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Randall Joesph LaJoie (born August 28, 1961) is a former NASCAR Busch Series race car driver (now the Xfinity Series ), where he won the championship in 1996 and 1997. He is the father of racers Casey and Corey LaJoie . Early racing career. LaJoie started racing go-karts when he was 11.5 years old. In 1980 he began racing in full-bodied racecars.
- 40th (1995)
- Getting Started
- Time to Go NASCAR Full-Time
- Time to Go National Series Racing
- Big Break in A Trading Card
- Family Friend Opens A Door
- Time to Move Up to Cup Racing
- Championship Years and Back to Cup
- Next Stop in NASCAR’s No. 2 Series
- Realizing It Was Time to Do Something Else
- “Ready to Get My Business Going”
LaJoie started racing go-karts when he was 12 and moved up to racing each week at the Danbury Fair Racearena when he was 18 where he won the track championship in 1981 winning 12 out of 21 races entered. After winning the track title, the facility shut down forcing LaJoie to look for another place to race. “I loved racing at Danbury and had been go...
By 1983, he teamed up with Bob Johnson who was partners with LaJoie’s dad Don in the full-fendered modifieds back in the 70s. He told LaJoie we ought to run the NASCAR North race at Dover in 1983 after they teamed with the Snellman Brothers. They used the same car they raced in Daytona in the 1970’s and cut the body off. “We went to my dad’s junkya...
LaJoie made his NASCAR Cup Series debut in 1985 once again driving for Johnson starting 16th and finishing 14that Atlanta Motor Speedway. He made his first what was then the NASCAR Busch Series (now NASCAR Xfinity Series) in 1986 with one top-10 finish in four starts. His first big break came when Jimmy Spencer moved up to the Cup Series in 1989 an...
LaJoie was still trying to find a job and trying to start a family when he got an opportunity to drive for Cale Yarborough in 1991. “Bob (Johnson) was working for Cale at the time and he called me and asked if I could drive a few races for them and I jumped at the opportunity,” LaJoie said. “I drove it at the end of the season and made four starts....
Dick Moroso, who knew his dad from their days together in New England, offered LaJoie a seat in his NBS car in 1993 for what turned out to be eight races and just like he did back in his first start for Frank Cicci in 1989, LaJoie finished second in his first start for Moroso. LaJoie got noticed running up front all day and finished second at Talla...
LaJoie moved up to what was then known as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series in 1995 when Bill Davis offered him a ride and while LaJoie took the opportunity, he advised his sponsor on something that would pay dividends down the road. “When I was offered the Cup ride with Bill Davis, I told the folks at FINA to not leave the sport because it was good fo...
LaJoie and the No. 74 team found a perfect working chemistry right off the start that produced five wins and 20 top-10 finishes in 26 races to give LaJoie his first NASCAR Busch Series championship. The team stayed together and he became, at that time, the third driver to win back-to-back titles in the series in 1997 with five more wins and 21 top-...
LaJoie would move on to James Finch for the next two seasons picking up a pair of wins highlighted by taking Daytona in his first start with his new team. He would later move on to drive for Ed Evans in 2001 scoring his second straight season-opening win at Daytona. He would drive for Evans midway through the 2003 season and later go on to make par...
In 2006 LaJoie was asked by Richard Childress to practice and qualify the car driven by Kevin Harvick during his championship season. “I really had a lot of fun driving that car and I was proud that in every practice I drove that car for them we were in the top three by the end of the day,” LaJoie said. “It was fun being in that car and I went to R...
LaJoie had started a business in 1996 building seats because he felt after a couple of hard crashes he experienced that he could build something better. “So I started working with aluminum seats after NASCAR came to me and said I couldn’t use my fiberglass seat anymore,” he added. LaJoie, who’s fiberglass seat was purchased in 1972 from Mark Donohu...
12 de abr. de 2023 · NASCAR. 1.09M subscribers. 192. 6K views 3 months ago Stacking Pennies Podcast with Corey LaJoie presented by Mobil 1. Listen in to the full conversation with Randy LaJoie as he finds out he...
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Randy LaJoie returns back behind the wheel as the SRX pace driver. Frontstretch's Michael Massie interviews LaJoie, Corey's father, before the SRX race at St...
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12 de abr. de 2023 · Randy LaJoie is a man of many legacies. There’s the racer. The champion. The champion (again). The seat builder. The father. Add another to the list: The all-timer. A two-time NASCAR Xfinity...
12 de abr. de 2023 · Randy LaJoie is a man of many legacies. There‘s the racer. The champion. The champion (again). The seat builder. The father. Add another to the list: The all-timer. A two-time NASCAR Xfinity...
From Danbury Speedway to Busch series championships to helping make the sport safety, Randy LaJoie has left his mark on the sport of auto racing. We recently sat down with him for an interview...
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