Gold Line: Corey Lajoie '24 Schluter Systems' Camaro

The 2024 season was perhaps the most tumultuous of Corey Lajoie's career, but also it was the most transitional season any driver has faced in recent  memory. It's not often in the Cup series that drivers trade seats, or are effectively traded between teams. After 29 races a deal would be done between Spire Motorsports and Rick Ware Racing that would send Lajoie to the 51, and would bring Justin Haley to the number 7 Camaro. Long time Lajoie partner, Schluter Systems rode with Lajoie on both teams. For a closer look, read on...

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The real thing: Corey LaJoie, driver of the #7 Schluter Systems Chevrolet, during qualifying for the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 13, 2024 in Fort Worth. (Photo courtesy of Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images).

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Notes: 
1/64s representing Spire Motorsports are certainly more difficult to come across. In the same breath, it's pretty amazing that this car reached MOQ (minimum order quantity). I was shocked to find a few pieces of this diecast in the bargain bin at the Lionel store in Concord Mills. This is one of just two Corey Lajoie cars that were made in 2024, the other, being his Celsius Energy sponsored Spire Chevy. This particular car flirts with a nearly perfect score if it wasn't for the usual crooked suspension issue. Everything else on the car is great, and I'm pretty pumped to have this one in the collection representing Lajoie, Spire, and the 2024 season. You can still find this car on the second hand market for around $12 USD.

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Sources:
-Jayski.com
-Lionelracing.com
-Nascar.com
-racing-reference.info
-Spire-motorsports.com