2012 NASCAR Driver Review: Landon Cassill
Considering that Landon Cassill was rideless and overlooked this time last year, the very fact that the young Iowa native got a steady ride for 2012 has to be a high point in and of itself.
Considering that Landon Cassill was rideless and overlooked this time last year, the very fact that the young Iowa native got a steady ride for 2012 has to be a high point in and of itself.
For Jeff Burton, after a momentum-building finish to 2011 his team went through a questionable personnel switch.
Some might say Sonoma was the high point for Kurt Busch, perhaps the only race in 2012 he had a realistic chance to win driving the No. 51 Phoenix Chevy.
Kyle Busch, who had won the last three spring races at Richmond, spent most of this Saturday night thinking the streak would come to an end.
Following a slow start to his young Penske Racing career with bad luck defining some mediocre performances, AJ Allmendinger found himself at Martinsville Speedway for the Goody’s Fast Relief 500.
Martin Truex Jr. dominated at the 1.5-mile Kansas track, leading a race-high 173 laps, but lost in a duel with Denny Hamlin late and had to settle for second.
After Brian Vickers had his on-track skirmishes with Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth, he may have prevented himself from securing another ride in Cup for 2012.
Things look good for Kenny Wallace, who says that all of his 2011 sponsors will return for partial schedules.
Rusty Wallace Incorporated was expected to take another step forward in 2011, but it didn’t happen.
Third in the points and riding a streak of three consecutive top-10 finishes, Reed Sorenson suddenly found himself out of a ride after the fall Dover race.