Austin Dillon

He finished 26th in his No. 98 Camping World Curb/Agajanian Racing Chevrolet Impala.

Austin Reed Dillon (born April 27, 1990), nicknamed "the Ace", is an American professional stock car racing driver.

He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Richard Childress Racing.

He is the grandson of RCR team owner Richard Childress, the older brother of Ty Dillon who competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the son of Mike Dillon, a former racing driver who currently works as RCR's general manager.

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.

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 the 2008 Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Camping World East Series.

He ran the full schedule in the No. 3 Chevrolet initially driving for Andy Santerre Motorsports; he eventually moved under his grandfather's Richard Childress Racing banner after four races.

Dillon scored one win at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, one pole and ten top-ten finishes in 13 races.

He made his first Camping World Truck Series start at Iowa Speedway, driving the No. 3 truck.

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 failed to qualify for the race.

He also won the Rookie of the Year award in both series in the year before he won the championship (2010 and 2012, respectively).

He also holds the record for most consecutive poles in the Nationwide (now Xfinity) Series with four.

Dillon began his racing career in Bandolero and Legends.

A year later, he started dirt track racing at dirt late model racer Dale McDowell's school.

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.

Dillon is the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion and the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion and the winner of the 2018 Daytona 500.

In 2011, Dillon scored his first win of the year at Nashville Superspeedway.

Dillon scored his second win of 2011 at Chicagoland Speedway, beating Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch.

After rain shortened the season finale at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, Dillon was crowned the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion.

He also won the 2011 CWTS Most Popular Driver Award.

Dillon made his first career start in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series on October 9, 2011, in the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway.

On November 4, 2011, Richard Childress Racing announced that Dillon would be moving up to the Nationwide Series in 2012, driving the No. 3 that Dale Earnhardt made famous, with sponsorship from AdvoCare, American Ethanol, and Bass Pro Shops.

In 2012 he moved up to the Nationwide Series full-time, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet for RCR.

Dillon competed in the Sprint Cup Series on a limited basis in 2012, starting at Michigan International Speedway in June, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing, starting 21st and finishing 24th.

On June 29, 2012, Dillon recorded his first Nationwide Series win at Kentucky Speedway; he dominated the race by leading all but 8 laps and won by over 9.8 seconds over second place.

However, NASCAR officials announced the car had failed post-race inspection because the rear ride heights were too low.

Dillon also participated in one race in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series at Circuit Gilles-Villeuneuve in Montreal in August 2012.

Dillon finished 7th while driving the No. 4 car for Fitzpatrick Motorsports.

Dillon announced in August 2012 that he would continue to drive full-time in the Nationwide Series for 2013, with Advocare as the primary sponsor for the full season, along with running seven Sprint Cup Series races that year, including the 2013 Daytona 500, where he qualified 8th, but crashed late in the race, relegating him to a 31st-place finish.

In January 2013 it was announced that some of Dillon's Sprint Cup races that season would be in Phoenix Racing's No. 51 Chevrolet.

Dillon returned to the Truck Series for the inaugural Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway, leading a race-high 63 laps, and won after a green-white-checker finish.

The truck, the trophy and the famed piece of dirt track are on display at NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Later in the year Dillon substituted for the ailing Brennan Newberry in the Truck Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.

In early August 2013, it was announced that Dillon would substitute for Tony Stewart in the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet at Michigan due to Stewart's leg injury; he would also drive the car at Talladega Superspeedway in October.

In Dillon's run at Talladega, he performed well during the event, and was running in the top five for most of the day; at the white flag, Dillon was third behind Jamie McMurray and Dale Earnhardt Jr.. and was about to give Earnhardt Jr. a push for an attempt to make a winning pass when he was turned by Ricky Stenhouse Jr.., slammed the backstretch wall, then was sent airborne when struck hard in the rear bumper by Casey Mears.

On November 16, 2013, Dillon won the NASCAR Nationwide Series Championship with a 12th-place finish in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Dillon's series championship was unusual because he did not win any races during the season; this marked the first time in any of NASCAR's three national series that a season champion went winless.