Switch to Rick Ware Racing May Better Suit Corey LaJoie's Style
2 months agoCorey LaJoie makes his debut with Rick Ware Racing starting 27th in this afternoon's Kansas race after Spire Motorsports traded him for Justin Haley. While the mainstream NASCAR fanbase is completely done with LaJoie and seems unhappy that he hasn't been reduced to stacking burgers, don't be surprised if he actually improves. The Ware cars are probably slower than the Spire cars, but LaJoie did outperform Haley when they were teammates before and Chris Lawson is a much better crew chief than Ryan Sparks. Furthermore, LaJoie seemed to do better with slower cars as in his previous years with Spire, he seldom overdrove and he mostly did so this year to compete with Carson Hocevar. Now that Kaz Grala is his teammate, he will be the team leader again and with lower expectations, he'll probably only take what the car gives him. Expect a finish in the low 20s.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference