page_title: Ty Dillon
section_title: Xfinity Series
hierarchical_section_title: Ty Dillon / Racing career / NASCAR / Xfinity Series
caption_attribution_description: The passenger side of w:Ty Dillon Nationwide car during the 2014 Gardner Denver 200 at Road America. Taken racing up the hill in turn 13. This file was uploaded with Commonist.
context_page_description: Tyler Richard Dillon is an American professional stock car racing driver. He is the younger brother of fellow NASCAR driver Austin Dillon, son of former driver and RCR general manager Mike Dillon, and grandson of Richard Childress. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 13 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Germain Racing.
context_section_description: In early June 2012, Dillon made his debut in the Nationwide Series in the 5-hour Energy 200 at Dover International Speedway. In July he finished third in the first Nationwide Series race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In August 2013, it was announced that Dillon would be moving full-time to the Nationwide Series for 2014, where he would drive the No. 3 Chevrolet for RCR, replacing brother Austin.
  Dillon won his first career Nationwide Series pole at Las Vegas.  He won a second pole which came at Kentucky.  His third career pole came at Kansas.
  On July 26, 2014, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Dillon got by Kyle Busch on the final restart and held off Busch to win the race. Dillon finished second to Chase Elliott in the 2014 NNS Rookie of the Year standings.
  In 2015, Dillon began with a third-place finish at the season opener at Daytona. On August 8, 2015, at Watkins Glen, Dillon was involved in a huge fight with Regan Smith when Dillon dumped Smith in turn one and caused Smith to finish in the 20th position. Despite going winless, Ty Dillon finished a career-best 3rd place in the final point standings for 2015 with a career high in top-10s (25) and top-5s (12).
  In 2016 at the season opening race at Daytona, Dillon scored his fourth career Xfinity Series pole and his first since the 2014 season. Dillon brought home a $100,000 bonus by winning the Dash 4 Cash at Richmond finishing second, after the three other Dash 4 Cash drivers all crashed out of the race in the same wreck, late in the going. He finished 2nd to Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the race. Coming back to Daytona, Dillon drove a very special Bass Pro Shops/NRA Museum paint scheme for the July 4th weekend, in which he finished 14th place.
  For 2016, NASCAR used the Chase format in the Xfinity Series. Dillon made the Chase in 2016 on points but was eliminated after a close battle with Justin Allgaier. Dillon finished 5th in points for 2016 with five season-best second-place finishes (Richmond, both Iowa races, Dover during the chase, and Homestead).
  Dillon ran 27 Xfinity races in 2017; he will not run the Iowa races in June and July, Road America, Mid-Ohio, Kentucky in September, and Homestead. Although he moved up full-time to the Cup Series in 2017, Dillon continued to drive the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro for RCR but now on a part-time basis. At the Xfinity opener at Daytona, Dillon was running up front until the last restart when he ran out of fuel and finished 19th. After two more bad finishes, Dillon began a so-far three race streak of top-10 finishes, with two consecutive 10th place outings at Phoenix and Auto Club and then an 8th place run at Texas. He followed this finish with another top-10 finish with a 6th place outing at Bristol and 19th place outing at Richmond. He then scored a 14th place outing at Talladega. He then finished 18th at Charlotte. Dillon then scored three consecutive top 10 finishes, by coming home in 10th place at Dover, 8th place at Pocono and then 6th place at Michigan. At Daytona, Dillon finished 21st after a crash. He finished 5th at Kentucky. He then finished 5th at Loudon. Then at Indianapolis, Dillon finished 10th.
  He then finished 7th at Watkins Glen. Then at Bristol, he finished 4th. At Darlington, Dillon finished 7th. Then at Richmond, he finished 3rd. At Chicagoland, he finished 8th place.
  In 2018, Dillon ran a few Xfinity races in the No. 3 Camaro as there are other drivers sharing the same ride.
caption: Dillon at Road America in 2014
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