![]() ![]() That group exited the racetrack and the next group cycled through the procedure.Ī red, white, and blue colored Gremlin bodied car emerged from the gate and the thousands of S.N.Y.R.A. ![]() fans in attendance either cheered with approval or booed with displeasure. In 1976, when the original scene took place, the answer told to me was “Don LaJoie.” #DANBURY RACEARENA REUNION 2017 DRIVER#įor better or for worse, this driver drew the race fans’ attention. In 2017 the answer could be rephrased to state, “Corey LaJoie’s grandfather.”ĭale Earnhardt Jr. represents many of his father’s fans in NASCAR. ![]() Corey LaJoie represents fans of the now-razed Danbury Racearena from two generations ago and the racing LaJoie name. “I’m trying to fly that (S.N.Y.R.A.) flag,” said Corey LaJoie as he prepared for his first Daytona 500. “And try to be the first LaJoie Cup champion. The crowd noise generated when grandpa Don entered the Danbury Racearena’s racing surface was parallel to the reaction of when Dale Earnhardt was introduced. The Fairgrounds grandstand was often occupied by five to seven thousand people. Scale down a 1990s NASCAR Cup race attendance to that number and the passion and energy was about the same for Don. #DANBURY RACEARENA REUNION 2017 DRIVER#.
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