After a lot hypothesis and intrigue, Corey LaJoie has lastly revealed his 2025 plans. LaJoie joins a powerful record of open entries who will try to make the 67th working of the Daytona 500 subsequent month — a part of a partial season schedule he’ll drive with Rick Ware Racing.
Lajoie has run eight straight at Daytona (with a fourth-place end final yr), although it will mark the primary time since 2018 that he received’t be working full-time within the Cup Sequence.
The 33-year-old will pilot the No. 01 Ford Mustang for RWR in his ninth 500 try. (Enjoyable truth: the quantity 01 hasn’t been used within the Cup Sequence in practically 17 years.) DuraMAX and Take 5 Oil Change will sponsor the hassle.
LaJoie had another announcement to make as nicely, revealing that he’ll be a part of the published crew for Amazon Prime Video’s 5 NASCAR Cup races, working as a studio analyst throughout pre and post-race protection. LaJoie already hosts his personal podcast, Stacking Pennies — a nod to turning small victories into large triumphs. It has been the theme of LaJoie’s total profession, and the No. 01 is symbolic nod to that mantra.
The second-generation racer has pieced collectively a NASCAR profession by means of numerous lower-tier rides, beginning a complete of 272 Cup races since 2014. Lajoie acquired the chance to fill-in for Chase Elliott within the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet at Gateway in 2023. What might have been his large break did not go as deliberate, as Carson Hocevar — who was driving LaJoie’s common trip in his Cup debut — stole the highlight. LaJoie drove for Spire Motorsports final season, however related with RWR midseason when he swapped seats with Justin Haley.
It was a tough yr for LaJoie, who trailed his two teammates within the factors and went the other way up not as soon as, however twice in the course of the season. However 2025 seems to be a reset of types for him, with LaJoie hoping to stack just a few extra pennies, each on and off the monitor.
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