Austin Dillon

Austin Dillon
Dillon at Sonoma Raceway in 2015
Born	(1990-04-27) April 27, 1990 (age 26) Lewisville, North Carolina
Achievements	2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion 2014 Daytona 500 pole winner
Awards	2008 K&N Pro Series East Rookie of the Year 2010 Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year 2011 Camping World Truck Series Most Popular Driver 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career
122 races run over 7 years
Car no., team	No. 3 (Richard Childress Racing)
2016 position	14th
Best finish	14th (2016)
First race	2011 Hollywood Casino 400 (Kansas)
Last race	2017 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 22 3
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
118 races run over 10 years
Car no., team	No. 2 (Richard Childress Racing)
2016 position	86th
Best finish	1st (2013)
First race	2008 Emerson Radio 250 (Richmond)
Last race	2017 PowerShares QQQ 300 (Daytona)
First win	2012 Feed the Children 300 (Kentucky)
Last win	2016 Food City 300 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 8 87 17
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
67 races run over 7 years
Truck no., team	No. 71 (Contreras Motorsports)
2016 position	87th
Best finish	1st (2011)
First race	2009 Lucas Oil 200 (Iowa)
Last race	2016 Striping Technology 350 (Texas)
First win	2010 Lucas Oil 200 (Iowa)
Last win	2015 UNOH 175 (New Hampshire)
Wins Top tens Poles 7 46 13
NASCAR Pinty's Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	45th (2012)
First race	2012 NAPA Autopro 100 (Montreal)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics current as of February 26, 2017.

Austin Dillon (born April 27, 1990) is an American professional driver. He is the son of former driver and RCR general manager Mike Dillon, brother of Ty Dillon and grandson of Richard Childress. He currently drives the No. 3 Chevrolet SS for Richard Childress Racing in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. He also drives the No. 2 Chevrolet Camaro for RCR in the Xfinity Series on a part-time basis.

After winning rookie of the year in the Camping World Truck Series in 2010, Dillon won the Truck Series championship in 2011, and later the Nationwide Series championship in 2013, also one year after his NASCAR Rookie of the Year title in 2012. He holds the record for most consecutive poles in the Nationwide Series with four.

Dillon began his racing career in the Bandolero Mini Cars series and the Legend Cars Series. A year later, he started dirt track racing at dirt late model racer Dale McDowell's school.

Dillon was the 2008 Sunoco Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Camping World East Series after one win at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, one pole and ten top-10s in 13 races.

He made his first Camping World Truck Series start at Iowa Speedway, driving the No. 3 truck. This was the first time that the No. 3 had appeared in any of the three major series since Dale Earnhardt Jr. used it in the Busch Series back in 2002. Dillon was supposed to start the Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega Superspeedway during the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, but the truck failed inspection, thus his time was removed and he was not allowed to race. Dillon would drive the No. 3 truck full-time in 2010 for Rookie of the Year, with sponsorship from Bass Pro Shops. Despite crashing out early at Daytona, Dillon got his first career pole at Texas Motor Speedway in June and finished third, leading 20 laps. On July 11, Dillon scored his first career NASCAR victory in the Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa Speedway, winning a Truck Series race in a truck wearing the No. 3 for the first time since Bryan Reffner won for Team Menard in 2000 at Texas Motor Speedway. He ended the season with two wins and seven poles, earning him Rookie of the Year honors.