Landon Cassill, the Iowa youngster who formerly was a Hendrick Motorsports development driver and made a bunch more fans in 2011 through his near-full season of work in James Finch’s Phoenix Racing Chevrolet, has an opportunity for the Daytona 500 in a Ford. To kick off his own 2012, Cassill will drive a third Front Row Motorsports Ford later this month at Speedweeks. Cassill’s #26 Fusion will have backing from Morristown Driver’s Service, an over-the-road trucking company based in Tennessee. Owner Bob Jenkins ‘ third car last year wore #55, but Michael Waltrip Racing took that number in conjunction with its sponsor, Aaron’s 55th anniversary, for the 2012 season.(NASCAR.com)(2-2-2012)
UPDATE: The story has been updated: Thursday morning, [Cassill] let Front Row general manager Jerry Freeze know he couldn ‘t do it. ‘We gave [Cassill] an out if he got a full-time racing deal,’ Freeze said. ‘And it sounds like he has one. No idea on who we ‘ll get for now.’(2-2-2012)
