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Ty Dillon

Event: Heluva Good! Fall 125 – September 18, 2009

Venue: New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Loudon, N.H.

· This weekend’s Mom n’ Pops Country Ham Impala SS at New Hampshire Motor Speedway … Ty Dillon will pilot Chassis No. 163 from the Richard Childress Racing stable in this weekend’s Heluva Good! Fall 125. This car is a former No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chevrolet modified to fit NASCAR Camping World Series East specifications. In its only NSCS appearance, Kevin Harvick drove it to a 25th-place finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway in March, 2007. Ty’s older brother, Austin, qualified on the pole and finished fourth in this car in the June NCWSE event at NHMS last year.

· Third Time’s a Charm … Dillon, a native of Lewisville, N.C., will be making his third career NCWSE start this weekend. In his two previous starts, Dillon has earned a 10th-place average start and respectable 7.5 finishing average.

· Rear View Mirror … In his most recent NCWSE start, Dillon started eighth and finished seventh at Adirondack International Speedway in August. His NCWSE debut came at South Boston (Va.) Raceway in May, where he started 12th and finished eighth.

· Ty’s World … Besides being a junior at Forsyth Country Day school in Lewisville, N.C., Dillon has kept busy racing Late Models on both dirt and asphalt tracks.

· All in the Family … In addition to Dillon competing in the NCWSE event, his older brother, Austin, is entered in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at NHMS. This will mark the elder Dillon’s second start in that series, on the heels of his NCWTS debut Labor Day Weekend at Iowa Speedway, where he finished 12th.

· Helping Hand … Ty Dillon’s crew chief this year is Lance Deiters, who served in the same role with Austin Dillon in the NCWSE last year. The duo won the first NCWSE race of the year en route to claiming NCWSE Rookie of the Year honors.

· RCR’s Collective East & West Series Stats… In nine NCWS East and West starts this season, RCR development drivers Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon and Ryan Gifford have collectively earned three top-five and seven top-10 finishes. In those starts, the trio boasts a 10th-place average start and a 7.8 average finishing, while completing 1,370 of 1,380 laps contested (99.9 percent).

· Race Broadcast Information … SPEED’s coverage of the Heluva Good! Fall 125 will air on Thursday, September 24 at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

· Mark Your Calendars … In honor of its 40th anniversary, RCR will host a Fan Day at the Welcome, N.C. complex on Thursday, October 22 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Activities include driver and pit crew autograph sessions, self-guided tours of RCR’s Sprint Cup and Nationwide shops as well as ECR’s engine shop, radio remotes, musical entertainment, pit crew competition, viewing of the DALE movie, question-and-answer session with team owner Richard Childress and much more. General admission to RCR’s Fan Day is just $5, which will benefit the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma.

· Online With the Times … To keep up with the latest news and information about Richard Childress Racing and to view exclusive online content, visit the team’s official website at www.RCRRacing.com. For qualifying and race results, check us out at www.twitter.com/RCRRacing.

TY DILLON Quotes:

This is your third start in the NASCAR Camping World Series East. Other than those races, what kind of racing have you been doing to prepare yourself, and what’s the biggest difference between those other types of racing and the NCWSE events?

“We’ve been running a little bit of dirt (track) stuff this year, but we’ve been running a lot of Late Model races on asphalt, too. We’ve been doing that almost every week. The main difference is probably how heavy the (NASCAR) Camping World East Series car is compared to all the other stuff I’ve been driving. That’s the difficult part. The weight difference and saving your tires so you can hang with these guys.”

What’s the hardest part about transitioning from some of the shorter tracks you’ve raced on to tracks over a mile in length, like NHMS?

“The hardest part, probably, is learning to use your brakes correctly compared to the speeds.”

You’re a young racer. Do you feel like you’ve learned a lot this year?

“I think I definitely have learned a lot. I wish we could have a couple more wins, but we’re getting there. We’re doing a lot of different things and we’ll catch up to them and get more wins.”

Every driver wants to win every race they’re in. Short of winning, what would you consider to be a successful weekend at NHMS?

“We want to be smart and make all the laps, stay out of trouble and finish the race. We’d really like a top-five finish, and a win would be awesome.”

CREW CHIEF LANCE DIETERS Quotes:

What are your goals for this weekend?

“My goals for this weekend are to just go up there, make a solid qualifying lap and complete the whole race. If we can finish in the top 10, that would be great. New Hampshire is a tough race track and it will be the first speedway-type race for Ty. NASCAR took testing out of this series which, to me, is a mistake, since this is a rookie series.

“With Austin (Dillon) last year, we had the chance to go up there and test, and that makes all the difference in the world. We’re going up there with Ty without testing and without him ever being on a track that big, and we only get an hour-and-a-half of practice. So, if we qualify well, run the whole race and can get a top 10, I’ll be happy.”

Talk about Ty as a driver.

“Ty is just really new and he just gets better every week. I see improvement every time we go race. He’s a quick learner and he understands what he needs to do. He’s good with the gas and brake part of it. I think he learned that in dirt cars. He knows how to take care of his right rear tire on the exit of the corners. If he gets comfortable at Loudon, he should be able to run well. It’s kind of his style of driving. There, you’ve got to be smooth and hit your marks and Ty’s good at that. Once he learns where his marks are, he’s good at being able to hit them repeatedly.”

- Richard Childress Racing Press Release