97th 14

CARS Super Late Model Tour (key) CARS Super Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Ref 2018 Fat Head Racing 07 Ford MYB NSH6 ROU7 HCY BRI AND HCY ROU SBO 35th 26