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David Ragan rejoining Front Row Motorsports in 2017
Landon Cassill will have David Ragan as a teammate at Front Row Motorsports.
The team said Friday that Ragan would rejoin the team after he spent the 2016 season at BK Racing. Ragan will drive the No. 38 car that Cassill drove in 2016 while Cassill moves to the No. 34 that was occupied by Chris Buescher in 2016.
Buescher is moving to JTG-Daugherty Racing’s new second car for 2017.
“These are two hard-working guys, both in the car and away from the car working with our partners,” team owner Bob Jenkins said. “We went out and got Landon last season because we knew he was talented and we wanted him in our racecar, and now we’re really happy he will be back another year.
“And we’re really excited to have David back. He’s a big part of Front Row’s history, bringing us our first win. He’s got a lot of experience in his career – things that you can’t teach – that will be big assets to us and our partners.”
Ragan won at Talladega in 2013 for FRM when he got a push from then-teammate David Gilliland for the win. He was slated to spend the 2015 season at FRM (pending sponsorship) but ended up driving just one race for the team before he was tabbed as Kyle Busch’s substitute driver for nine races.
After he drove the No. 18, Ragan moved to the No. 55 as a replacement for Brian Vickers, who was sidelined for the season because of blood clots.
BK Racing said last week that neither Ragan nor Matt DiBenedetto would be returning to the team for 2017. DiBenedetto’s 2017 plans became official Thursday when Go Fas Racing said he would drive for the team.
Cassill finished 29th in the standings in 2016 and had 10 lead-lap finishes.
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