“NASCAR” Randy LaJoie Signed TRAKS Embossed Trading Card Todd Mueller COA

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Up for auction “NASCAR” Randy LaJoie Signed TRAKS Embossed Trading Card.
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Randall "Randy" LaJoie
(born August 28, 1961) is a former
NASCAR
Busch Series
race car driver (now the
Xfinity Series
). where he won the championship in
1996
and
1997
. He is the father of racers
Casey
and
Corey LaJoie
. LaJoie started racing go-karts when he was 11.5 years old. In 1980 he began racing in full-bodied racecars. He was the 1981 track champion in the sportsman division at the
Danbury Fair Racearena
. When Danbury closed that off-season, he moved to the
Waterford Speedbowl
where he won modified rookie of the year honors in 1982. In 1983 he moved to the
NASCAR North Tour
, and he was the series' rookie of the year. That season, he made his first attempt at making the
Daytona 500
, but did not qualify. One year later, he suffered a horrific crash in the
Gatorade Twin 125's
race and failed to qualify once again, he won the consolation race the following year. In 1985 he scored five victories in the
North Tour
on his way to the series championship; LaJoie was not awarded the championship until 1988, as a lawsuit regarding a disqualification at
Catamount Speedway
was not resolved until then. LaJoie made his NASCAR Winston Cup debut in 1985 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Driving the No. 07
Snellman Construction
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. He did not return to Cicci in 1990, and ran a handful of Busch Races in his own No. 71, 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. This got LaJoie five more races for Moroso and one for
BACE Motorsports
in the Busch Series. His best finish was second, twice. In 1994, he was a thought by some to be a dark horse for the championship. He drove for Moroso full-time in the No. 20
Fina Lube
Chevy that season posting seven top-tens. LaJoie led the point standings early in the season before a string of poor results, also a lack of performance dropped him to 16th in the final point standings. He also ran three Cup races, finishing in the top-20 in all three of them that season.