For all the attention that Elliott Sadler and Ricky Stenhouse have gathered in their 1-2 fight for the NASCAR Nationwide Series title, Austin Dillon doesn't mind being left out of the headlines.
"All year long, they've kind of kept us there as the third guy, but it's nice -- they don't know when we're coming, I guess," Dillon said. "It's a place that you have nothing to lose because no one expects it. We're the underdog, I guess, and we'll just go after it every week like we're going to have a chance to win the race. . . . This is our rookie year and we're having fun. Giving ourselves a chance to win a championship is unheard of."
Dillon's historic quest to become a first-year champion in a NASCAR national series continues in Friday night's Dollar General 300 (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). Just five races remain for him to potentially break the Sadler-Stenhouse stronghold and shed his role as the Nationwide tour's thir...
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Elliott Sadler Wins Dollar General 300 Pole
NASCAR Nationwide points leader Elliott Sadler will start from the pole position for tonight’s Dollar General 300 after turning a lap around the 1.5-mile superspeedway in 29.310 seconds (184.237 mph).
After briefly holding the top spot, rookie Austin Dillon was relegated to second for his lap of 29.347 seconds (184.005 mph).
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Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. had a disappointing outing in May at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, scene of Friday’s Dollar General 300. He placed 26th that race and will need to run a lot better than that if he is to catch point leader Elliott Sadler. In six starts he has no wins, one top 5, and two top 10s at the track. Stenhouse will also race double duty, driving in Saturday’s Sprint...
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