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Austin Dillion will sub for tony in # 14 car !!!

Long Live  20 Time  World Of Outlaws Champion Steve 
Kinser #11 

Austin Dillon To Drive No. 14 Chevrolet at Michigan;

Stewart Out of Hospital

KANNAPOLIS, N.C., (Aug. 12, 2013) – As NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Tony Stewart continues to recover from a broken right tibia and fibula suffered in a sprint car crash Aug. 5 at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) continues to field his No. 14 Chevrolet SS in the Sprint Cup Series.

After veteran racer Max Papis drove the No. 14 Chevrolet to a 15^th-place finish Sunday at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International to maintain the team’s 11^th-place standing in the Sprint Cup Series owner championship, SHR has named 23-year-old Austin Dillon interim driver of the No. 14 Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet for the Pure Michigan 400 event Aug. 16-18 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn.

Dillon is the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion and competes full-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, where he currently leads the championship standings. He has two Nationwide Series wins and five Camping World Truck Series victories, the most recent of which came July 24 in the inaugural CarCash Mudsummer Classic presented by CNBC Prime’s “The Profit” at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, which is owned by Stewart. The Pure Michigan 400 will mark Dillon’s 10^th career Sprint Cup start.

“I’ve watched Austin for many years and at each stage of his racing career he’s been successful,” Stewart said. “He’s proven to be a very fast learner, and he’s able to adapt quickly. Being the youngest champion in the history of the Truck Series is proof of that. His background in dirt racing is an asset, and off the track we share many of the same interests, specifically, hunting and fishing. I know he’ll perform well at Michigan and I’m just as confident in his ability to properly represent Mobil 1 and Bass Pro Shops throughout the race weekend.”

SHR has not determined who the interim driver of the No. 14 Chevrolet will be for the Sprint Cup Series’ following race Aug. 24 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.

While no timetable has been established for Stewart’s return to the No. 14 Chevrolet, the three-time Sprint Cup champion was discharged from the hospital late Sunday afternoon. 

Stewart was leading the 30-lap American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) feature at Southern Iowa Speedway when a lapped car spun in front of him. Stewart hit the lapped car and flipped.

About Stewart-Haas Racing:

Stewart-Haas Racing is the title-winning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team co-owned by three-time Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart and Gene Haas, founder of Haas Automation – the largest CNC machine tool builder in the western world. The team fields three entries in the elite Sprint Cup Series – the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet for Stewart, the No. 39 Quicken Loans Chevrolet for 2008 Daytona 500 and 2013 Brickyard 400 winner Ryan Newman, and the No. 10 GoDaddy Chevrolet for Danica Patrick. Based in Kannapolis, N.C., Stewart-Haas Racing operates out of a 140,000-square-foot facility with more than 200 employees. For more information, please visit us on the Web at www.StewartHaasRacing.com, on Facebook atwww.Facebook.com/StewartHaasRacing and follow on Twitter @StewartHaasRcng.

Long Live  20 Time  World Of Outlaws Champion Steve 
Kinser #11 

I would much rather see it be Ty Dillon... or even Luke Perry (Dillon from Beverly Hills 90210)...or even Dylan Klebold (Columbine Shooter) or any other Dillon in the world...For some reason I just don't like Austin Dillon..

Loose is when you hit the wall with the rear of the
car, tight is when you hit the wall with the front of
the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and
torque is how far you move the wall.

yeah, speed sport news reported it earlier...

Ascot was the greatest of all time..

West Capital wasn't half bad either..

Life is good...

Bass Pro Shops Sponsored Austin in Natiotwide Series NOT Truck Series

Long Live  20 Time  World Of Outlaws Champion Steve 
Kinser #11 

My feelings exactly!

SUPPORT WILDLIFE, go to a sprint car race! 

Maybe it's the hat?

He speaks very highly of you

Jeff Kristensen

Hahahahahahahahaha.....and I bet he is heartbroken, crushed, feeling all depressed today over my opinion... "Yeah I got tabbed for a sub job in a high profile ride, but a random dude on hoseheads doesn't like me"..... hahaha

Loose is when you hit the wall with the rear of the
car, tight is when you hit the wall with the front of
the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and
torque is how far you move the wall.

And so you're saying you actually like the Columbine shooter?    I'm very surprised Tony didn't call you to get your input.  He called me of course.

really? then how do you explain this?

to indy and beyond!!

Maybe it had to do with Dillion starting farther back then Larson in the truck race at Eldora and passing Larson to go on and win said race........

I don't aim to please.
I aim to hit the target.

perfect choice - I was pulling for Ryan Blaney with multiple NASCAR top series wins and top 3-4 in points, but couldn't go wrong with either dillon or blaney IMO.

Its just for one race...  get over it

Agree Dillion is just keeping another driver out. He can drive the 33 car any time he wants. Bad choice for fans of drivers who earn it, not rich kids who buy rides or nepitisum with the grandson of the owner, who is best friends with the CEO of Nascar. Smells fishy, bass pro shops fishy.

This board is going to hell in a hand basket.

Looks to me like Dillon is doing pretty well for himself.  Won a Truck championship and is leading the Nationwide points.  He's also been successful on dirt, which I'm sure Tony likes.  He seems like a pretty logical choice to me.  What did you want him to do, put Steve Kinser in the car as a way to make up for calling him an asshole at the Royal?  Or maybe Blaney because he's a fellow dirt guy and just needs a chance to show what he can do in top shelf equipment.

It's one thing to dislike someone because you don't like his personality or driving style.  It's another to say that he's only been successful because Childress is his grandfather.  He still has to turn the wheel.  He still has to impress sponsors.  He hasn't failed at that yet.  He's going to be a good one for a long time to come.

I hope he is IN the # 14 car till smoke gets back and NOT only in one race !

Long Live  20 Time  World Of Outlaws Champion Steve 
Kinser #11 

Since Smoke is history for the 2013 season he should have put Danica in his car.  That way he could  be sure of not going anyplace!

 
I LEARNED ESP FROM MY MOM

"PUT YOUR SWEATER ON: DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW WHEN 
YOU'RE COLD?"

Are you the kid who talks to himself on the williams grove message board? Why do you talk to yourself?

Put a sprint car driver in a sprint car drivers car! Not a latemodel driver who has bought his way into every car he has driven, and had Bowyer and Harvick sent packing to make room for them. 

Are you the kid who talks to himself on the williams grove message board? Why do you talk to yourself?

Yes he is!!!!! 

 
I LEARNED ESP FROM MY MOM

"PUT YOUR SWEATER ON: DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW WHEN 
YOU'RE COLD?"