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Richard Childress Racing

Race: TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175

Location: New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Richard Childress Racing

RCR’s NCWTS History … In 150 NCWTS starts, RCR has earned 21 wins, 64 top-five finishes, 97 top-10 finishes and 20 poles, along with the inaugural series championship in 1995 with Mike Skinner. The organization has an average starting position of 10.5 and an average finish position of 9.7.

Welcome to New Hampshire… In five appearances at Loudon, RCR drivers have earned one win with Jay Sauter in 2007 and one pole award with Mike Skinner in 1996 in NCWTS competition.

Social Media … To keep up-to-date with the latest news and information and to view exclusive content, visit RCR’s Twitter page – @RCRracing, RCR’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team Twitter page – @RCR3ADillon, Austin Dillon’s personal Twitter page – @AustinDillon3, and the Official Austin Dillon Facebook fan page -http://www.facebook.com/adillon3.

Vote for Austin … Online voting is underway for the 2010 Most Popular Driver of the Year Award in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The link to the Most Popular Driver ballot is hosted on the NCWTS page on NASCAR.com and results will be announced at the combined awards banquet for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the NASCAR Nationwide Series on Monday, Nov. 22 at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel.

Catch the Action … Flag-to-flag coverage of this weekend’s TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175 will be televised live on Saturday, Sept. 18, beginning at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on SPEED and broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM Satellite Radio at 2:45 p.m. EDT.

No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet Silverado

This Week’s Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet at New Hampshire Motor Speedway … Austin Dillon will pilot chassis No. 005 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Camping World Truck Series stable in this weekend’s TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175. This is the same chassis that Dillon drove to Victory Lane at Iowa Speedway in July, leading 187 of 200 laps, earning a perfect driver rating of 150 and out-dueling Johnny Sauter in a green-white-checkered restart to earn his first career NCWTS victory and bring sponsor Bass Pro Shops and RCR’s famed black No. 3 to Victory Lane.

Dillon also raced this chassis, built in-house by the Danny Stockman-led Bass Pro Shops team, at Darlington, finishing fifth after starting ninth, at Nashville Superspeedway, finishing second after starting second, at Gateway International Raceway, finishing seventh after starting sixth, and at Texas Motor Speedway in June, finishing third after starting on the pole. The No. 3 team boasts an average starting position of 3.8 and an average finish of 3.6 with this chassis.

Prior Loudon Experience … Dillon has four previous NASCAR-sanctioned starts at Loudon, the most recent of which was in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in June, where he started eighth but finished 25th after a challenging pit stop and a series of NASCAR-issued penalties. Dillon has also made one Loudon start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and two in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East division. His NCWTS attempt, in September 2009, produced a 15th-place finish after starting fourth. In two NKNPS-E races, both in 2008, Dillon has two top-five finishes and one pole award.

Eldora World 100 … During the NCWTS off week, Dillon traveled to Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio with Team Dillon Racing to compete in the World 100 Dirt Late Model race. Dillon set fast time out of 134 cars, earning him a starting spot for the prestigious race, and finished 13th.

Aiming for No. 5 … In the NCWTS’ last outing, Dillon earned his fourth pole award of the season, tying one of the series’ oldest freshman records for most poles by a rookie competitor. The 20-year-old has started on the pole at Texas, Michigan, Iowa and Kentucky. A pole at Loudon would make him the youngest NCWTS pole winner in the track’s history.

Watch Little Brother Ty … Austin’s younger brother, Ty Dillon, will compete in Friday’s NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at Loudon. The high school senior recently earned his first series win at Gresham Motorsports Park on Saturday, August 28.

Back to School … Dillon started his sophomore year of course work at High Point University two weeks ago. The 20-year-old student is seeking a Communications degree and is taking courses in Communications, English, Philosophy and American Politics this semester.

Raybestos Rookie Contender … Dillon is currently the leading candidate for the 2010 Raybestos Rookie of the Year award and has earned Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors in 12 out of 18 races.

All About Points … Dillon is sixth in the NCWTS Driver Point Standings, just three points shy of Ron Hornaday in fifth, and 440 points in arrears to point leader Todd Bodine.

Austin Dillon (Photo Credit: Jason Smith / Getty Images for NASCAR)

Will experience play to your advantage this weekend?

“I’ve been able to race at Loudon more than, virtually, any other track on the schedule in my short racing history, with the exception of maybe Iowa. Between starts in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the NASCAR Nationwide Series, I have a good history at New Hampshire, with lots of success in the East Series and a top-five qualifying run in the truck. Our finishes weren’t as good in the truck and the Nationwide car, but those were both matters of circumstance and not performance. I feel like I have a good grasp on how to get around the track at New Hampshire so I feel good about this weekend.”

What are your goals for the rest of the season?

“One of the goals for the rest of the season is to win another race, and I think our team is very capable of that. Danny Stockman and the guys on the Bass Pro Shops team have built extremely fast trucks this season, and I think a few more pole awards is definitely possible.”

- Richard Childress Racing Press Release