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New Driver for Hendrick Motorsports? Landon Cassill: The Gazette [of Cedar Rapids Iowa] is reporting: Landon Cassill, a 17-year-old senior at Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School, has signed a contract to drive for NASCAR's Hendrick Motorsports, he told The Gazette today [1/2/2007]. Cassill joins a powerhouse race team that includes Nextel Cup champions #48-Jimmie Johnson and #24-Jeff Gordon, as well as #5-Kyle Busch [and #25-Casey Mears]. "I feel really, really honored to be part of this organization," Cassill said. "I'm honored to be in such an elite group." it says to "See more of this story in Wednesday's Gazette."(The Gazette) AND Landon will move to North Carolina in March to begin working full time for Hendrick Motorsports.(kcrg.com), of note: Cassill can't drive in the NASCAR Cup, Busch or Truck series until he is 18 [no idea when] and since Hendrick Motorsports has four team in Nextel Cup [the limit], it won't be a full-time Nextel Cup ride, look for this to be a development program of some sort [ARCA, Trucks, Busch]
 
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Its a little hard to tell with the bowl cut but it looks like he has the prerequisite bushy eye brows . he won allot of go cart stuff and a heat race in a IMCA mod when he was around 14 and some legend car races but I am not sure if he has won anything in a late model / full size car ever .

He is photo genic so I guess thats 90% of it in NASCAR now .
 
Hope he fairs better than Blake Feese & Boston Ried.
Even all the Holman/George money & clout could't keep Boston in a ride.
 
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