LaJoie adds his name to winner's list at historic Bowman Gray Stadium

Corey LaJoie won the first race of his NASCAR K&N Pro Series East career on one of the most historic tracks in NASCAR.
LaJoie won the East Series race at Bowman Gray Stadium in North Carolina, one of the tracks where Richard Petty and Tim Flock started their stock-car racing careers.
LaJoie, the son of two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Randy LaJoie, was second at Bowman Gray last year and had three runner-up finishes in his East Series career.
Go to the K&N website for more on the East Series race from Bowman Gray Stadium.

Photo: The cars in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race make their way around historic Bowman Gray Stadium. (Credit: Jason Smith/NASCAR)

Working for The King

Kasey Kahne, a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series winner at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, has a new boss in Richard Petty, the all-time leader in NASCAR wins with 200.
Petty and Gillett Evernham Motorsports merged in the off-season creating Richard Petty Motorsports. Kahne, Reed Sorenson, A.J. Allmendinger and Elliott Sadler are the drivers for the newly formed team.
Kahne was asked during interviews Friday at Auto Club Speedway if he's had much time to talk to Petty now that he's the owner of his race team.
“You see ‘The King’ all day," Kahne said. "Whether he’s a part of your team or not, the guy walks. He’s always around. I’ll run into him five times today and he won’t be looking for me once. I ran into him when I got here this morning. We just crossed paths walking and we sat there and talked for about 10 minutes. Usually, when I run into him, it’s because we’re walking the same path at the same time. He’s on the run always.”