[autotag]Corey LaJoie[/autotag]’s journey with [autotag]Spire Motorsports[/autotag] will come to an end after the championship race at Phoenix Raceway. During the Olympic break, Spire Motorsports revealed that LaJoie will not return to the No. 7 Cup car in 2025. Throughout the 2024 NASCAR season, LaJoie has struggled as he sits behind teammate Carson Hocevar in the point standings.
LaJoie discussed leaving Spire Motorsports on his podcast, Stacking Pennies with Corey LaJoie, and admitted that some of his mistakes didn’t allow the team to maximize its performance. The driver of the No. 7 car wishes he could have seen it through with Spire Motorsports.
“I do hate that we weren’t able to see it through; we weren’t able to kind of adjust the No. 7 team and kind of turn the right knobs to get performance where we needed it,” LaJoie said. “Also, I made too many mistakes behind the wheel this year. There were several that took us out of contention for some good results.”
“Corey LaJoie has been a cornerstone of Spire Motorsports since 2021 and it would be impossible to overstate what he’s meant to this organization.”
– Jeff Dickerson, Co-Owner, Spire Motorsports
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— Spire Motorsports (@SpireMotorsport) July 25, 2024
“It’s onward and upward. I don’t know what the next step is. It’s been a unique situation with all the variables that are in play, but nonetheless, I am at peace with it. I’m excited about what the next chapter holds, and I’m pretty motivated to still be the first one that puts a win banner on the wall at [Spire Motorsports] and a trophy in the trophy case on the [NASCAR Cup Series] side there and continue to finish this thing strong the last 14 races.”
LaJoie’s future is unknown, but he still has 14 races left with the No. 7 team at Spire Motorsports. There will be plenty of talk about whether LaJoie should move down to the lower ranks of NASCAR, and while it is important, he must finish the 2024 season strong. It’s disappointing for LaJoie, but there’s still time to maximize the No. 7 team.
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