Austin Dillon claimed his second victory during his Camping World Truck Series rookie season with a dominating performance in Saturday’s Smith’s Food and Drug Stores 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Dillon, the 20-year-old grandson of NASCAR multi-team owner Richard Childress, started on the pole and led 93 of 146 laps to become the youngest series winner at the 1.5-mile Las Vegas track.
Dillon lost the lead to James Buescher after two late-race restarts, but he grabbed the top spot from Buescher for good with 35 laps remaining. MiamiHerald.com
Dillon’s 5.588-second margin of victory in the Smith’s Food & Drug Stores 350 was the largest winning margin in 14 truck series races in Las Vegas. Buescher (Turner Motorsports) finished third, series points leader Todd Bodine (Germain Racing) was fourth and Matt Crafton (ThorSport Racing) was fifth.
Aric Almirola (Billy Ballew Motorsports), Brian Ickler (Kyle Busch Motorsports), Justin Lofton (Red Horse Racing), Ricky Carmichael (Turner Motorsports) and Ken Schrader (Kevin Harvick Inc.) rounded out the top 10. FOXNews
“Anytime you’re in victory lane, it’s awesome,” said Dillon, whose grandfather is longtime NASCAR team owner Richard Childress. “This Chevy was awesome all night and [my crew] is the bomb.”
“At the beginning of the race, James was laying back so I was kind of timing it and that’s why I could get a really good restart,” Dillon said. “Then he started catching onto it, and there at the end I just waited for him to do his little move and I was able to catch it and [my truck] pulled off.”
Dillon’s victory no doubt provided an emotional lift for Childress, whose No. 33 Cup Series team was penalized by NASCAR and suffered accusations of cheating for much of the week.
“I talked to [my grandfather] earlier in the week, and he said, ‘Man, you’ve got to go win this race for me out here,’ ” Dillon said. “To come out here and do it is pretty awesome. You dream about stuff like this and when it comes true, it’s great.” NASCAR.com
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