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<\/p>\nCorey Lajoie says he is starting to consider what life after active competition in NASCAR looks like for him.<\/p>\n
The comments were made on Tuesday in the latest episode of the Stacking Pennies podcast he co-hosts with pit crew veteran Ryan Flores.<\/p>\n
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Lajoie, the son of two-time Busch Series champion Randy, has pursued his own racing career for much of the past decade-plus and raced in the Cup Series from 2017-to-2024. His full-time tenure came to a close after last season when Spire Motorsports released him from his contract a year before it expired.<\/p>\n
That is also how he came to drive in the Truck Series for Spire this fall, just because he is still under contract for the organization. In addition to that schedule, he has made four Cup Series starts for Rick Ware Racing and co-hosted Cup Series pre- and post-race shows for Amazon Prime Sports.<\/p>\n
So what about next year?Corey LaJoie, Rick Ware Racing Ford<\/p>\n
Corey LaJoie, Rick Ware Racing Ford<\/p>\n
\u201cI like doing TV,\u201d Lajoie said. \u201cI think I\u2019m going to start up this carbon fiber business, and if NASCAR wants to keep doing the show, I\u2019ll keep doing the show because I like doing it and having the platform to talk about life and racing.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBut yeah, Trucks aren\u2019t particularly fun to drive, and also like smashing my head up against the wall, metaphorically. Like, you\u2019re fighting a battle that is just; if you\u2019re not doing it yourself, you deal with all the bullshit. We can\u2019t do a new body build. Well, we can\u2019t build it this way because GM this, and simulation that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, if I had a really good opportunity call, then sure, I\u2019ll entertain the conversation, but there\u2019s like 10 other things that I could be doing right now to start what the next chapter looks like, and I think I\u2019m going to start focusing on that.\u201d<\/p>\n
With all of that said, he does still want to race in the Daytona 500 next year, given the opportunity that comes with simply taking the green flag in The Great American Race.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ll entertain Daytona 500 offers because I think I can compete for a win in a decent car there, and [I] made the race the hard way a couple of times,\u201d LaJoie said. \u201cSo, I think I bring some value to a team, and you could also make about a year\u2019s worth of pay in one week. So, I\u2019ll look at that, but yeah, like Truck Series offers, I\u2019m not entertaining.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lajoie has made clear at various points this year that he simply wants to make it in the Cup Series, and if it\u2019s not there, he is hard-pressed to see the value in doing it at this stage of his career.<\/p>\n
And he isn\u2019t getting called.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThere\u2019s really not any [opportunities] because \u2014 it is just what it is, right? You get out of them, you lose your seat. The music stops, and they plus somebody else that\u2019s cheaper and comparable, that can do the same job.\u201d<\/p>\n
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