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Richard Childress Racing

Location: Dover (Del.) International Speedway

Richard Childress Racing

RCR’s NCWTS History … In 137 NCWTS starts, RCR has earned 20 wins, 59 top-five finishes, 87 top-10 finishes and 14 poles, along with the inaugural series championship in 1995 with Mike Skinner. The organization has an 11th-place average starting position and an average finish position of 9.7.

First Time … Although RCR has a long history in the NCWTS, this weekend’s Dover 200 marks the organization’s first NCWTS appearance at Dover International Speedway.

Twitter … To keep up-to-date with the latest news and information and to view exclusive content, visit RCR’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team Twitter page – @RCR3ADillon.

Catch the Action … Flag-to-flag coverage of the Dover 200 will be broadcast live on Friday, May 14, beginning at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on the Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM Satellite Radio. The race will also be televised on SPEED beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern.

No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet Silverado

This Week’s Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet at Dover International Speedway … Austin Dillon will pilot chassis No. 002 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Camping World Truck Series stable in this weekend’s Dover 200. Dillon has raced this chassis, built in-house by the Danny Stockman-led Bass Pro Shops team, on two previous occasions, finishing 14th after starting 13th at Nashville Superspeedway in April and 10th after starting fifth at Atlanta Motor Speedway in March.

Honoring a Legend … Richard Childress Racing’s No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet team will honor a legend during this weekend’s Dover 200 NCWTS race. A special announcement will be made on Wednesday, May 12th. Information can be found at http://www.rcrracing.com.

All About Points … Five races into the 2010 NCWTS season, Dillon is tied for eighth with Ricky Carmichael in the series’ point standings, just 155 markers outside of the point lead.

Top Rookie … Dillon has earned the Raybestos Rookie of the Race Award in four out of five NCWTS races this season and currently leads the overall rookie standings by 11 points over Justin Lofton. On Thursday, he will participate in the fifth annual Raybestos Rookie Dinner with members of the media at Dover.

Dover Stats … This weekend marks Dillon’s first NCWTS appearance at Dover but the fulltime High Point University student has one previous Dover start in the NASCAR K&N Pro East Series, where he finished ninth after starting 17th in September 2008.

Last Race Recap … Dillon enters the Dover 200 on the heels of a career-best sixth-place NCWTS finish at Kansas Speedway on May 2.

Dirt Trackin’ … Dillon won the Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series feature event at the 311 Fastrack in Madison, N.C., on Saturday, May 8 driving a Team Dillon Racing dirt Late Model.

Meet the Driver … Dillon will participate in the NCWTS autograph session at the Camping World Store in the Dover FanZone beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Friday.

Austin Dillon – Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images for NASCAR

You’re coming off of a career-best NCWTS finish at Kansas two weeks ago and a dirt Late Model win last weekend. Does that give you momentum heading into Dover?

“Any time you can have a good run it gives you momentum. As a rookie, the long breaks in between truck races this season has been tough because it’s hard to build up momentum in your racing program. Running late model races has helped me and I’m ready for the Dover truck race. I’ve raced at Dover in an East car and I can definitely say it’s a fast, fun track.”

Is your grandfather, Richard Childress, extremely involved with your racing program?

“He’s always involved, which is a good thing. It’s always good to have input from a man with as much experience as he has. He talked to me at the beginning of the Kansas race about moving to the top and it took too long at the beginning for me to get up there. Finally, I got mad and just did it and the truck started working. The truck picked up speed and the race went well for us after doing that.”

- Richard Childress Racing Press Release