Corey LaJoie enters Daytona 500, joins Amazon’s NASCAR broadcast

After a lot hypothesis and intrigue, Corey LaJoie has lastly revealed his 2025 plans. LaJoie joins a formidable record of open entries who will try and 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 reality: the quantity 01 hasn’t been used within the Cup Sequence in almost 17 years.) DuraMAX and Take 5 Oil Change will sponsor the trouble.

LaJoie had another announcement to make as properly, revealing that he’ll be part of the published group 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 massive triumphs. It has been the theme of LaJoie’s whole profession, and the No. 01 is symbolic nod to that mantra.

The second-generation racer has pieced collectively a NASCAR profession by numerous lower-tier rides, beginning a complete of 272 Cup races since 2014. Lajoie received the chance to fill-in for Chase Elliott within the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet at Gateway in 2023. What might have been his massive break did not go as deliberate, as Carson Hocevar — who was driving LaJoie’s traditional trip in his Cup debut — stole the highlight. LaJoie drove for Spire Motorsports final season, however linked with RWR midseason when he swapped seats with Justin Haley.

It was a troublesome yr for LaJoie, who trailed his two teammates within the factors and went the other way up not as soon as, however twice through the season. However 2025 seems to be a reset of kinds for him, with LaJoie hoping to stack a number of extra pennies, each on and off the observe.