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Team: Richard Childress Racing-3-NNS
Age / DOB:  (23) / 4/27/1990
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In Austin Dillon's lone Nationwide Series appearance at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2012, he earned an 11th-place finish after starting second.
The 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion has two starts at Charlotte in the Truck Series, earning his best finish of seventh in the May 2011 event. Dillon will pilot Chassis No. 119 in the History 300. He raced this Chevrolet Camaro to a third-place finish, after starting third, at Texas Motor Speedway in April.-Richard Childress Racing May 21 - 8:26 PM

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Austin Dillon - Richard Childress Racing-3-NNS

In Austin Dillon's lone Nationwide Series appearance at Darlington Raceway in 2012, he started third and earned a fifth-place finish.

The 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion has two starts at the track in the Truck Series. He earned his best finish of fifth in August 2010, coupled with a 15th-place result in March 2011. Dillon will pilot Chassis No. 105 in the VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200, the same car he drove to a fourth-place finish at Iowa Speedway in May and a fifth-place finish at Auto Club Speedway in March.-Richard Childress Racing
May 7 - 9:00 PM
Austin Dillon - Richard Childress Racing-3-NNS

In three previous Nationwide Series appearances at Richmond International Raceway, Austin Dillon has earned two top-10 finishes and led 14 laps at the 0.75-mile track.

In his most recent appearance at the track (September 2012), he started second and led 14 laps despite struggling with a tight-handling condition in the center of the corners, ultimately finishing sixth. He made his Nationwide Series debut at Richmond in September 2008. Dillon ranks third in the 2013 Nationwide Series driver championship point standings, trailing current leader Sam Hornish, Jr. by eight points.-Richard Childress Racing
Apr 23 - 8:40 PM
Austin Dillon - Richard Childress Racing-3-NNS

Austin Dillon wins two race awards in the Nationwide Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Dillon won the Mobil 1 Driver of the Race award. He also won the Duralast Brakes "Brake in the Race" award for being the highest eligible driver in the running order at the time of the first caution. Dillon moved up two spots to third in the 2013 Nationwide Series point standings after this event.
Apr 13 - 12:36 AM
Austin Dillon - Richard Childress Racing-3-NNS

Austin Dillon has a pair of top-10 finishes to his credit in Nationwide Series competition at Texas Motor Speedway (finished sixth after starting fourth in November 2012 and finished fifth after starting fourth in April 2012).

In four NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at TMS, he has earned two top-five finishes, one pole award and has led 76 laps, acquiring a third-place average starting position and a 14th-place average finish position. Dillon ranks fifth in the 2013 Nationwide Series driver championship point standings, trailing current point leader Sam Hornish, Jr. by 38 points.-Richard Childress Racing
Apr 10 - 12:08 PM
Austin Dillon - Richard Childress Racing-3-NNS

Austin Dillon led the only practice session for the Nationwide Series Royal Purple 300 at Auto Club Speedway.

His lap of 176.783 mph in the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro was the quickest of the 42 cars running in this session. No. 32 Kyle Larson, No. 11 Elliott Sadler, No. 31 Justin Allgaier and No. 12 Sam Hornish Jr. were the rest of the top 5 on the speed chart. No. 74 Mike Harmon was the slowest.
Mar 22 - 8:15 PM
Austin Dillon - Richard Childress Racing-3-NNS

Austin Dillon has one previous start at Auto Club Speedway in the Nationwide Series, finishing fifth after starting fourth in 2012 as a rookie.

Dillon ranks sixth in the 2013 Nationwide Series driver championship point standings, trailing current point leader Sam Hornish, Jr. by 34 points.-Richard Childress Racing
Mar 19 - 9:18 PM
Austin Dillon - Richard Childress Racing-3-NNS

Austin Dillon led the first practice session for the Nationwide Series Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

His lap of 124.186 mph in the No. 3 Chevrolet was quickest of the 42 cars out on the track for this session. No. 99 Alex Bowman, No. 7 Regan Smith, No. 22 Brad Keselowski and No. 54 Kyle Busch were the rest of the top 5 on the speed chart. Tony Raines in the No. 70 was the slowest.
Mar 15 - 3:33 PM
Austin Dillon - Richard Childress Racing-3-NNS

Austin Dillon has two Bristol Motor Speedway starts to his credit in the Nationwide Series, posting a 12th-place finish in March 2012.

He earned a career-best, fourth-place finish at the 0.544-mile short track in August 2012. The 22-year-old Nationwide Series regular has two starts at the half-mile track in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, finishing 17th in 2010 and 23rd in 2011. Dillon ranks sixth in the 2013 Nationwide Series driver championship point standings, trailing current point leader Sam Hornish, Jr. by 27 points.-Richard Childress Racing
Mar 13 - 10:48 PM
Austin Dillon - Richard Childress Racing-3-NNS

Austin Dillon drove Richard Childress Racing's No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet to a sixth-place finish in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday afternoon.

Dillon started the 200-lap affair from the fourth position and looked strong from the start of the race, taking the lead in the black No. 3 Camaro on lap eight before settling into the third position. Dillon was scored in the seventh position for a lap-193 restart and worked his way into the sixth spot in the final seven laps of the event, to post his second consecutive top-10 finish of the season.-Richard Childress Racing
Mar 11 - 10:40 PM
Austin Dillon - Richard Childress Racing-3-NNS

Austin Dillon won the Mobil 1 Driver of the Race award at Las Vegas in the Nationwide Series.

The award is given to the winner of the race or the next-highest finishing driver displaying the Mobil 1 decal. The driver of the No. 3 Chevrolet earned the award for his sixth place finish in the Nationwide Series Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He moved up three spots to sixth in the 2013 NNS point standings.
Mar 9 - 11:37 PM
Austin Dillon - Richard Childress Racing-3-NNS

Austin Dillon tops the speed chart in the Happy Hour practice session for the Nationwide Series Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

He ran a fast lap of 179.647 in the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro. No. 20 Brian Vickers, No. 12 Sam Hornish Jr., No. 6 Trevor Bayne and No. 2 Brian Scott rounded out the top five of the 39 cars out on the track. The No. 23, driven by Robert Richardson Jr., was the slowest in the final practice session.
Mar 9 - 2:36 PM
Austin Dillon - Richard Childress Racing-3-NNS

In Austin Dillon's lone Nationwide Series appearance at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, he posted a seventh-place finish after starting third in the March 2012 edition of the race.

He has two starts at the 1.5-mile oval in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with one pole award and one race win to his credit (September 2010). In his 2011 Camping World Truck Series appearance at the track, Dillon started second and battled back from a lap-three accident to finish 17th.-Richard Childress Racing
Mar 6 - 12:51 PM
Austin Dillon - Richard Childress Racing-3-NNS

Austin Dillon drove to a sixth-place finish in the NNS race at Phoenix International Raceway.

He started sixth but lost track position in the middle stages of the race as handling issues plagued the No. 3 team (dropped back to as far as 17th). He was in 11th position when the caution flag was displayed with 50 laps remaining. Although many teams opted to take four tires and fuel, Dillon was serviced with fuel only and positioned in the seventh spot when green flag racing resumed on lap 156. He gained one more position during the final 64 laps to secure sixth-place.-Richard Childress Racing
Mar 4 - 7:33 PM
Austin Dillon - Richard Childress Racing-3-NNS

Austin Dillon has the best 10-lap consecutive average speed in the Happy Hour practice for the Nationwide Series Dollar General 200 at Phoenix International Raceway.

His average of 129.172 mph in the No. 3 Chevrolet was best of the four cars that ran 10 consecutive laps on the track for this session. No. 32 Kyle Larson (129.045 mph), No. 15 Juan Carlos Blum (124.396 mph) and No. 23 Harrison Rhodes (124.396 mph) were the others on this list.
Mar 1 - 7:42 PM