Corey LaJoie has been tipped to drive for Go Fas Racing as the replacement for Matt DiBenedetto in the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Corey LaJoie has been tipped to replace Matt DiBenedetto as the driver of the #32 Go Fas Racing Ford starting in the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season. The team are set to officially announce their driver plans for the 2019 season this Thursday.
DiBenedetto, who spent each of the last two seasons driving the #32 Go Fas Racing Ford, decided to leave the team following the 2018 season.
The 27-year-old Grass Valley, California native ended up signing with Leavine Family Racing to replace Kasey Kahne, who recently retired, behind the wheel of the #95 Chevrolet-turned-Toyota, as the team switched their manufacturer from Chevrolet to Toyota and gave up their technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing to form a new one with Joe Gibbs Racing.
SportsBusiness Journal/Daily motorsports reporter Adam Stern stated on Twitter that LaJoie is set to drive for Go Fas Racing in the 2019 season despite the fact that the team have yet to make an official announcement pertaining to the matter.
The 27-year-old Concord, North Carolina native has never competed full-time in the Cup Series before, but he has competed in the series in three of the last five seasons, including the last two. He competed in two races for Randy Humphrey Racing in the 2014 season, 32 races for BK Racing in the 2017 season and 23 races for TriStar Motorsports in the 2018 season.
LaJoie has recorded an average starting position of 33.8 and an average finishing position of 31.0 in his 57 career Cup Series starts. In these 57 starts, he has completed 14,268 laps, although he has never led any of them. He has finished 45 races, and he has finished three races on the lead lap.
LaJoie’s two career top 20 finishes are his 11th place finish in the July race at Daytona International Speedway in the 2017 season and his 16th place finish in the September round of 16 playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the 2018 season.
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Will Corey LaJoie end up being the driver who replaces Matt DiBenedetto behind the wheel of the #32 Go Fas Racing Ford in the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season as expected? Expect the team to announce who DiBenedetto’s replacement will be before the end of the week.
The 36-race 2019 season is scheduled to get underway in just under two months with the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida on Sunday, February 17, 2019. Be sure not to miss any of the races on next year’s schedule.
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