LaJoie Picks Up First K&N East Win Since 2012 At NHMS

Corey LaJoie celebrates after winning Saturday's NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.  Photo by Jonathan Moore/NASCAR via Getty Images for NASCAR

Corey LaJoie celebrates after winning Saturday’s NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Photo by Jonathan Moore/NASCAR via Getty Images for NASCAR

Corey LaJoie returned to victory lane in dominating style Saturday night.

LaJoie led the final 34 laps and drove away from the field on a green-white-checkered finish to win the United Site Services 70 at the “Magic Mile.” It was LaJoie’s first win since 2012 when he had five victories en route to a runner-up finish in the series.

The victory came 20 years to the week that his father, two-time NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Randy LaJoie won at New Hampshire. A then four-year-old Corey was in victory lane with his dad that day.

This time, Corey LaJoie was the elder statesman, as the 24-year-old held off 16-year-old Todd Gilliland and 17-year-old Justin Haley.

Kyle Benjamin and Austin Theriault finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

LaJoie was making his first NASCAR K&N Pro Series East start of the season, driving the No. 41 CarQuest Auto Part Chevrolet for Ranier Racing with MDM. He started second alongside teammate Benjamin and took the lead from him on lap 39.

It was sweep redemption for LaJoie, who suffered a mechanical failure while running in the top 10 earlier in the day in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race. LaJoie also twice came close to winning the NASCAR K&N Pro Series race at New Hampshire. He was was runner-up to Kyle Larson in 2012, and wrecked late in the running of the 2010 race while battling for the lead.

Hunter Baize was sixth Saturday night, followed by Harrison Burton, Trey Hutchens, Ryan Preece and Tyler Dippel.

With his finish, Haley was able to keep his lead to 40 points over Benjamin with five races remaining.

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series will next run at Iowa Speedway in the annual combination showdown with the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West in the Casey’s General Store 150 on Friday, July 28.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Loudon, NH
United Site Services 70 – July 16, 2016

Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Points B/Points Status
1 2 41 Corey LaJoie CarQuest Auto Parts Chevrolet 72 47 4 Running
2 7 16 Todd Gilliland * Fire Alarm Services, Inc. Toyota 72 42 Running
3 4 5 Justin Haley Braun Auto Chevrolet 72 41 Running
4 1 40 Kyle Benjamin FEVR Chevrolet 72 42 2 Running
5 5 1 Austin Theriault Belgard Toyota 72 39 Running
6 6 13 Hunter Baize * Bicycle Playing Cards/Pine Mtn Firewood Chevrolet 72 38 Running
7 19 12 Harrison Burton * DEX Imaging/Konica Minolta Toyota 72 37 Running
8 20 14 Trey Hutchens Hutchens Motorsports Chevrolet 72 36 Running
9 12 31 Ryan Preece Whelen Engineering Chevrolet 72 35 Running
10 10 38 Tyler Dippel * East West Marine/TyCar Chevrolet 72 34 Running
11 15 55 Noah Gragson SPEEDVEGAS/AlertID/Colliers Int’l Ford 72 33 Running
12 9 49 John Holleman IV * Midway Mobile Storage Ford 72 32 Running
13 14 7 Codie Rohrbaugh Grant County Mulch Chevrolet 72 31 Running
14 21 39 Chad Finchum Reynolds Wrap Toyota 72 30 Running
15 22 46 Brian Henderson * BDL Motorsports/Verizon Toyota 72 29 Running
16 26 92 Spencer Davis * Davis Poultry Toyota 72 28 Running
17 23 29 Jesse Little NASCAR Technical Institute Toyota 72 27 Running
18 24 15 Christian Eckes * 15/40 Connection Ford 72 26 Running
19 27 42 J.A. Junior Avila * Rev Racing Toyota 72 25 Running
20 16 6 Ruben Garcia Jr. * Special Smiles Pediatric Dentistry Toyota 72 24 Running
21 8 3 Kaz Grala NETTTS Toyota 70 23 Running
22 28 9 Christian Celaya Clinica La Familia Ford 70 22 Running
23 17 2 Collin Cabre UTI/NTI Toyota 68 21 Running
24 18 8 Tyler Hughes * G2 Inc. Ford 64 20 Suspension
25 25 4 Ali Kern * Max Siegel, Inc. Toyota 60 19 Running
26 29 71 Eddie MacDonald Grimm Construction Chevrolet 47 18 Brakes
27 13 30 Dominique Van Wieringen * Durobyte Ford 32 17 Accident
28 11 66 Reid Wilson * TruNorth Warranty Programs Chevrolet 32 16 Accident
29 3 21 Brandon McReynolds Boninfante Friction Inc Chevrolet 21 15 Electrical

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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Kyle Benjamin, Time: 29.948 Seconds, Speed: 127.180 mph
Time of Race: 50 mins, 45 secs Average Speed: 90.060 mph Margin of Victory: 1.069 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 33-37 (Turn 1 – #66 & #30 – FP #71); 61-64 (Turn 1 – #08 – FP #46); 67-69 (Turn 1 Debris – FP# 42).  3 for 12 laps.
Lap Leaders: Kyle Benjamin 1-38, Corey LaJoie 39-72.
Total Laps Led: Kyle Benjamin 38, Corey LaJoie 34.  1 changes involving 2 drivers.
Top 10 Driver Points: Justin Haley 375, Kyle Benjamin 335, Noah Gragson 327, Spencer Davis * 319, Austin Theriault 317, Hunter Baize * 296, Tyler Dippel * 295, Harrison Burton * 281, Collin Cabre 275, John Holleman IV * 264

* Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender

 

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