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Corey LaJoie Reveals 4 NASCAR Teams; 2 Chevrolet, 1 Ford & 1 Toyota Are After Kyle Busch as Ty Gibbs Will Replace Him at JGR: “Also One from McLaren F1”

Published 08/18/2022, 8:00 AM EDT

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During the latest episode of Corey LaJoie’s podcast, he mentioned that Kyle Busch won’t be driving the 18 next season and then spoke about possible offers on the table. He also took a cheeky dig at the McLaren Formula One team.

During the podcast, LaJoie said, “Well he’s (Busch) not driving that car next year. I’d hate it for a Kyle Busch fan. He will find a job somewhere. There are certainly some rumors that there are some offers on the table. So potential Chevy team, two potential Chevy teams, a potential Ford team and there’s an option potentially with Toyota. But I think we’ll see our little buddy (Ty Gibbs) in the 18 next year guys, I swear it is.”

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Someone mentioned that he (LaJoie) finished ahead of Gibbs at Richmond and LaJoie swiftly mentioned, “I know I was pumped up about that. Ty Gibbs is two for three with me.”

LaJoie later took to Twitter to add, Almost forgot…also one from @McLarenF1,” taking a cheeky dig at the Formula One team; McLaren Racing’s situation with Daniel Ricciardo, and the Oscar Piastri controversy.

Corey LaJoie finishes 28th but ahead of Gibbs at Richmond

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The race at Richmond wasn’t really good for LaJoie, but regardless, he was still happy that he finished ahead of the 19-year-old grandson of Joe Gibbs.

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Ty Gibbs ended up dead last during his latest venture in the Cup Series after his engine gave up after 180 laps. Though it wasn’t much of a concern since he’s only replacing Kurt Busch at the moment and not competing full time. Plus, his other outings have been significantly better than Richmond. He even finished in the top 10 once.

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On the other hand, Corey LaJoie’s season has only seen one top-5 finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway in his 24-race starts this season. He is currently sitting in 31st place on the driver’s standings, with no chance to get into the playoffs, even with a few races remaining. But regardless of this year’s performance, LaJoie is mostly seen to be fairly doing well with his machinery at hand. We hope that he can improve over the course of the next season or so.

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Srijan Mandal

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Srijan Mandal is a NASCAR author at EssentiallySports. He is currently pursuing his Master’s in Journalism and has been writing for his own blog, 'Noobs Onboard', for a while now, covering NASCAR, F1, W Series, MotoGP, WRC and the WEC. Following motorsports for more than a decade now, he has become a devout supporter of McLaren Racing, Sir Lewis Hamilton, and Ayrton Senna.
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Jito Tenson