51 Facts About Landon Cassill

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Landon Douglas Cassill was born on July 7,1989 and is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Landon Cassill last competed full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No 10 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing.

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Landon Cassill finished second in the Pro Kart Tour at Atlanta Motor Speedway at age 10.

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Landon Cassill won four International Kart Federation championships, some on dirt and some on asphalt.

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In 2000, Landon Cassill competed in three different classes: two karting and a midget class.

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Landon Cassill won all three state championships on the same night.

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Landon Cassill won four more state championships at the Newton Kart Klub in Newton, Iowa in 2001.

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Landon Cassill then started racing in a modified at the half-mile Hawkeye Downs.

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Landon Cassill was racing in the ASA Late Model Series in 2003 while he was in high school at Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids.

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Landon Cassill has raced in legend, modified, and late model racecars.

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Landon Cassill won his first Challenge Division race at I-70 Speedway on July 8,2010, to become the first driver to win in all three divisions.

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For 196 laps, Landon Cassill held the runner-up position on the track to Peter Casilino.

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Landon Cassill finished second in the Challenge Division points behind Kelly Bires, and eleventh in the Northern Division despite starting in half of the races.

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In 2006, Landon Cassill was introduced to NASCAR through the GM Racing Development competition.

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Landon Cassill 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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In 2007, Landon Cassill tested the team's Car of Tomorrow car at Lakeland Speedway and Greenville-Pickens Speedway.

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Landon Cassill made his Nationwide 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.

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Landon Cassill was in contention to score his first top-10 finish at Memphis before another driver spun him out on the final lap.

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In 2008, Landon Cassill drove the No 5 National Guard Chevrolet in 16 Nationwide series races for JR Motorsports and the No 4 Phoenix Racing Chevrolet in the 3 road course races.

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In Landon Cassill's first start of the season, at Nashville, he started 22nd and finished 19th, two laps down.

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Landon Cassill won his first pole at Loudon, but had to start at the back of the field due to an engine change.

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Landon Cassill quickly moved his way up in the race but was wrecked by Bobby Hamilton Jr.

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Landon Cassill was involved in another incident with Hamilton Jr.

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In 19 starts, Landon Cassill earned 5 top-10 finishes and won Rookie of the Year honors.

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Landon Cassill drove a limited schedule in the Truck Series for Randy Moss Motorsports; garnering 3 top-10 finishes.

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26.

Landon Cassill made his lone 2009 start on October 24 at Memphis; driving Phoenix Racing's No 1 Miccosukee Chevrolet to a 10th-place finish.

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Landon Cassill made 6 starts in the Nationwide Series: 3 in the No 7 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports and 3 in the No 09 Ford for RAB Racing.

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Landon Cassill made his Cup Series debut at Michigan; driving for veteran team owner James Finch.

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Landon Cassill ran 15 other races that year for Finch, TRG Motorsports, and Larry Gunselman.

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Landon Cassill started the 2011 season with a 3rd-place finish in the opening Nationwide series race: the DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona.

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Landon Cassill drove in 3 Sprint Cup races for Germain Racing before moving over to Phoenix Racing.

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In early February 2012, it was announced that Landon Cassill would drive for Front Row Motorsports in the 2012 Daytona 500, driving the No 26 Ford, but the deal fell through as Landon Cassill received a full-season offer.

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Shortly after it was announced that Landon Cassill would drive the No 83 in 2012, driving for a new team, BK Racing, that purchased the assets and owners' points of the former Red Bull Racing Team.

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Landon Cassill would go on to finish 31st in season points.

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On January 17,2013, it was announced that Landon Cassill would leave BK Racing due to contract disagreements.

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Later in the season, starting at the Brickyard 400, Landon Cassill began running in the No 40, jointly fielded by Circle Sport and Hillman Racing, in a majority of races.

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Landon Cassill ran very strongly in the 2015 Coke Zero 400, but his underfunded car was involved in a massive crash on the last lap at the checkered flag; he would finish 13th.

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In 2016, Landon Cassill joined Front Row Motorsports, driving the No 38 Ford Fusion.

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Landon Cassill had his best performance of the season in the Food City 500, where he led 20 laps on a contrary fuel strategy to a 22nd-place finish.

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Landon Cassill returned to FRM in 2017, though he drove the No 34 as David Ragan returned to the team in the No 38.

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Landon Cassill finished last after mechanical failure took the car out of the event.

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On December 17,2018, it was announced that Landon Cassill would drive the No 00 car full-time in 2019.

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Landon Cassill ran ten Xfinity races for Shepherd Racing Ventures, failing to finish all but one as the team could not afford to run the full distance.

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Regardless, Landon Cassill was able to qualify ninth in the Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300 at Las Vegas, the team's first top-ten qualifying effort since 2009.

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Landon Cassill instead served as a substitute in the event of a driver testing positive for COVID-19, though his duties were ultimately not required.

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46.

In 2021, Landon Cassill rejoined JD Motorsports and the No 4 for the full Xfinity season.

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Landon Cassill scored no top tens, failed to qualify for the season finale at Phoenix, and finished 22nd in the final standings.

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On December 9,2021, Kaulig Racing announced that Landon Cassill would replace Jeb Burton in the No 10, bringing sponsorship funding from Voyager Digital as it signed a two-year extension.

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Landon Cassill's best run of the 2022 season would come at New Hampshire, leading 17 laps and finishing 3rd although he was disqualified in post-race technical inspection and would be scored 37th.

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On January 18,2023, Landon Cassill announced that he would not be returning to Kaulig Racing full-time for the 2023 season due to Voyager Digital filing for bankruptcy midway through last season.

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Season still in progress Ineligible for series points Landon Cassill started the 2013 season running for Sprint Cup Series points but switched to the Nationwide Series starting at Charlotte in May Landon Cassill started the 2019 season running for Cup Series points, but switched to the Xfinity Series starting at Talladega in April.