BROOKLYN, Mich. – Spire Motorsports had an eventful Monday (Aug. 19) at Michigan International Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series, as two drivers ended up with top 10s while the third ended up flipping.
On lap 137, Corey LaJoie approached Noah Gragson off turn 2, and as he attempted to pass him, on a windy day, his No. 7 Chevrolet went airborne.
“Something did [lift my racecar],” LaJoie said after he was released from the infield care center. “Arms of an angel or what it was, but the thing was up quick. Probably should not try to flip in the first place; that would probably be the first thing to do. But yeah, it sucks. The grass ones are the hard ones, right? When it’s pow, pow, pow, but I was wearing a mouthpiece sensor.”
When LaJoie’s teammate Carson Hocevar asked what happened to LaJoie, he was told, “car took off on him.” Hocevar’s response? “Jesus.”
LaJoie wound up with a 32nd-place finish, dropping him two positions in points to 31st.
As for rookie teammates Hocevar and Zane Smith, they ran well at MIS. Hocevar led three laps and was in eighth when a caution sent the race into overtime. Smith was in 14th at the time.
The race went into a second overtime, so when the checkered flag flew, Smith finished seventh and Hocevar came home — in his home state, too – 10th.
Neither Hocevar nor Smith improved upon their points position but for both, the Irish Hills added to their top 10 totals. Hocevar scored his fourth of the season and Smith earned his third.
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