Ty Dillon
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Born | Lewisville, North Carolina, U.S. | February 27, 1992||||||
Achievements | 2011 ARCA Racing Series Champion | ||||||
Awards | 2012 Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Most Popular Driver | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
9 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 95 (Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing) No. 14 (Stewart-Haas Racing) | ||||||
2015 position | 56th | ||||||
Best finish | 56th (2015) | ||||||
First race | 2014 Oral-B USA 500 (Atlanta) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (Atlanta) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
81 races run over 5 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 3 (Richard Childress Racing) | ||||||
2015 position | 3rd | ||||||
Best finish | 3rd (2015) | ||||||
First race | 2012 5-hour Energy 200 (Dover) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 Focused Health 250 (Atlanta) | ||||||
First win | 2014 Lilly Diabetes 250 (Indianapolis) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
52 races run over 5 years | |||||||
Truck no., team | No. 33 (GMS Racing) No. 31 (NTS Motorsports) | ||||||
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 Canada 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 February 28, 2016. |
Tyler "Ty" Dillon (born February 27, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He is the younger brother of Sprint Cup Series driver Austin Dillon, son of former driver Mike Dillon and grandson of Richard Childress. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing and part-time in the Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 95 Chevrolet SS for Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing. He also drives the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 14 on a interim basis along with Brian Vickers for the injured Tony Stewart.
Career
Early career
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Ty_Dillon_pitstop_at_Rockingham_2012.jpg/220px-Ty_Dillon_pitstop_at_Rockingham_2012.jpg)
Dillon began his racing career in Bandolero minicars.[1] Moving up to the K&N Pro Series East in 2009,[2] he competed for the series championship in 2010, finishing 13th in points despite only competing in eight races of the series' ten-race schedule.[3] He scored one win in the series, in August 2010 at Gresham Motorsports Park.[4]
After making three starts and winning twice, at Kansas Speedway and Rockingham Speedway, in the ARCA Racing Series in 2010,[5] Dillon ran his first full season in the series in 2011, winning seven times on his way to winning the series championship.[6][7] He defeated Chris Buescher by a 340-point margin for the championship,[8] but lost the series rookie-of-the-year award to Buescher by two points.[9]
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Dillon made his debut in the Camping World Truck Series in 2011,[1] finishing eighteenth at Kentucky Speedway,[10] 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.[11] At Homestead, he finished 9th, right in front of his brother Austin, who was crowned champion that night after the race was called due to rain.[12]
In the 2012 NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona, he finished 9th.[13] The following race at Martinsville saw Dillon score his best career finish, 2nd, finishing behind teammate Kevin Harvick.[14] He recorded top ten finishes in each of the first five Truck Series races of the year. On August 31, he scored his first career Camping World Truck Series win at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Returning to the Camping World Truck Series in 2013, Dillon went on to win at Kentucky Speedway in the Camping World Truck Series on June 27 of that year. In late August 2013, Dillon was leading the final lap of the Truck Series' first race in Canada against 17-year-old rookie Chase Elliott. In the final turn, Dillon and Elliott made contact, with Dillon winding up hitting the tire barrier and Elliott winning the race. Dillon afterwards stated that the next time they raced each other "he won't finish the race".[15] At Texas, Dillon won the 100th race for a #3 car/truck in NASCAR.[16]
Dillon finished second in the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series standings, behind Matt Crafton; he was named the series' Most Popular Driver at the season-ending awards banquet.[17]
In 2014, Dillon returned to the Truck Series for the Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway, racing the same truck he had driven in the previous year's race.[18] Dillon finished 10th in the event.[19] Dillon later entered the final race of the season in the No. 9 for NTS Motorsports in place of Brennan Newberry, finishing 7th.[20]
Xfinity Series
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/3_Ty_Dillon_passenger_side_NASCAR_Nationwide_2014_Gardner_Denver_200_at_Road_America.jpg/220px-3_Ty_Dillon_passenger_side_NASCAR_Nationwide_2014_Gardner_Denver_200_at_Road_America.jpg)
In early June 2012, Dillon made his debut in the Nationwide Series in the 5-hour Energy 200 at Dover International Speedway.[21] In July he finished third in the first Nationwide Series race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.[22] In August 2013, it was announced that Dillon would be moving full-time to the Nationwide Series for 2014, where he would drive the No. 3 Chevrolet for RCR, replacing brother Austin.[23]
On July 26, 2014 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Dillon got by Kyle Busch on the final restart and held off Busch to win the race. Dillon finished second to Chase Elliott in the 2014 NNS Rookie of the Year standings.
In 2015, Dillon began with a third-place finish at the season opener at Daytona. On August 8, 2015 at Watkins Glen, Dillon was involved in a huge fight with Regan Smith when Dillon dumped Smith in turn one and caused Smith to finish in the top twenty.
Sprint Cup Series
On July 15, 2014, RCR announced Dillon will make his Sprint Cup Series debut in the No. 33 with Hillman-Circle Sport LLC in partnership with RCR in the Oral-B USA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.[24] After qualifying 29th, he finished 25th. Dillon returned to the No. 33 for the Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, qualifying 26th and finishing 27th.[25]
In September 2014, sponsor Yuengling and RCR announced they would field the No. 33 for Dillon at the 2015 June Pocono race.[26] On December 9, RCR stated Dillon would drive the No. 33 for Hillman-Circle Sport in the Daytona 500.[27]
In 2016, Dillon joined Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing, splitting the No. 95 with Michael McDowell.[28] Like the 33, the 95 has an alliance with RCR. Dillon also ran the No. 14 for Stewart-Haas Racing, substituting for an injured Tony Stewart.[29]
Other racing
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On June 16, 2014, Dillon announced he would make his Trans-Am Series debut at Road America for Miller Racing in the No. 12 TA2 Chevy Camaro.[30] After starting 6th, Dillon finished 4th.[31]
Personal life
Dillon is the brother of Austin Dillon, currently driving in the Sprint Cup Series, and the son of Mike Dillon, former Busch Series driver.[32] He is also the grandson of Hall of Fame car owner Richard Childress.[6][33] On December 28, 2013, Dillon announced his engagement[34] to his girlfriend Haley Carey. Dillon and Carey, a Charlotte Hornets cheerleader,[35] were married on December 20, 2014.[36] Dillon is a Christian.[citation needed]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Sprint Cup Series
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NSCC | Pts | |||
2014 | Richard Childress Racing | 33 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | MAR | TEX | DAR | RCH | TAL | KAN | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | KEN | DAY | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL 25 |
RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | KAN | CLT | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO 27 |
HOM | 60th | 01 | |||
2015 | DAY 28 |
ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | KAN 26 |
CLT | DOV | POC 18 |
MCH 14 |
SON | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | CLT | KAN | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM 23 |
56th | 01 | ||||||
2016 | Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing | 95 | Chevy | DAY 25 |
-* | 01* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stewart-Haas Racing | 14 | Chevy | ATL 17 |
LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | KAN | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | BRI | MCH | DAR | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | CLT | KAN | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM |
Daytona 500
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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2015 | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 31 | 28 |
2016 | Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 12 | 25 |
Xfinity Series
Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Kevin Harvick Inc. | 21 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | DAR | MAR | NSH | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | KEN | IOW | NSH | IRP | POC | MCH | BRI | ATL | CHI | NHA | KEN | LVS | TAL | MAR 18 |
TEX 3 |
HOM 6 |
39th | 105 | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Richard Childress Racing | 3 | Chevy | DAY 9 |
MAR 2 |
CAR 8 |
KAN 9 |
CLT 10 |
DOV 6 |
TEX 7 |
KEN 3 |
IOW 7 |
CHI 12 |
POC 6 |
MCH 6 |
BRI 21 |
ATL 1 |
IOW 2 |
KEN 3 |
LVS 10 |
TAL 4* |
MAR 28 |
TEX 5 |
PHO 15 |
HOM 25 |
4th | 784 | |||||||||||||||||
2013 | DAY 6* |
MAR 18 |
CAR 12 |
KAN 8 |
CLT 5 |
DOV 31 |
TEX 2* |
KEN 1 |
IOW 16* |
ELD 16 |
POC 20 |
MCH 3 |
BRI 6 |
MSP 17* |
IOW 3 |
CHI 5 |
LVS 4 |
TAL 14* |
MAR 22 |
TEX 1* |
PHO 4 |
HOM 14 |
2nd | 764 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | DAY | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | KEN | IOW | ELD 5 |
POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | 95th | 01 | |||||||||||||||||||||
NTS Motorsports | 9 | Chevy | HOM 7 |
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2015 | GMS Racing | 33 | Chevy | DAY 11 |
ATL 2 |
MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | IOW | KEN | ELD 10 |
POC | MCH | 86th | 01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NTS Motorsports | 31 | Chevy | BRI 23 |
MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Racing Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Racing Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ARSC | Pts | |||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Richard Childress Racing | 41 | Chevy | DAY | PBE | SLM | TEX | TAL | TOL | POC | MCH | IOW 2 |
MFD | POC | BLN | NJE | ISF | CHI | DSF | TOL | SLM | KAN 1 |
CAR 1 |
38th | 700 | |||||||||||||||||||
2011 | DAY 11 |
TAL 1* |
SLM 2* |
TOL 1 |
NJE 8 |
CHI 1 |
POC 4 |
MCH 1 |
WIN 4 |
BLN 11 |
IOW 1* |
IRP 1* |
POC 1* |
ISF 13 |
MAD 4 |
DSF 2 |
SLM 8 |
KAN 7* |
TOL 2* |
1st | 5220 |
References
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- ^ "Statistical Advance: Analyzing the South Boston 150 at South Boston Speedway". NASCAR.com. March 31, 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ Sullivan, Bill (February 17, 2011). "RCR's Dillon Heads West to Return to the GGRT Stable in Phoenix". Golden Gate Racing Team. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ "Ty Dillon Bags First East Victory". National Speed Sport News. August 29, 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ "Ty Dillon wins ARCA race at Rockingham Speedway". USA Today. McLean, VA. October 10, 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ a b Markey, Matt (October 12, 2011). "Lack of drama won't kill buzz at ARCA". Toledo Blade. Toledo, OH. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ Utter, Jim (October 17, 2011). "Cup's fuel injection tests start". The News & Observer. Raleigh, NC. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
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- ^ "Buescher Wins and Dillon Takes Title". Motor Racing Network. October 16, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ "Hornaday holds on for 50th Truck Series victory". Sporting News Wire Service. NASCAR.com. October 3, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ Turner, Jared (September 29, 2011). "CUP: Weekly NASCAR News And Notes". SPEED Channel. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ Aumann, Mark (February 4, 2012). "Dillon happy to be called 'Austin's little brother'". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
- ^ Strelow, Bret (April 10, 2012). "NASCAR trucks series driver Ty Dillon hopes to build on success at Rockingham". Fayetteville Observer. Fayetteville, North Carolina. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
- ^ Menzer, Joe (April 11, 2012). "Six Pack of Pop: Family Ty's". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
- ^ "Chase Elliott wins road-course race". Fox Sports. September 1, 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ^ Spencer, Reid (November 1, 2013). "Ty Dillon laims 100th win for No. 3 at RCR". NASCAR. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
- ^ Pockrass, Bob (November 19, 2013). "Popular drivers: Ty Dillon hears boos, Regan Smith hears more cheers". Sporting News. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
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- ^ "2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
- ^ "Ty Dillon Returns to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Scores a Top 10". NTS Motorsports. 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
- ^ Pistone, Pete (May 29, 2012). "Ty Dillon Nationwide debut set for Dover". Eye on NASCAR. CBS Sports. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ Gorches, Steve T. (July 28, 2012). "Brad Keselowski wins Nationwide race at Indy". Post-Tribune. Merrillville, IN. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
- ^ "Yuengling Brewery joins RCR and Ty Dillon for 2014 Nationwide Season". Richard Childress Racing. August 19, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
- ^ Estrada, Chris (July 15, 2014). "Report: Ty Dillon to make Sprint Cup debut next month at Atlanta". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ "2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
- ^ "RCR, YUENGLING EXTEND PARTNERSHIP INTO 2015". NASCAR. 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
- ^ Turner, Jared (2014-12-09). "Ty Dillon to enter first Daytona 500 in partnership with RCR". Foxsports.com. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
- ^ "NASCAR MEDIA TOUR DAY 3: Ty Dillon, Michael McDowell to split time in 95 car". WDBJ. January 21, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
- ^ Jensen, Tom (2016-02-11). "Set to see action in No. 14, Ty Dillon to spend time in two Cup rides". Foxsports.com. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
- ^ "NASCAR: Andy Lally for Nationwide, Ty Dillon in Trans-Am and Ryan Reed in PWC this weekend". NBC Sports. 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
- ^ "DOUG PETERSON WINS AT ROAD AMERICA OVER 47 CAR FIELD, RETAINS CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD". Trans-Am Series. 2014-06-21. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
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- ^ "Richard Childress Is Member of 2012 International Motorsports Hall of Fame Class". Alabama Travel Council. September 27, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ "TY DILLON GETS ENGAGED". NASCAR. December 29, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
- ^ "HALEY DILLON MAKES NBA DANCE TEAM". NASCAR. June 19, 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
- ^ http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/shake-and-bake/richard-childress-racing-ty-dillon-marries-girlfriend-haley-carey-in-true-nascar-style-122114
External links
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- Official website
- Ty Dillon driver statistics at Racing-Reference