Corey LaJoie and Spire Motorsports are back together again. However, they’re not teaming up in the NASCAR Cup Series, where LaJoie last competed for the organization.
They’re instead joining forces in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series — where LaJoie has also previously raced for Spire, but not nearly as much.
LaJoie, who drove a Spire Motorsports Cup Series car from 2021 through last September, will wheel the company’s No. 07 Chevrolet truck starting this weekend.
After racing on Saturday at Michigan International Speedway, LaJoie will jump back in the vehicle for eight of the season’s final 12 truck races.
The main objective?
Help the group capture an owner’s championship. But he’s also just excited to be behind the wheel with his old team. And the feeling is mutual.
Corey LaJoie Not Laying Down Microphone Before Getting In A Truck
Without a full-time NASCAR Cup Series ride for this season, Corey LaJoie has competed infrequently in NASCAR’s premier division.
How infrequently?
The son of two-time NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Randy LaJoie has entered only three Cup Series events — all in the No. 01 car of lowly Rick Ware Racing.
The past two weekends, LaJoie has been busy — but not because of his own racing endeavors. Rather, he’s been part of the NASCAR broadcast team for Prime Video’s debut Cup Series coverage that began at the Coca-Cola 600. LaJoie will continue in that role for the remaining three races of Prime Video’s five-race stint.
Meanwhile, he is extremely eager to turn laps with his former team. And it doesn’t have to be in NASCAR Cup Series competition. LaJoie just wants to race whatever he can.
He’ll do so again, in only a few days.
“I’m looking forward to getting back in the seat and chasing some NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series wins,” LaJoie said. “I put in a lot of work in the early days to help shape Spire Motorsports. And I still have some friends that have been there since Day One. So, it’ll be good to see them.”
The truck LaJoie will be in earned a victory in the fourth race of 2025 when 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champ Kyle Larson prevailed at Homestead-Miami Speedway. So, it’s a vehicle clearly capable of winning.
“The No. 07 team has been bringing some fast trucks to the track this year and are looking for a spot in the owner’s playoffs,” LaJoie said. “It’ll be nice to have some consistency with the team to get acclimated to these vehicles, chase some wins and, hopefully, a Craftsman Truck Series owner’s championship.”
How Did Corey LaJoie And Spire Motorsports Come About Reuniting?
Corey LaJoie has made only five career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts but logged three of them in Spire Motorsports equipment.
LaJoie entered his most recent truck race for Spire in February 2024 at Daytona International Speedway, where he qualified third. He led five laps in the race before being swallowed up in a last-lap, multi-vehicle accident.
In three-plus years as a NASCAR Cup Series driver for Spire Motorsports, LaJoie posted eight top-10s — including four top-fives.
Understandably, when the Spire Motorsports leadership team needed someone to jump in their No. 07 Chevrolet truck for a few upcoming races, LaJoie was their first choice.
“While discussing our best path to bring Spire our first Craftsman Truck Series championship and describing what we needed in a driver, the driver we were all talking about without saying his name was Corey LaJoie,” Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson said. “So, when I ran into Corey in the motorhome lot one morning earlier this spring, I asked him what he thought about coming home and doing this.”
LaJoie happily accepted the invitation. Dickerson, whose organization is now more competitive than ever, felt like he owed LaJoie the chance to go racing again for Spire Motorsports.
“He is synonymous with what we’ve built here over the last few years and deserves this opportunity,” Dickerson said. “I’m looking forward to getting him in the truck at Michigan to work out some kinks and start getting a game plan together for the playoffs.”
