Randy LaJoie Racing

Randy LaJoie Racing was an auto racing team that competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the ARCA Menards Series, They fielded the No. 17 Ford, and several cars.

Beginnings
Randy Lajoie Racing was formed by NASCAR driver Randy LaJoie, who himself was a former NASCAR driver, who made his NASCAR Winston Cup debut in 1985 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Driving the No. 07 Snellman Construction-sponsored Chevrolet owned by Bob Johnson, he started 16th and finished 14th. He ran his next race the following season at Pocono Raceway, where he finished 29th after suffering engine failure. He also made his Busch Series debut that season, running four races in his own No. 03 Pontiac, posting a tenth-place finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He ran another race in 1987 at Dover International Speedway and finished 10th. After a third-place finish the following season, he joined Frank Cicci Racing mid-way through 1989 and had a career-best second-place run at Hickory Motor Speedway. He ended the season 26th in points.

ARCA Menards Series
The ARCA rookie came from shotgun on the 36-car field to win the caution-free, 50-lap, 45-minute race at the three-sided track in Pennsylvania. He took over when Erik Jones scrapped the Tunnel Turn wall and went to pit road with two laps remaining. It was LaJoie's second ARCA win this year, coming after last month's near Chicago where the leader ran out of gas on the penultimate lap.
 * Corey LaJoie (2013)

This time, it wasn't quite that dramatic. The son of former two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Randy LaJoie was leading when he pitted at lap 34. He then overhauled Chase Elliott for second, but was still five seconds behind when Jones wrecked. LaJoie went on to win by 17 seconds over Frank Kimmel, Justin Boston, Brennan Newberry, Spencer Gallagher, Mason Mingus, Will Kimmel, Mason Mitchell, Elliott and Kyle Martel. Jones finished 12th after leading half the 50 laps.

Busch Series
LaJoie ran a handful of Busch Races in select cars, his best finish was 23rd at Richmond. He did not run another NASCAR-sanctioned race until 1993, when he got selected to run the No. 20 Fina car owned by Dick Moroso at Talladega. This would turn out to be a shrewd career move for LaJoie as he ran up front with the leaders all afternoon and finished a surprising second.
 * Randy LaJoie (1986-1990)