ABOUT
At the age of 13, Landon and his cousin Kyle became crew members on the Simon Racing #23 sprint car, owned and operated by the Simon family and driven by Matt Westfall.
Landon’s decision to follow in his father’s footsteps came after he was accidentally shot in the chest with a shotgun at a friend's house when he was 17 years old. He was life-flighted to Miami Valley Hospital and spent three days in a coma before he was released. Facing a long road to recovery, Landon decided to pursue his dream of becoming a race car driver. The teen worked hard and turned his dreams into reality by building the first Landon Simon Racing sprint car during his senior year of high school.
In 2008, Landon’s rookie year consisted of balancing school work, racing and continued rehabilitation for injuries sustained in the accident. That same year, Landon raced his way to Dayton Area Race Fans (D.A.R.F) Rookie of the Year award, Waynesfield Raceway Park (WRP) Rookie of the Year award and finished No. 8 in WRP points. The following years were spent racing across the country as a hired driver, not only out of the LSR stable, but for Indiana and Ohio-based race teams as well. In the winter of 2013, Landon's drive and passion for the sport lead him to Indianapolis to further his racing career against the best drivers in the country.
He now resides in Avon, Indiana with his wife, Sarah, and their four rescue dogs.
Landon Simon
Driver of the True North Cannabis, East Mountain Transport #24 Sprint Car
SERIES: Xtreme Outlaw
BIRTHDAY: 7/31/89
HOMETOWN: Tipp City, Ohio
Landon Simon was born on July 31, 1989 in Tipp City, Ohio and attended his first sprint car race when he was just two weeks old.
Landon was raised around the 120 mph-capable machines and could be found in the race shop trying to mount race tires when he was just three years old. He spent his school years and summer vacations working with the legendary race car driver Jack Hewitt, long-time winged sprint car driver Jimmy Stinson and his father, Chris Simon, who began racing sprint cars in 1990.