Corey Lajoie claims he is ‘going to win a race’ with Spire Motorsports in 2024
Corey LaJoie had his best-ever Cup season in 2023 with a P25 finish in the championship.
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The 2023 season witnessed some major plays in the market, and one of the significant ones was the sudden development at Spire Motorsports. The Chevy team made multiple investments in 2023 and even bought the Kyle Busch Motorsports assets to expand their race shop. They are set to field three cars from next season.
The team will be field cars for Corey LaJoie, Carson Hocevar, who was hired as Ty Dillon’s replacement, and Zane Smith, who was loaned to them by Trackhouse Racing for next season. Lejoie, who has been the team’s No:1 driver for multiple years, believes that with their investments this season, he could win a race in 2024 and secure a playoff spot.
So, we’re going to win. I would be very upset and probably frustrated and feel like internally we probably didn’t meet our marks if we didn’t win or find ourselves in the playoffs.LaJoie told Siruxm NASCAR.
? "If we don't make the playoffs, we'll be pretty frustrated […] we're gonna surprise some people."@CoreyLaJoie is high on his No. 7 team and @SpireMotorsport as a whole entering 2024.
— SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Ch. 90) (@SiriusXMNASCAR) January 18, 2024
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The Stalking Pennis podcast co-host becoming a frontrunner will be good news for the sport as he is one of the most marketable drivers on the grid with a strong fan base despite being winless in the top tier. His potential success with Spire Chev’s can greatly keep the fans entertained next season.
Corey LaJoie reveals what was stunting the growth of Spire Motorsports
The star driver, while detailing how frustrated he would be if Spire Motorsports didn’t win a race in 2024, revealed the reason for the lack of development in the team over the years. He pointed out that despite being two-car operations, they had a system where only one was developed properly, limiting data availability.
We’ve been more or less operating as a one-car team the last three years and with this new car trying to fine-tune it and find that baseline is so important. And for us to really only have one car of information to get better really has stunted our growth.
LaJoie is coming to 2024 after having his best season event that saw him finish P25 in the championship in a car that often underdelivers and was able to finish the year with zero DNF a testament to his driving. It is a massive jump from P25 to the playoff, but it is not impossible.
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