DAYTONA BEACH — Last time we saw Corey LaJoie, he was on his roof and sliding across half the state of Michigan. Daytona and a nerve-wracking "plate race" is hardly the place you should want to visit less than a week later.

"I will do my best to keep the rubber side down this weekend at Daytona," LaJoie said Friday, "because your chances of flipping or winning are about the same — about 50-50 for everybody."

LaJoie's Michigan wreck this past Monday began with contact with Noah Gragson coming off Turn 2. LaJoie's No. 7 Chevy slid and was briefly airborne before landing on its roof and sliding down nearly half of Michigan's backstretch.

“I was thinking about how to keep the thing rolling, because I knew we were gonna have flat tires," LaJoie said Friday. "We could put new tires on it and go salvage the day. But in the eight-tenths of a second I was thinking that, I was already upside-down. I wouldn't say that's a comfortable position."

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LaJoie's slide continued until he reached a patch of grass and tumbled 1½ times, coming to rest right-side up on four wheels.

"First, you wiggle your fingers and toes to make sure they’re working," he said of the immediate aftermath. "The biggest hit is when it comes back down on all fours. Thankfully it came back on all fours on the grass, so you have a lot of dissipation of energy."

That wasn't the case earlier this season on the final lap at Talladega, where LaJoie was part of a violent multi-car crash. In that one, his car ended up on its side, against the outside wall, and sliding some 200-300 yards before tumbling and, on that occasion, coming to rest on the asphalt.

"When it came back down on all fours at Talladega, it was like 65 G’s, straight through your spine, so that doesn’t feel good," he said, illustrating the difference between landing on asphalt and grass.

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