Landon Cassill

Landon Douglas Cassill (born July 7, 1989) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 10 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing.

Early career Cassill was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and began racing on a quad when he was three years old. Cassill moved to go-karts. He finished second in the Pro Kart Tour at Atlanta Motor Speedway at the age of ten. 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 classes and a midget class. He won all three state championships on the same night. 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.

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.

At age 16, he became the youngest winner in ASALMS history when he won at Lake Erie Speedway on June 9, 2006; holding the record until Erik Jones surpassed him at the age of fourteen in 2010. He 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. For 196 laps, Cassill held the runner-up position on the track to Peter Casilino. He secured victory by edging Casilino off the track. Answering questions afterward about the win, Cassill replied, "Hey rubbin's just racin what can I say!"

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

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.

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 Speedway in July 2007 after turning eighteen, as NASCAR requires national series drivers to be at least eighteen years of age (regional series drivers can be sixteen). Cassill finished 32nd in his debut. He was in contention to score his first top-ten finish at Memphis before another driver spun him out on the final lap. In his six starts that year, his best finish was eighteenth at Dover.

In 2008, Cassill drove the No. 5 National Guard Chevrolet in sixteen Nationwide series races for JR Motorsports and the No. 4 Phoenix Racing Chevrolet in the three road course races. In Cassill's first start of the season, at Nashville, he started 22nd and finished nineteenth, two laps down. He earned his first top-ten finish in the June race at Nashville with a ninth place finish. He won his first pole at Loudon, but had to start at the back of the field due to an engine change. He quickly moved his way up in the race but was wrecked by Bobby Hamilton Jr., resulting in a 34th place finish. He was involved in another incident with Hamilton Jr. at Memphis which resulted in an altercation following the race. In nineteen starts, Cassill earned five top-ten finishes and won Rookie of the Year honors. He also drove a limited schedule in the Truck Series for Randy Moss Motorsports; garnering three top-ten finishes. Cassill made his lone 2009 start on October 24 at Memphis; driving Phoenix Racing's No. 1 Miccosukee Chevrolet to a tenth place finish.

In 2010, he drove the No. 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 Nationwide Series: three in the No. 7 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports and another three in the No. 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 fifteen other races that year for Finch, TRG Motorsports, and Larry Gunselman.

Cassill started the 2011 season with a third place finish in the opening Nationwide series race: the DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona. It would be his lone Nationwide start of the year. He drove in three Sprint Cup races for Germain Racing before moving over to Phoenix Racing. 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 twelfth. After the end of the season, he was replaced for 2012 in the Phoenix Racing No. 51 by Kurt Busch.

In early February 2012, it was announced that Cassill would drive for Front Row Motorsports in the 2012 Daytona 500, driving the No. 26 Ford, but the deal fell through as Cassill received a full-season offer. Shortly after it was announced that 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. Cassill would go on to finish 31st in season points.

2013–2017

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 No. 33 in the Sprint Cup Series for the remainder of the season. In early March, it was revealed that Cassill was suing BK Racing for a claim of unpaid winnings. Later in the season, starting at the Brickyard 400, Cassill began running in the No. 40, jointly fielded by Circle Sport and Hillman Racing, in a majority of races.

In December 2013, it was announced that Cassill would return to the No. 4 Chevrolet in the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series for JD Motorsports, replacing Mike Wallace as the team's lead driver, in addition to returning to the No. 40 Chevrolet for Circle Sport in the Sprint Cup Series.

In the 2014 Cup season, Cassill tied his career-best finish of twelfth at the Daytona 500, and recorded his best career finish of fourth at the Geico 500. Carsforsale.com was the primary sponsor of Landon Cassill during these and four other races including Kansas Speedway, Sonoma Raceway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and Michigan International Speedway.

On December 16, 2014, G&K Services re-upped as a full-time associate sponsor with multiple primary sponsorships in select markets. Those races include Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Phoenix International Raceway, Texas Motor Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, and Chicagoland Speedway.

On February 2, 2015, Snap Fitness returned to the No. 40 team for a second year, sponsoring the races at Atlanta, the All-Star Showdown, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, and Darlington Raceway. On February 11, it was announced that Cassill would partner with Carsforsale.com for a second year. Carsforsale.com sponsored the Daytona 500 and five other Sprint Cup races in the 2015 season. He 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 thirteenth.

With Hillman joining Premium Motorsports, Cassill lost his No. 40 ride. In 2016, Cassill joined Front Row Motorsports, driving the No. 38 Ford Fusion. During the Texas race, a big one occurred on lap 271, Cassill barely made it through. Cassill had his best performance of the season in the Food City 500, where he led twenty laps on a contrary fuel strategy to a 22nd-place finish.

Cassill returned to FRM in 2017, though he drove the No. 34 as David Ragan returned to the team in the No. 38. His main sponsors were Starkey Hearing Foundation, CSX (Play it safe), and Love's Travel Stops.

It was announced on October 10, 2017, that Cassill would not be returning to Front Row Motorsports in 2018.

2018–2023 After losing his ride in 2017, Cassill came into the 2018 season as a free agent. Following the release of Jeffrey Earnhardt from StarCom Racing, Cassill was announced as the new driver of the No. 00 Chevrolet Camaro with sponsorship from the United States First Responders Association beginning at Martinsville. Cassill finished last after mechanical failure took the car out of the event. The following race proved much better, as Cassill finished 21st. Cassill would return once again at Bristol with sponsorship from Superior Essex and TW Cable where he would finish in the 20th position. At Homestead, he drove the No. 89 car fielded by Morgan Shepherd's Shepherd Racing Ventures team.

On December 17, 2018, it was announced that Cassill would drive the No. 00 car full-time in 2019. During the year, Cassill had the lowest crash rate among Cup drivers.

In April 2019, Cassill returned to JD Motorsports for the Talladega Xfinity race, driving the No. 4 as usual driver Ross Chastain was with Kaulig Racing for the event. He also 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. For the season-ending Ford EcoBoost 300 at Homestead, the team acquired enough sponsorship to enable the No. 89 to race the entire event. After qualifying thirteenth, Cassill finished fifteenth for the team's first completed race since 2013 and their first top-fifteen run since 2009.

Although he was under contract for the 2020 season, Cassill lost his ride at StarCom to Quin Houff. After skipping the opener at Daytona, Cassill entered the next three races before the season was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; sponsorship troubles due to the pandemic prevented SRV from returning for the rest of the year. Cassill instead served as a substitute in the event of a driver testing positive for COVID-19, though his duties were ultimately not required.

In 2021, Cassill rejoined JD Motorsports and the No. 4 for the full Xfinity season. Ahead of the Dover race in May, Cassill swapped cars with JDM teammate Ryan Vargas and moved to the No. 6 to help it accumulate owner points. At the time of the switch, the No. 6 was 37th in owner points, which would have jeopardized its qualifying ability for later races. He scored no top-tens, failed to qualify for the season finale at Phoenix, and finished 22nd in the final standings. His best run of the 2022 season would come at New Hampshire, leading seventeen laps and finishing third although he was disqualified in post-race technical inspection and would be scored 37th.

On January 18, 2023, Cassill announced that he would not be returning to Kaulig full-time for the 2023 season due to Voyager Digital filing for bankruptcy midway through last season. In May 2024, he paid 25,000 as part of a 2.42 million deal by himself, Rob Gronkowski, and Victor Oladipo to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by individuals who invested in Voyager.

Motorsports career results

Career summary

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series NASCAR Cup Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts Ref 2010 Phoenix Racing 09 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT POC MCH38 SON NHA DAY POC41 GLN MCH38 ATLDNQ CLT42 TEX40 47th 717 TRG Motorsports 71 Chevy CHI39 IND39 BRI37 RCH33 DOV38 Gunselman Motorsports 64 Toyota NHA42 KAN43 CAL40 MAR42 TALDNQ PHO40 HOM40 2011 Germain Racing 60 Toyota DAY PHO38 LVS43 BRI42 55th 01 Phoenix Racing 09 Chevy CAL24 MAR26 TEX28 TAL31 RCH31 DAR29 DOV30 CLT35 51 KAN35 POC24 MCH12 SON DAY26 KEN23 NHA26 IND20 POC27 GLN MCH31 BRI ATL22 RCH25 CHI30 NHA33 DOV31 KAN17 CLT28 TAL16 MAR42 TEX26 PHO29 HOM36 2012 BK Racing 83 Toyota DAY22 PHO35 LVS36 BRI29 CAL36 MAR29 TEX30 KAN34 RCH20 TAL34 DAR26 CLT18 DOV38 POC43 MCH18 SON31 KEN25 DAY32 NHA29 IND25 POC26 GLN23 MCH25 BRI24 ATL20 RCH19 CHI29 NHA27 DOV36 TAL30 CLT26 KAN18 MAR19 TEX26 PHO25 HOM27 31st 598 2013 Circle Sport 33 Chevy DAY PHO32 LVS42 BRI33 CAL30 MAR33 TEX34 KAN29 RCH25 TAL22 DAR30 CLT37 DOV32 POC38 MCH SON KEN36 DAY24 NHA32 MCH32 DOV38 KAN33 TAL37 HOM33 61st 02 40 IND33 POC29 GLN28 BRI23 ATL37 RCH34 CHI29 NHA34 CLT33 MAR29 TEX34 PHO42 2014 Hillman Racing DAY12 PHODNQ LVSDNQ BRI30 CAL25 MAR25 TEX34 DAR25 RCH26 TAL11 KAN42 CLT36 DOV34 POC33 MCH35 SON43 KEN32 DAY31 NHA34 IND30 POC41 GLN29 MCH29 BRI22 ATL31 RCH34 CHI28 NHA25 DOV35 KAN21 CLT23 TAL4 MAR19 TEX43 PHO29 HOM29 56th 01 2015 Hillman Smith Motorsports DAY43 ATL43 LVS35 PHO37 CAL25 MAR21 TEX32 BRI43 RCH26 TAL39 KAN29 CLT39 DOV23 POC25 MCH31 SON36 DAY13 KEN28 NHA30 IND26 POC14 GLN35 MCH36 BRI38 DAR20 RCH30 CHI27 NHA38 DOV40 CLT23 KAN43 TAL34 MAR21 TEX25 PHO35 HOM35 55th 01 2016 Front Row Motorsports 38 Ford DAY23 ATL36 LVS28 PHO25 CAL16 MAR28 TEX25 BRI22 RCH27 TAL11 KAN31 DOV19 CLT27 POC36 MCH25 SON29 DAY31 KEN29 NHA28 IND20 POC30 GLN23 BRI20 MCH39 DAR30 RCH36 CHI29 NHA29 DOV29 CLT19 KAN27 TAL21 MAR29 TEX29 PHO20 HOM21 29th 530 2017 34 DAY16 ATL22 LVS27 PHO28 CAL27 MAR27 TEX29 BRI32 RCH21 TAL29 KAN21 CLT28 DOV36 POC27 MCH32 SON30 DAY19 KEN26 NHA23 IND22 POC29 GLN36 MCH25 BRI35 DAR21 RCH39 CHI20 NHA25 DOV29 CLT25 TAL28 KAN23 MAR23 TEX26 PHO24 HOM23 31st 382 2018 StarCom Racing 00 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR38 TEX21 BRI20 RCH34 TAL DOV31 KAN25 CLT28 POC31 MCH32 SON CHI36 KEN33 NHA37 POC34 GLN31 MCH29 BRI25 DAR30 IND31 LVS18 ROV29 DOV33 KAN29 TEX35 PHO26 HOM31 57th 01 99 DAY24 RCH36 TAL22 MAR32 2019 00 DAY24 ATL33 LVS32 PHO33 CAL29 MAR28 TEX30 BRI26 RCH35 TAL34 DOV31 KAN37 CLT37 POC31 MCH29 SON31 CHI31 DAY11 KEN32 NHA26 POC28 GLN29 MCH30 BRI25 DAR25 IND40 LVS29 RCH28 ROV28 DOV26 TAL14 KAN37 MAR26 TEX27 PHO33 HOM28 45th 03 2021 Gaunt Brothers Racing 96 Toyota DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL BRD MAR RCH TAL KAN DAR DOV COA CLT SON NSH POC POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH DAY36 DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL24 ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 57th 01 2022 Spire Motorsports 77 Chevy DAY15 CAL LVS PHO30 ATL COA RCH32 MAR BRD TAL19 DOV DAR22 KAN CLT GTW SON NSH ROA ATL24 NHA POC IRC MCH RCH30 GLN DAY4 DAR25 KAN24 BRI22 TEX22 TAL11 ROV LVS32 HOM29 MAR32 PHO36 43rd 01

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2012 BK Racing Toyota 39 22 2014 Hillman Racing Chevrolet 18 12 2015 Hillman Smith Motorsports 17 43 2016 Front Row Motorsports Ford 24 23 2017 27 16 2019 StarCom Racing Chevrolet 27 24 2022 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 27 15

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 2007 Hendrick Motorsports 24 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY32 IRP30 CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH22 PHO34 HOM 72nd 510 5 DOV18 KAN CLT MEM20 TEX 2008 JR Motorsports DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH19 TEX PHO22 RCH23 DAR CLT DOV25 NSH9 KEN11 MLW22 NHA34 DAY CHI10 GTY6 IRP7 BRI22 CAL RCH12 DOV25 KAN CLT MEM13 TEX PHO6 HOM 26th 2092 Jay Robinson Racing 4 Chevy MXC23 TAL CGV14 GLN31 MCH 2009 Phoenix Racing 1 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM10 TEX PHO HOM 115th 134 2010 JR Motorsports 7 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO35 TEX18 TAL RCH DAR DOV20 CLT NSH KEN ROA NHA DAY 69th 483 RAB Racing 09 Ford CHI33 GTY31 IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH28 DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY TEX PHO HOM 2011 Phoenix Racing 1 Chevy DAY3 PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 65th 41 2013 JD Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CALQL† TEX36 RCH19 TAL17 DAR23 CLT21 DOV22 IOW MCH26 ROA39 KEN36 DAY23 NHA30 CHI21 IND25 IOW GLN17 MOH BRI23 ATL19 RCH23 CHI22 KEN DOV19 KAN22 CLT32 TEX24 PHO HOM33 24th 3592 2014 01 DAY21 PHO19 LVS19 BRI12 CAL35 TEX33 DAR12 RCH13 TAL8 IOW10 CLT30 DOV14 MCH14 ROA8 KEN13 DAY30 NHA15 CHI21 IND16 IOW13 GLN33 MOH14 BRI22 ATL15 RCH14 CHI16 KEN29 DOV16 KAN34 CLT17 TEX19 PHO32 HOM35 12th 800 2015 DAY31 ATL17 LVS20 PHO37 CAL21 TEX25 BRI28 RCH10 TAL11 IOW20 CLT17 DOV22 MCH35 CHI DAY31 KEN16 NHA23 IND31 IOW GLN36 MOH18 BRI15 ROA DAR8 RCH18 CHI32 KEN DOV15 CLT18 KAN18 TEX22 PHO29 HOM16 18th 637 2018 JD Motorsports 01 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR14 IND DOV26 KAN TEX PHO 48th 59 4 LVS14 RCH MBM Motorsports 13 Dodge ROV38 Shepherd Racing Ventures 89 Chevy HOM38 2019 JD Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL9 DOV CHI19 DAY37 BRI10 ROA IND16 32nd 175 Shepherd Racing Ventures 89 Chevy CLT34 POC MCH32 IOW NHA37 IOW GLN MOH LVS36 RCH36 ROV DOV29 KAN36 TEX36 PHO38 HOM15 JD Motorsports 15 Chevy KEN26 01 DAR18 2020 Shepherd Racing Ventures 89 Chevy DAY LVS36 CAL36 PHO35 DAR38 CLT BRI ATLWth HOM HOM TAL POC IRC KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA DRC DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV KAN TEX MAR PHO 69th 5 2021 JD Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY23 DRC12 HOM19 LVS21 PHO22 ATL14 MAR37 TAL20 DAR12 COA22 NSH29 POC21 ROA27 ATL38 NHA25 GLN20 IRC17 MCH26 DAY21 DAR16 RCH39 BRI39 LVS16 TAL37 ROV17 TEX36 KAN19 MAR12 PHODNQ 22nd 465 6 DOV25 CLT13 MOH20 TEX15 2022 Kaulig Racing 10 Chevy DAY14 CAL38 LVS6 PHO9 ATL5 COA31 RCH15 MAR2 TAL5 DOV12 DAR6 TEX10 CLT29 PIR15 NSH18 ROA32 ATL8 NHA37 POC11 IRC11 MCH10 GLN16 DAY23 DAR12 KAN13 BRI35 TEX33 TAL3 ROV10 LVS11 HOM12 MAR37 PHO4 13th 779 † – Qualified for Daryl Harr

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 2008 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 46 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN13 CLT9 MFD20 DOV24 TEX MCH MLW3 MEM KEN 31st 892 Randy Moss Motorsports 81 Chevy IRP14 NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL6 MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 2010 ThorSport Racing 98 Chevy DAY36 ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 119th 55

K&N Pro Series East NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2007 Hendrick Motorsports 42 Chevy GRE ELK IOW SBO14 STA NHA4 TMP MCM ADI LRP MFD NHA DOV 37th 281 2015 Ranier Racing with MDM 41 Chevy NSM GRE BRI IOW BGS LGY COL NHA IOW GLN MOT VIR RCH DOV8 47th 36

K&N Pro Series West NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2015 Ranier Racing with MDM 41 Chevy KCR IRW TUS IOW SHA SON SLS IOW EVG CNS MER AAS PHO5 43rd 39

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

ARCA Re/Max Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Re/Max Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pts Ref 2007 Hendrick Motorsports 87 Chevy DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN38 POC32* NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TALDNQ TOL 131st 150 2008 JR Motorsports 88 DAY7 SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL39 TOL 85th 230