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Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats to Sponsor Austin & Ty Dillon in 2012
WELCOME, N.C. – Bass Pro Shops will continue its partnership with Richard Childress Racing in 2012, serving as a primary sponsor of both Austin Dillon’s No. 3 Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and Ty Dillon’s No. 3 Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats will be the primary sponsor throughout the year on the No. 3 truck during Ty Dillon’s first full season in the series. The No. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series, Truck Series
2011: NASCAR’s Youth Is Served
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – If it seems top performers in NASCAR are getting younger and younger – you’re right. Consider that: A 20-year-old, Trevor Bayne, won the Daytona 500 A 21-year-old, Austin Dillon, became the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series’ youngest champion The NASCAR K&N Pro Series boasted an 18-year-old champion, Max Gresham, and a 15-year-old race and pole winner, Dylan Kwasniewski. Youth being served didn’t comprise the season’s only break-out performances – think champion Tony Stewart winning a record … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Top 10 NASCAR Moments of 2011
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - In a special season during which magic moments were many, Tony Stewart’s championship-clinching victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway has been voted the Top Moment of 2011. Members of NASCARMedia.com voted in the week-long poll, casting ballots for the top-10 moments from the just-completed NASCAR season. Stewart’s walk-off win in the season finale, however, didn’t exactly prevail in a landslide among voting by members of the news media. Trevor Bayne’s historic Daytona 500 victory – … Read entire article »
Stewart, Stenhouse Jr., Dillon To Sign Autographs At Inaugural Fan Festival In January
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. – With the completion of the 2011 NASCAR season, planning for the NASCAR Preview 2012 Presented by Sprint season preview fan event is in high gear. Driver appearances by the newly crowned 2011 champions in the three NASCAR national series have been confirmed for the fan-centric, all-day event located inside the Charlotte Convention Center on Saturday, Jan. 21. Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart and first-time national series champions Ricky Stenhouse … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
NASCAR Awards Banquet Honors Four Champions
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR’s future was front and center Monday night as four champions in two national series were crowned. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 24 and Austin Dillon, 21, officially were proclaimed champions of the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, respectively, on the Americana Ballroom stage at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel. Both were honored with their first NASCAR national series titles. Each became champion in the season following a rookie-of-the-year performance. Dillon … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series, Truck Series
Dillon wins truck title despite valiant run by race winner Sauter
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service HOMESTEAD, Fla.—Austin Dillon withstood a strong challenge from race winner Johnny Sauter to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship in Friday night’s Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. NASCAR called the event with 15 laps left with Sauter in the lead and Dillon in 10th place, giving Dillon, 21, the youngest champion in series history, a six-point edge over Sauter in the final series standings. Dillon is the first … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Truck Series
AdvoCare and RCR Announce Partnership for Austin Dillon’s 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series No. 3 Chevy
WELCOME, N.C. – Richard Childress Racing and AdvoCare have entered into a partnership for the company to be the primary sponsor of the No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet Impala driven by Austin Dillon for 20 races in the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series season. Dillon, who currently drives the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, has an 11-point lead in the driver championship point standings with two races remaining. The 21-year-old … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Tony Stewart Leads NASCAR Team Into Inaugural Indy Karting Classic
INDIANAPOLIS – Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart will lead a team of NASCAR drivers who will compete against a team of INDYCAR drivers in the inaugural Indy Karting Classic on Sunday, Dec. 11, at Conseco Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis. The Indy Karting Classic is a one-day festival of karting that will bring the third annual International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS) to a close. IMIS is a three-day trade show featuring seminars, conferences and … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Denny Hamlin uses late charge to win first truck series race
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va.—Making excellent use of a fresh set of tires, Denny Hamlin drove through the field after a pit stop on Lap 134 and won Saturday’s Kroger 200 Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway in his only start this year. Ron Hornaday Jr. ran second to make a small dent in the advantage on series points leader Austin Dillon, who finished third. Johnny Sauter ran fourth, followed by … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
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