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Cassill was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and began racing on 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. In 2000, Cassill competed in three different classes: two karting and a midget class. He won all three state championships on the same night. At age 16, he became the youngest winner in ASA Late Model Series history when he won at Lake Erie Speedway on June 9, 2006; holding the record until Erik Jones surpassed him at age 14 in 2010. 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. 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 Xfinity Series debut at Gateway International Speedway 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). Cassill finished 32nd in his debut. In 2008, Cassill drove the #5 National Guard Chevrolet in 16 Xfinity Series races for JR Motorsports and the #4 Phoenix Racing Chevrolet in the 3 road course races. In 2008; he drove the #81 Go Daddy Chevy owned by NFL Player Randy Moss. In 2010,

he drove the #98 truck for Thorsport Racing in the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona, but was caught in an accident on the first lap of the race. He made six starts in the Xfinity series: three in the #7 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports and three in the #09 Ford for RAB Racing. Cassill made his Cup Series debut at Michigan; driving for veteran team owner James Finch. He finished 38th in his Cup debut. He ran 15 other races that year for Finch, TRG Motorsports, and Larry Gunselman. Cassill started out the 2011 season with a 3rd-place finish in the opening Xfinity series race: the DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona. It would be

his lone Xfinity start of the year. He drove in three Cup races for Germain Racing before moving over to Phoenix Racing to wheel the #51 Thank A Teach sponsored car. Cassill competed in 32 of the 36 races that year, with his best effort in the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 at Michigan, where he started and finished 12th. After the end of the season, he was replaced for 2012 in the Phoenix Racing #51 by Kurt Busch. Cassill would drive the #83 in 2012 driving for a new team, BK Racing, that purchased the assets and owners' points of the former Red Bull Racing Team. Cassill would go on to finish 31st in season points. On January 17, 2013, it was announced that Cassill would leave BK Racing due to contract disagreements. In late February, he joined Circle Sport, driving the team's #33 in the Sprint Cup

Series for the remainder of the season. In December, it was announced that Cassill would return full time to the #4 Chevy in the 2014 NASCAR Xfinity series Chevrolet in for JD Motorsports, replacing Mike Wallace as the team's lead driver, in addition to returning to the #40 Chevrolet for Circle Sport full time in the Cup Series. In the 2014 Cup season, Cassill tied his career-best finish of 12th at the Daytona 500, and recorded his best career finish of 4th at the Geico 500. He would finish 12th in the points in the Xfinity series that season. For 2016 Cassill went to Front Row Motorsports and drove the #38 Ford. He started the season at Daytona and ended it at Homestead with sponsorship from Florida Lottery. In other races he had

various sponsors including SnapFitness. As in all the previous years; this was a small under-funded team and it was difficult to produce very good results. His best finish for the year was 11th at Talladega. In 2017 Cassill returned to Front Row Motorsports; but switched to the car #34. He was joined at FRM by David Ragan who will drive the #38. Cassill ran the full season for FRM and kicked off the season with a 16th place finish at Daytona. When the season closed; we saw that this would be the best finish for Cassill in all of 2017. He was only able to post one

other Top 20 finish; and at the end of the season was released and looking for a ride in 2018. StarCom Racing hire Cassill to wheel their car for 2018. Being an underfunded team it was hard to get many "quality" performances out of the car. Cassill had a season best finish of 18th at Las Vegas during his 29 starts. StarCom Racing purchased a Charter from Richard Childress Racing at the end of the 2018 season; and will be able to start all the races in 2019. Cassill was back as their driver in 2019. Like the previous year the team was still under funded but did the best they could. Cassill had two finishes inside the Top 20. They came at Daytona in July with an 11th place run; and at Talladega when he finished

14th. He stayed busy as he also made 17 starts in the Xfinity Series. Again, he drove for under funded teams as he sat behind the wheel for owner Johnny Davis and also owner Morgan Shepherd. He had a best finish of ninth at Daytona and a tenth at Bristol. Every race except one when he didn't have mechanical issues, he finished inside the Top 20. At the end of 2019 Cassill lost his ride to driver Quin Houff and had to search for a new ride during the off season. He ended up finding a ride in the Xfinity Series; but for only four races driving for Morgan Shepherd. In all the events the car had mechanical issues, and he finished 35th or worse. In 2021 he run full time in the Xfinity Series. He raced for under-funded owner Johnny Davis. He had a best finish of 12th (three times); and 14 finishes in the Top 20. On December 9, 2021, Kaulig Racing

announced that Cassill would replace Jeb Burton in the #10, bringing sponsorship funding from Voyager Digital as it signed a two-year extension. It was probably the most competitive ride he has ever been in in any series; and would likely give an indication of the level of talent he had. After a 14th place at Daytona; he blew a motor the next week at Fontana. After that he posted three top five finishes. Over a 15 race span, he had only one finish worse than 15th; with seven top tens; including a second place finish at Martinsville. He finished third at Loudon several races later; but in post race tech the car was found to be too low in the rear and disqualified. He spent much of the season finishing between seventh and 15th. The

Xfinity series was very strong this season and JRM fielded four very strong cars. Ty Gibbs, AJ Allmendinger, Austin Hill, and Sammy Smith were all also threats to win each week. Cassill is expected to be back with Kaulig in 2023. Noah Gragson and Ty Gibbs are moving up to Cup; and with a year of experience under his belt with a good team; it is possible Cassill may get that first NASCAR win. He also ran part time in the Cup series driving for the under-funded Spire Motorsports team. He had a season best finish of fourth at Daytona in August; and backed that up with an 11th at Talladega. In the Daytona 500, he placed 15th while in the spring Talladega race he was 19th. It was the only races he finished inside the top 20. Some info from Wikipedia

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LANDON CASSILL - 07/07/1989