Ty Dillon | |||||||
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Dillon at Road America in 2016
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Born |
Lewisville, North Carolina |
February 27, 1992 ||||||
Achievements | 2011 ARCA Racing Series Champion | ||||||
Awards |
2012 Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year 2013 Camping World Truck Series Most Popular Driver |
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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
20 races run over 4 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 13 (Germain Racing) | ||||||
2016 position | 53rd | ||||||
Best finish | 53rd (2016) | ||||||
First race | 2014 Oral-B USA 500 (Atlanta) | ||||||
Last race | 2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (Atlanta) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
113 races run over 5 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 3 (Richard Childress Racing) | ||||||
2016 position | 5th | ||||||
Best finish | 3rd (2015) | ||||||
First race | 2012 5-hour Energy 200 (Dover) | ||||||
Last race | 2017 Rinnai 250 (Atlanta) | ||||||
First win | 2014 Lilly Diabetes 250 (Indianapolis) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
52 races run over 5 years | |||||||
2015 position | 86th | ||||||
Best finish | 2nd (2013) | ||||||
First race | 2011 Kentucky 225 (Kentucky) | ||||||
Last race | 2015 UNOH 200 (Bristol) | ||||||
First win | 2012 Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 200 (Atlanta) | ||||||
Last win | 2013 WinStar World Casino 350K (Texas) | ||||||
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NASCAR Pinty's Series career | |||||||
2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
2013 position | 42nd | ||||||
Best finish | 42nd (2013) | ||||||
First race | 2013 Pinty's Presents the Vortex 200 (Mosport) | ||||||
Last race | 2013 Pinty's Presents the Clarington 200 (Mosport) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of March 5, 2017. |
Tyler "Ty" Dillon (born February 27, 1992) is an American professional driver. He is the younger brother of fellow NASCAR driver Austin Dillon, son of former driver Mike Dillon and grandson of Richard Childress. He currently competes full-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 13 Chevrolet SS for Germain Racing and part-time in the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing.
Dillon began his racing career in Bandolero minicars. Moving up to the K&N Pro Series East in 2009, he competed for the series championship in 2010, finishing 13th in points despite only competing in eight races of the series' ten-race schedule. He scored one win in the series, in August 2010 at Gresham Motorsports Park.
After making three starts and winning twice, at Kansas Speedway and Rockingham Speedway, in the ARCA Racing Series in 2010, Dillon ran his first full season in the series in 2011, winning seven times on his way to winning the series championship. He defeated Chris Buescher by a 340-point margin for the championship, but lost the series rookie-of-the-year award to Buescher by two points.
Dillon made his debut in the Camping World Truck Series in 2011, finishing eighteenth at Kentucky Speedway, in preparation for running the full series schedule for Richard Childress Racing in 2012. In only his second Truck Series start at Texas Motor Speedway, he finished third. At Homestead, he finished 6th, right in front of his brother Austin, who was crowned champion that night after the race was called due to rain.