Austin Dillon, the 18 year old grandson of Cup Series team owner Richard Childress and son of former Busch Series driver Mike Dillon, might be headed for the Truck Series. I’m hearing that he may run as many as three races this season in the NCTS to further his development. The races will be run for a Chevy team, no word which one specifically.
If Dillon does make the jump he will be joining an impressive group of young, talented drivers currently competing in the upper ranks of NASCAR. We’ve seen development drivers like Scott Speed, Joey Logano, Colin Braun, and Landon Cassill jump in this season and compete for poles and wins right away.
Dillon is currently in his first season in the Camping World East Series, piloting the #3 Garage Equipment Supply Chevrolet for family owned Team Dillon Racing. He has one win, three top five’s, and four top ten’s in five starts, and is the points leader heading into this weekend’s race at Thompson International Speedway. Dillon started the season driving for Andy Santerre Motorsports, but left the team after four races. The young driver’s resume includes bandolero and legends wins, and he spent last season racing dirt latemodels.
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on Jul 11th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Austin has talent, but he also has been given very good equipment. When your fleet of cars are retired RCR Busch cars and all the equipment is handme downs from RCR, you should be able to show good results. Grandpa is not letting his grandson drive crap.