LaJoie, who competes full-time in Cup driving Spire Motorsport’s No. 7 Chevrolet, may even compete within the Feb. 16 Truck Sequence opener competing with Spire’s No. 7 crew.
The No. 7 Truck crew is operating full-time this season with a wide range of drivers, with LaJoie more likely to have essentially the most begins. The rest of the motive force schedule shall be introduced at a later date.
Veteran crew chief Brian Pattie will lead the crew. The entry shall be sponsored by Bluegreen Holidays.
“We’ve been working with Bluegreen Holidays now for 4 years so it’s thrilling to proceed to develop that partnership,” mentioned LaJoie. “Bluegreen sponsors the Duals on Thursday evening, so it’s vital we do a great job for them as a result of they’ve such an enormous presence throughout Speedweek at Daytona.”
LaJoie competed in final yr’s Truck season opener, began fifth and led a race-high 19 laps however ended up twenty third when the race was minimize quick by rain.
Corey LaJoie, Spire Motorsports, Schluter Methods Chevrolet Silverado
Picture by: Ben Earp / NKP / Motorsport Photographs
“I knew the rain was coming – I used to be making an attempt to play protection – and I simply missed protecting Zane Smith. That was the distinction,” LaJoie mentioned of final yr’s run. “I bought shuffled out of the lead and it began raining two-three laps later and so they known as the race.
“I believed we had a adequate truck to take the win, so I used to be irritated about that. I’m nonetheless irritated about that, so I’m glad I get an opportunity to do it once more this yr.”
LaJoie, 32, is coming off his finest season within the Cup collection. He had two top-five, and three top-10 finishes and ended up a career-best twenty fifth within the collection standings. His finest finishes had been a pair of fourth place finishes at Atlanta and Talladega.
LaJoie signed a multi-year contract extension with Spire late final season.
