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austin_dillon2013_nns_champAustin Dillon’s Success Continues To Hold True To Form

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Dec. 17, 2013) – Although he’s only competed in NASCAR’s national series fulltime for four years, Austin Dillon has already perfected the art of proving he’s the best rookie in a series one year and the series’ best overall driver the next. In 2014, he gets an opportunity to start the process all over again when he moves to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.  Continue reading “2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Top Performances”

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austin_dillon2013_nns_champNov. 16, 2013

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — It was all in the restarts in Saturday’s Ford EcoBoost 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, as both race winner Brad Keselowski and NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Austin Dillon accomplished their respective goals thanks to late-race charges.

After a restart with five laps left, Keselowski surged from 10th to the lead by Lap 198 of 200, passing both Kyle Busch and race runner-up Kyle Larson to take over the top spot.

“That late-race restart was key,” Keselowski said in Victory Lane. “We came in and put tires on with 20 to go, and that yellow (for a four-car crash on Lap 183) was out for [12 laps], and I didn’t think we were going to have a shot at it.

“But we got the right restart and made our way through. I’m going to have to watch the in-car camera, because that was one hell of a ride. Be glad there wasn’t a passenger with me, because they would have been screaming the whole way. I know I was.” Continue reading “Brad Keselowski Wins At Homestead, As Austin Dillon Claims NNS Title”

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2011HomesteadCupTonyStewartTrophy1DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 10, 2013) – Jimmie Johnson leads Matt Kenseth by 28 points in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings, going into Ford Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Regardless of any other driver’s finish, Johnson will clinch his sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup championship with a finish of 23rd or better at HMS; or 24th or better and at least one lap led; or 25th or better and the most laps led in Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 (3 p.m. on ESPN, Motor Racing Network Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Kevin Harvick, 34 points behind Johnson, remains the only other driver eligible for the 2013 championship. Continue reading “NASCAR National Series Championship Clinch Scenarios Set For Homestead”