Stacking Pennies with Corey LaJoie

7-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson joins Corey LaJoie and Ryan Flores in the Nonsense Garage for a wide-ranging conversation on life after the No. 48, becoming co-owner of Legacy Motor Club, and what's next.

Jimmie tells the full story of the 2011 Talladega tandem-draft win with Dale Earnhardt Jr (and the 50 cases of beer that followed), the F1 super license rules that killed his Formula 1 test, the year his family spent in London, the Garage 56 program at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, his Indy 500 runs with Chip Ganassi Racing, the Mint 400 with Herbst Motorsports, and the phone call to Ron Devine at BK Racing that launched Corey LaJoie's Cup career.

Plus: a full Talladega Cup race breakdown, pit road penalties, the Toyota tandem squirrel problem explained through spring rates, sitting inside a Top Fuel car at NHRA Four-Wides, NASCAR's SUV and hydrogen future, and Pit Boss of the Week.

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Kansas brought chaos, Tyler Reddick closed the deal, and Denny Hamlin let one slip away. On this week’s Stacking Pennies, Corey LaJoie and Ryan Flores break down Reddick’s Kansas win, Toyota’s hot streak, Kyle Busch and RCR’s struggles, Trackhouse falling behind, Cleetus’ latest heartbreak, Long Beach, stadium trucks, and what’s next with NHRA and Talladega.Also in this episode:
Kyle Busch's frustration and what’s really going on at RCR
Trackhouse is falling off, and why the early advantage is gone
Toyota speed and how big the gap actually is
Blaney’s pit crew struggles, and the 12 team shuffle
Cleetus’ engine blowout and the reality of learning the hard way
Plus Long Beach:
IndyCar delivers the vibe but not the action
Will Power's pit road incident
Stadium trucks steal the show
IMSA steady as ever
And a look ahead to NHRA and what’s next across motorsports
Big moments. What they meant and what’s next.
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Ty Gibbs gets his first Cup win, Ryan Blaney comes up just short, and Bristol gives NASCAR fans something they’ve been asking for.
Corey LaJoie and Ryan Flores break down the weekend at Bristol, the strategy calls that changed everything, whether the short-track critics were right, and if NASCAR finally made real progress.
Also in this episode:
Pit-road drama, Truck and O’Reilly chaos, Connor Zilisch, Stewart Friesen, youth sports parenting, and the ongoing case for putting starters on sprint cars.
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Corey and Skip break down Easter weekend at Rockingham, why the place still matters, and why so many people still underestimate how hard every level of racing really is. They get into Corey’s top-10 truck run, Roger’s strong day in the 88, Cleetus getting a real lesson at the Rock, pit-crew rankings, who’s stacking and who’s slacking, Bristol stories and picks, and the NASCAR moments they think belong among the greatest in American sports.
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Ray Evernham joins Stacking Pennies to talk IROC, pit crews, Hendrick, elite drivers, Pikes Peak, and the racing memory he’d keep forever. Corey and Skip dig into how Ray helped shape modern racing, what the sport has lost, and why he’s still building new things now.
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