Corey LaJoie walks back comments about racing in NASCAR Truck Series ahead of nine-race slate with Spire Motorsports

LaJoie, a veteran of 275 starts in the NASCAR Cup Series, is without a full-time Cup Series ride in 2025. So far this season, he's made only three Cup Series starts. But he will be at the racetrack for nine of the final 13 Truck Series races of the season, piloting the No. 07 Chevrolet Silverado for Spire Motorsports, the team he was full-time with in the Cup Series from 2021 to 2024. 

When pressed about the comments he made in regards to racing in the Truck Series in January, LaJoie was quick to walk them back. 

"I've said a lot of dumb things on camera. That was just another one," LaJoie said. "I said that on the morning of a five-day fast. That day, I wasn't in the mood to play around. I wish I wouldn't have added that 12 (fans) comment, because people within the Truck (Series) garage take offense to it."

LaJoie says he didn't give Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson the opportunity to read the fine print before saying yes to the deal. 

"There was no hesitation in me coming back to run (in the Truck Series)," LaJoie said during a news conference at Michigan International Speedway on Friday afternoon. "I inevitably said yes. They asked me to do it, and I was like, 'yeah, sure. I got some weekends open.' That truck is going to be the best truck relative to the field that I've ever driven." 

Despite the No. 07 team not performing up to snuff over the last several races with Kyle Busch behind the wheel, LaJoie says that getting to victory lane is the goal. 

"It's got to be the right group to go to war with, because it does take everything you have each and every week if you want to go be competitive," LaJoie said. "I'm here to do that. If I'm doing this, I'm all in. You're going to get all I got for nine weeks."

In addition to Saturday's race at Michigan, LaJoie will also be behind the wheel of the No. 07 at Richmond on Aug. 15 and during the Truck Series playoffs, which make up the final seven races of the year. 

LaJoie was the 24th-fastest in Truck Series practice at Michigan on Friday afternoon. Qualifying for Saturday's race will take place at 8:05 a.m. ET on Saturday (FS1) with the DQS Solutions and Staffing 250 going green shortly after noon ET. Race coverage will be provided by Fox, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.