UPDATE: DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 25, 2010) – NASCAR has reinstated crew member Randy LaJoie upon his successful completion of a counseling program following his June 22 suspension for violating the sanctioning body’s substance abuse policy.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 22, 2010) – Randy LaJoie, a crew member for the No. 18 team in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, has been indefinitely suspended from NASCAR for violating the sanctioning body’s substance abuse policy.

On June 11, LaJoie was found to have violated Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing) and 19 (violation of the NASCAR substance abuse policy) of the 2010 NASCAR Rule Book.

Randy said

“I have this day sought to enroll in a substance abuse program. My use of marijuana was an isolated incident following the Coca-Cola 600…and hope that some day I can prove to NASCAR and all the people with whom I associate that I have taken such steps to see that instances such as this do not reoccur.”

At the time of the test he was listed as a crew member for Joe Gibbs Racing as the spotter of their #18 Nationwide Series car.