NASCAR Truck Series: Entry List for Too Tough To Tame 200 at Darlington Raceway

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If not for an understandable rookie adaptation period, the short list of championship contenders would surely include Austin Dillon’s name.

The statistics say it all. Over the past seven races, Dillon has scored seven consecutive top-10 finishes. His numbers are tremendous: an average finish of 4.4, a Driver Rating of 115.0, an Average Running Position of 4.9, 225 Laps Led, 150 Fastest Laps Run and a Laps in the Top 15 percentage of 98.8%.

But those first seven were shaky, at best. None of his finishes were in the top five, and only two were in the top 10. He had a Driver Rating of 69.0 and an Average Running Position of 17.9.

Chalk it up to rookie jitters, because Dillon’s maturation process is done.

In fact, over the last seven races, Dillon has scored more points than points leader – and championship favorite – Todd Bodine. Over the last seven races, Dillon has scored 1,137 points. Over the same span, Bodine has 1,120.

Dillon bests – or comes close to – many of Bodine’s other numbers as well. Though Bodine put up a better Driver Rating over the last seven races (116.9), Dillon trumped the 2006 series champion in Average Running Position (4.9 vs. 6.3), Laps in the Top 15 percentage (98.8% vs. 91.4%), Fastest Laps Run (150 vs. 124) and average finish (4.4 vs. 6.3).

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: News And Notes - Darlington Raceway

CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR
1	Joe Aramendia	Chevrolet	Koma Unwind Chillaxation Drink
2	Ken Schrader	Chevrolet	Stubb's Legendary Bar-B-Q / Kroger
3	Austin Dillon*	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Remington Arms / Tracker
4	Ricky Carmichael	Chevrolet	Monster Energy
5	Mike Skinner	Toyota	International Trucks / Monaco RV
6	TBA	Chevrolet	Rick Ware Racing
7	Justin Lofton*	Toyota	VisitPIT.com
7	Donny Lia	Chevrolet	SS Green Light Racing
10	Jennifer Jo Cobb*	Ford	drivenmale.com / DriverBoutique.com
12	Mario Gosselin	Chevrolet	TireMonkey.com / James Carter Attorney
13	Johnny Sauter	Chevrolet	Curb Records
15	TBA2	Toyota	Billy Ballew Motorsports
17	Timothy Peters	Toyota	Red Horse Racing
18	Brian Ickler	Toyota	Toyota Tundra
21	Butch Miller	Dodge	SS Green Light Racing
23	Jason White	Dodge	GunBroker.com / Outdoor Channel Outfitters
30	Todd Bodine	Toyota	Germain.com
31	James Buescher	Chevrolet	Wolfpack Rentals
33	Ron Hornaday	Chevrolet	ShopEZGO.com
39	Ryan Sieg	Chevrolet	S&W Towing
46	J C Stout	Dodge	Team Gill Racing
47	Brett Butler*	Chevrolet	Rick Ware Racing
51	Aric Almirola	Toyota	Zyclara by Graceway Pharmaceuticals
57	Norm Benning	Chevrolet	Norm Benning Racing
60	Stacy Compton	Chevrolet	SafeAuto Insurance Company
81	David Starr	Toyota	Zachry
85	Brent Raymer	Ford	Ford. Drive one.
88	Matt Crafton	Chevrolet	Menards
89	Chris Lafferty	Chevrolet	Lafferty Performance
93	Mike Garvey	Chevrolet	S&W Towing
95	Dillon Oliver	Dodge	Team Gill Racing
150	T.J. Bell	Chevrolet	Liberty Tire Recycling
192	Dennis Setzer	Chevrolet	fleetHQ.com / BTS Tire & Wheel Distributors

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