Corey LaJoie

Background

Son of two-time National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Busch Series champion Randy LaJoie, he was a development driver for Richard Petty Motorsports.

Career

He currently competes in the Xfinity Series, driving the Number. 24 Toyota Camry for JGL Racing. 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, who had been named to the 2012 National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Next class of up-and-coming drivers, entered the 2013 season with only a limited schedule planned, including selected National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing 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 addition, LaJoie ran a limited schedule in the Associate of the Royal College of Art 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. In November 2013, it was announced that LaJoie would make his National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Nationwide Series debut at Homestead-Miami Speedway that month, driving the Number.

9 Ford for Richard Petty Motorsports.

He was involved in an accident during the race and finished 34th. In September 2014, LaJoie entered the Sylvania 300 at Loudon, racing for Randy Humphrey Racing. LaJoie returned to National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing in 2016, driving the Number.

24 Toyota Camry for JGL Racing in the Xfinity Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

On October 23, 2013, LaJoie was placed on indefinite probation and instructed to attend sensitivity training by National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing after making a tweet suggesting that the TSA perform a body cavity search on a man wearing a turban.

Achievements

• 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 on win and ten top-ten finishes in 17 starts in the series. In 2009, he made his debut in the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Camping World East Series, now the K&North Pro Series East, at Thompson Speedway. 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.