Landon Huffman
Landon D. Huffman (born January 30, 1996) is an American stock car racing driver and team owner. He will compete full-time in the CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour and the Virginia Triple Crown, in the No. 57 Chevrolet Camaro for Carroll Speedshop, full-time in the late model stock division at Tri-County Speedway, in the No. 75 for his own team and part-time in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and SMART Modified Tour, in the No. 98 for Shamrock Motorsports.[2] Huffman has previously raced in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He is the son of Robert Huffman. Personal lifeLandon's father is former NASCAR driver Robert Huffman. Robert won two track championships at Hickory Motor Speedway and five championships in the Goody's Dash Series.[3][4] Landon has a YouTube channel where he posts videos about his racing career and his short track program, along with all of his friends who help out on his team, such as RJ Williams, Seth Brotherton, Rich Hudson, and Kenny "Guttman" Little. He currently has 27K subscribers.[1] In April 2021, Landon married his high school sweetheart, Brooke. Racing careerGander Outdoors Truck SeriesHuffman drove in two races in 2017. He made his Truck Series debut in Bristol, driving the No. 63 truck for MB Motorsports. There he finished 20th.[5][6] Later that season, he returned at Martinsville, driving the No. 83 truck for MB Motorsports. He improved on his last result, finishing 17th on the lead lap. On January 22, 2018, NextGen Motorsports announced that the team would like to have Huffman drive between ten and fifteen races in the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.[7] However, the deal fell through. On October 12, 2018, it was announced that Huffman joined Niece Motorsports' No. 38 truck at Martinsville. In August 2019, Huffman replaced an injured Spencer Boyd in the No. 20 of Young's Motorsports at Eldora.[8] Xfinity SeriesOn January 22, 2018, NextGen Motorsports announced that they would like to have Huffman drive for the team in five 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series events, starting at Bristol in April.[9] However, the deal never came to fruition. Late ModelsHuffman won the track championship at Hickory Motor Speedway (a track which his father, Robert Huffman won two championships) in 2022 for Jason Smith Racing. In 2023, Huffman partnered with High Rock Vodka and Bumgarner Propane for his own No. 75 Huffman Racing effort, which included a few wins along the way at both Hickory & Tri-County Speedway .[10][11] Additionally, Huffman was signed mid-season to drive the No. 22 Chevrolet Camaro for Nelson Motorsports in the CARS Tour Late Model Stock division. This allowed Huffman to secure his first win in the series at Tri-County Speedway. [12] For 2024, Huffman is slated to drive the No. 37 Chevrolet Camaro for Jimmy Mooring Racing in the CARS Tour Late Model Stock division Full-Time in 2024,[13] as well as running his own No. 75 High Rock Vodka machine part-time across short tracks in located in the Carolinas, such as Tri-County Speedway, Caraway Speedway, Wake County Speedway, and Florence Motor Speedway. He started off his 2024 campaign by running the No. 98 Shamrock Motorsports sponsored by High Rock Vodka at New Smyrna Speedway for their World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. SpottingHuffman previously was the spotter for Zane Smith and his MDM Motorsports team in the ARCA Racing Series,[14] and Anthony Alfredo's MDM entry in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.[15] EsportsIn 2019, Huffman founded esports team Total Advantage, which competes in Call of Duty games and iRacing Road to Pro.[16] Motorsports career resultsNASCAR(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Gander Outdoors Truck Series
* Season still in progress ARCA Menards Series(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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