Because the racing group digests the information of Corey LaJoie’s upcoming departure from the No. 7 automobile at Spire Motorsports subsequent season, fellow racer and NASCAR workforce proprietor Denny Hamlin has stepped ahead with some essential recommendation. LaJoie’s exit comes after a difficult season and three years with the workforce.
In a dialogue on the podcast ‘Actions Detrimental’, Hamlin commented, as quoted by Yardbarker:
“I do not assume it is the top, I feel there’s a chance for him. And what my recommendation can be is to, the identical that I mentioned for a very long time is, go win man. Go win. Go get, go get some wins.
“As a result of he battled, that is again a very long time in the past, however he battled with Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott within the ARCA sequence and he raced with them heads up, he did, he raced in opposition to them and received races and was very aggressive. Now, he kinda skipped Truck Sequence and Xfinity and all that, simply sort of began racing Cup.
“He acquired a Cup alternative, it was a backmarker workforce, however like he acquired a chance to love race on Sundays so he took it, proper? So, you by no means actually acquired that heat and comfortable feeling that, effectively what’s he capable of do? Proper?
“So I feel this is a chance, for him to return down, I feel he ought to return down a sequence or two and win. It labored for John Hunter Nemechek for him to construct his legitimacy again up into the game. Cole Custer. And each Cole Custer and John Hunter are each going to get again a chance within the Cup Sequence.”
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The choice by Spire Motorsports to not retain LaJoie has stunned many within the business, hinting at important implications for each the workforce and driver.
Concerning LaJoie’s potential subsequent steps, the consensus is that stepping again may function a reset interval to strengthen his kind and confidence in a much less pressured surroundings.
LaJoie is at the moment combating for a spot within the playoffs. He’s at the moment working in twenty ninth place within the standings with three races to go earlier than the playoffs, together with the race in Michigan which is at the moment ongoing.
NASCAR Cup Sequence Present Standings
- Kyle Larson – 779 factors
- Denny Hamlin – 758 factors
- Christopher Bell – 701 factors
- William Byron – 678 factors
- Ryan Blaney – 702 factors
- Tyler Reddick – 774 factors
- Chase Elliott – 773 factors
- Brad Keselowski – 636 factors
- Alex Bowman – 615 factors
- Joey Logano – 557 factors
- Daniel Suarez – 497 factors
- Austin Cindric – 451 factors
- Martin Truex Jr. – 662 factors
- Ty Gibbs – 602 factors
- Bubba Wallace – 587 factors
- Chris Buescher – 584 factors
(PLAYOFFS CUT-OFF) - Ross Chastain – 584 factors
- Chase Briscoe – 485 factors
- Kyle Busch – 465 factors
- Todd Gilliland – 454 factors
- Michael McDowell – 431 factors
- Carson Hocevar – 414 factors
- Josh Berry – 412 factors
- Noah Gragson – 400 factors
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – 376 factors
- Ryan Preece – 341 factors
- Erik Jones – 337 factors
- Justin Haley – 329 factors
- Corey LaJoie – 327 factors
- Daniel Hemric – 323 factors
- Austin Dillon – 319 factors
- John Hunter Nemechek – 313 factors
- Zane Smith – 262 factors
- Harrison Burton – 243 factors
- Kaz Grala – 166 factors
- Cody Ware – 47 factors
- Joey Hand – 43 factors
- Jimmie Johnson – 39 factors
- Derek Kraus – 32 factors
- David Ragan – 17 factors
- Kamui Kobayashi – 8 factors
- Will Brown – 6 factors
- Cam Waters – 2 factors
