Jeff Gluck

USA TODAY Sports

Our series of weekly NASCAR driver interviews concludes for the 2016 season with Landon Cassill, who is wrapping up his first season at Front Row Motorsports. Cassill is in the 12 Questions’ last-but-not-least position for the fifth year. He is 29th in the Sprint Cup standings.

Q: What is an errand or chore in your daily life people might be surprised to learn you do yourself?

A: First, I think it’s important to note my publicist did not give me these questions in advance.

You didn’t give me any clicks on the 12 Questions all year?

I don’t read them because I don’t want to see what other people are saying and influence my answers. I’ll read them after this.

OK, fine.

Anyway, surprised about the chores in what way? Like, “I didn’t know he does that!” or “He’s just like us?”

I think more like, “Wow, Landon Cassill has to do that?”

Who do people think I am? (Laughs) I take out my own trash. Can you believe that? That will blow everyone away. And every other Wednesday, I take out the trash and the recycling.

Q: If you could do any race over again, which race would you choose?

A: Pocono this year. I would have stayed ahead of my teammate (Chris Buescher) and won the race myself when it rained. (Laughs)

Bonus question for you, since you’re the last interview of the season. No drivers all year picked a race to do over again they won – only races where they had missed chances. Why didn’t anyone want to relive a win?

Because they already won it. We want more wins. We’re not emotional people; we’re just trying to collect trophies.

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Q: The longest race of the year is 600 miles. How long of a race could you physically handle without a driver change?

A: I think it would take some training, but you could double the distance and do 1,200 miles. I could do an eight-hour race. I mean, there are people who run 24-hour marathons. My dad completed the Ironman (Triathlon) in 11 hours. So it could be an ultra-endurance race.

Q: Let’s say president of NASCAR was an elected position voted on by the drivers – and you decided to run. What would one of your campaign promises be?

A: Well, I wouldn’t win a campaign because I’d be a socialist presidential candidate. I feel like a sports league shouldn’t be a capitalist society, it should be one unit that’s trying to put out the best product. So I’d have something similar to the luxury tax in baseball or the salary cap in football. That would be my campaign promise, and I wouldn’t win because it wouldn’t be very popular – but it would be for the betterment of the sport.

And for the record, that’s not how I view national politics. But for a sports league, that works to put out a good product for the fans.

Hang on a second. (Cassill’s phone rings. He pulls out his phone, and it’s a FaceTime call from his 17-month-old son, Beckham.)

Hey buddy! I’m doing an interview. Do you have anything to say?

Beckham: Gah boo baba dak ooh guh bee bah.

Landon: Oh, really?

Beckham: Bah gee dat hoo cah pa baa.

Thank you, that’s a very good quote.

Landon: Great soundbite! Thank you, buddy! I gotta go.

Beckham: Hosh mi goo gah boo nah.

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Q: At the start of this year, exactly 2,900 drivers had ever raced in the Sprint Cup Series. Where do you rank among those 2,900?

A: How many drivers have ever won a race?

I don’t know. I guess I should have looked that up at some point in the year. (Note: The answer is 186.)

Well, definitely no higher than anyone who has actually won a race. But hopefully toward the top end of the guys who haven’t.

Q: What do you think your reputation is – and is that reputation accurate?

A: I don’t know, but probably. (Laughs)

Q: A famous chef wants you to invest in the new restaurant he’s opening, but he wants you to pick the cuisine. What type of food would your restaurant serve?

A: It would serve soups and pizzas and craft beer, and it would be all plant-based. I like soups, and I think that’s a good balance. You could go there and have a place where you could eat something fun with a bar atmosphere but still have something healthy.

Q: What is the most daring thing you’ve done outside of racing?

A: Get married. (Pauses, then grins) I love my wife.

Q: In a move to generate more excitement, NASCAR decides in an upcoming race they’re going to require every driver to have a passenger in the car. You get to pick the passenger. Who do you choose?

A: My wife (Kaitlan) has been begging me to take her for a ride in a race car for years, so I would have to pick her. There would be no radio communication between the two of us though.

Why? Is she a backseat driver?

I don’t want to find out.

Q: How often do you talk inside the car without hitting the radio button?

A: Quite a bit. It’s probably a good thing I don’t push the button.

Crew chief Donnie Wingo (who is within earshot): That goes both ways.

(Cassill bursts out laughing)

Q: Who will win the Sprint Cup in 2021?

A: Me.

Q: I’ve been asking each driver to give me a question for the next interview. The last driver was Spencer Gallagher, and his question is: If you could race any type of vehicle at any track, what is it, where is it and why is it Cup cars at Sao Paulo?

A: (Laughs, shakes head) Well, it would be a Cup car at Sao Paulo because I’ve never raced south of the equator.

But if I had a second choice, it would be all-wheel drive sedans on ice with Paul Menard. That’s how he got his start, and I think that sounds pretty wicked.

And do you have a question for the first interview of 2017?

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