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Landon Cassill
Landon Cassill 2022
Date of birth July 7, 1989 (1989-07-07) (age 35)
Place of birth U.S Flag Cedar Rapids, Michigan
NASCAR Cup Series Statistics
No.-Team #00 - StarCom Racing
Best pts finish 29th - 2016
First race 2010 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400
Awards
2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year

Landon Cassill (born July 7, 1989 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is a NASCAR driver. He last drove for the #77 Voyager Chevrolet in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Early career[]

Cassill began racing in a quad when he was 3 years old. Cassill moved to go-karts. He finished second in the Pro Kart Tour at Atlanta Motor Speedway at age 10. The following year, he earned his first of two Kart Series national championships. Cassill won four International Kart Federation (IKF) championships, some on dirt and some on asphalt.

In 2000, Cassill competed in three different classes, two karting and a midget class. He won all three state championships on the same night.[1] Cassill won four more state championships at the Newton Kart Klub in Newton, Iowa in 2001. He then started racing in a modified at the half mile Hawkeye Downs.[2]

He was racing in the ASA Late Model Series (ASALMS) in 2003 while he was in high school at Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids. He has also raced in legend, modified, and late model racecars. Other series include the American Speed Association and the CRA Super Series.

He became the youngest winner in ASALMS history when he won at Lake Erie Speedway on June 9 2006.[2] He went to the next Northern Division race at Berlin Raceway and finished second. On July 3 Cassill won his second ASALMS race, this time in a Southern Division race at South Georgia Motorsports Park near Cecil, Georgia. The win made him the first driver to win in both the Northern and Southern Divisions.[3] He won his first Challenge Division race at I-70 Speedway on July 8 to become the first driver to win in all three divisions. He finished second in the Challenge Division points behind Kelly Bires, and eleventh in the Northern Division despite starting in half of the races.[4]

NASCAR[]

In 2006, Cassill was introduced to NASCAR through the GM Racing Development competition. He was one of 16 drivers that participated in the three-stage evaluation process that took place at Caraway Speedway in Asheboro, North Carolina, North Georgia Speedway in Chatsworth, Georgia, and Nashville Superspeedway.

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Cassill was signed by Hendrick Motorsports in December 2006. In 2007, Cassill tested the team's Car of Tomorrow car at Lakeland Speedway and Greenville-Pickens Speedway. Along with his driving duties, Cassill has worked in the team's research and development program and drove during practices for the Hendrick pit crews. Cassill made his Nationwide Series debut at Gateway International Raceway in July 2007 after turning 18, as NASCAR requires national series drivers to be at least 18 years of age (regional series drivers can be 16). He was running tenth in the final lap of the 2007 Nationwide Series race at Memphis Motorsports Park before he spun out after contact with another car. In his six starts that year, his best finish was 18th at Dover.

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In 2008, Cassill is driving the No. 5 National Guard Chevrolet in 19 NASCAR Nationwide Series races for JR Motorsports. The team is fielded in partnership with Hendrick Motorsports. In Cassill's first Nationwide Series race of 2008 at Nashville Superspeedway, he started 22nd and finished 19th, 2 laps down. He had his first Top 10 finish at Nashville Superspeeday in June with ninth place finish. He also ran a part-time schedule in the Truck Series, driving the #46 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Silverado for David Dollar.

In 2012, Landon Cassil finally got his big break after the newly formed BK Racing announced that Cassil will driver the #83 Burger King car for the entire season. Landon ran mid-pack for some races in the season and did put up some good finishes at select tracks.

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Cassill is now likely retired. He runs the Money Lap podcast with his good friend Parker Kligerman.

References[]

  1. Biography at his official website; Retrieved November 9 2007
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hawkeye Downs Hero-Landon Cassill; Dennis Michelsen; stockcarpitpass.com; June 21, 2006, Retrieved November 9 2007
  3. Landon Cassill, Retrieved November 9 2007
  4. The ASA Late Model Series’ own, Landon Cassill signs with NASCAR powerhouse Hendrick Motorsports; ASA Late Model Series and M.P.H. Promotions, Retrieved January 5 2007

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