Statesville, N.C. (June 26, 2012) – Landon Cassill is champing at the bit for this weekend’s Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway. He piloted his No. 83 Burger King/Dr Pepper Toyota to an 18th-place finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May. It was BK Racing’s best performance at a 1.5-mile venue and the organization’s only top-20 finish at a 1.5-mile track since it began in February. Cassill’s aiming to set a new standard for his team this Saturday.
Cassill started 30th and finished 23rd in the inaugural Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky last season. He made one Nationwide Series start at the track in 2008, which he started eighth and finished 11th.
At other 1.5-mile tracks this season, Cassill finished 36th at Las Vegas, 30th at Texas and 34th at Kansas. He sees his finish at Charlotte as an affirmation that his team is progressing and wants to show how far it’s come this weekend.
Comments from BK Racing Driver Landon Cassill heading into Kentucky:
“I’m excited to get back to Kentucky. I like it a lot and I’m glad the Cup Series has made it a fixture on the circuit. It’s a really good race track. It’s got a lot of room and a few good grooves. It will be a good race.
“Kentucky is a lot wider than the other mile-and-a-half tracks. It’s extremely rough and has a lot of bumps. The pavement has settled. It’s created a lot of rough spots on the race track. As wide as it is, it’s really fast and it has a lot of grip, but the roughness makes it hard to hang on to. I think it’s a great race track with a lot of character.
“Our intermediate track program has come a long way. We finished 18th at Michigan. We finished 18th at Charlotte. That’s really honorable. I think it shows that there’s no fluke in our top-20 finishes. I hope we can go to Kentucky and back that up.” -30-
