3 Austin Dillon

YEAR-BY-YEAR NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES RECAP

2011: Not eligible for series driver points, competed for NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points, becoming the youngest champion in series history. … Competed in four races for Kevin Harvick Inc. with an impressive average start (5.5) and finish (8.5). … Career-best start, third, at Nashville-1 and Iowa-1. … Career-best finish, third, at Nashville-2. … Completed all 904 laps he attempted. … Led 13 laps. … Announced at Texas-2 he would compete for 2012 series championship and Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors for Richard Childress Racing.

2010: Finished 119th in series points. … Made one start in Richard Childress Racing's former championship-winning No. 21 Chevrolet, starting eighth and finishing 25th at New Hampshire.

2009: Finished 80th in series points. … Made four starts in Richard Childress Racing's former championship-winning No. 2 Chevrolet. … Best start, 16th at Iowa. … Best finish, 18th at Lucas Oil Raceway. … Completed 91 percent of laps attempted.

2008: Finished 85th in series points. … Made two starts in Richard Childress Racing's former championship-winning No. 21 Chevrolet, including series debut at Richmond-2. … Best start, 18th at Memphis. … Best finish, fourth at Memphis. … Completed 99.6 percent of laps attempted.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY

In 2011 at age 21, became youngest champion in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history, with two wins, series-best five poles, 10 top-five and 16 top-10 finishes. … In 2010 won Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year Award with two wins and series-best seven poles. … In 2009 made starts in four different stock car series as a Richard Childress Racing development driver, including the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West and ARCA, where he scored two runner-up finishes. … In 2007 won three dirt late model events, including first of two wins in May All-Star Showdown at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway; before moving to asphalt late models. … In 2006 switched gears to racing dirt late models. … In 2005 began racing career in INEX Bandoleros and Legends Cars.

NOTEWORTHY

Team owner Richard Childress' grandson and the son of RCR vice president of competition Mike Dillon. ... Older brother to Ty, who won the 2011 ARCA title as a rookie and who plans to compete for 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year. … Was a second baseman for the Southwest Forsyth (N.C.) Little League team from Clemmons, N.C., that competed in the 2002 Little League World Series. … Dillon's No. 3 is associated with RCR and the late Dale Earnhardt, who won six NASCAR Sprint Cup Series titles with that number and team. … RCR's No. 3 Chevrolet, driven by Mike Skinner, won the inaugural Camping World Truck Series championship in 1995, before it took a nine-year hiatus, from 2000-2008. … Enrolled in High Point (N.C.) University's School of Communications in 2009. … Active on Twitter: @austindillon3.