Dillon Scores First Truck Win Of Season At Nashville

Austin Dillon shows off his Gibson guitar after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on Friday at Nashville Superspeedway. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images for NASCAR

Austin Dillon passed Johnny Sauter with 23 laps to go and did not look back, winning Friday night’s Lucas Deep Clean 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway for his first trip to victory lane this season.

Dillon, who won two races in 2010, picked up his third career win and his first since Sept. 2010 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Trailing Dillon and Sauter across the finish line were Timothy Peters in third, Nelson Piquet Jr. in fourth and Parker Kligerman in fifth.

Starting the race from the pole position, Dillon made a gutsy call with 46 laps to go, when on a yellow flag pit stop he opted to take two tires while much of the field changed all four, and pulled into the lead on the restart.

Three laps later, he was overtaken by Sauter, but pulled ahead again on lap 128 and gained a wide margin of space to win by 3.981 seconds. He then attempted a celebratory slide through the grass to a loud and approving grandstand crowd, but comically couldn’t slide very far.

Dillon and crew chief Danny Stockman agreed on the two-tire pit stop, saying tires weren’t an issue during the race, but track position was.

“It was all about sticking with (Sauter) as long as I could, keep the pressure on,” Dillon said. “I knew he was getting looser and looser and I finally had to get up in there with him and loosen him up a little more, and when it happened we just went on.”

“I looked at all the tire wears all day and the tires weren’t wearing, and I knew if we had track position and clean air, we were gonna go,” Stockman said. “And we didn’t even have clean air and we still win. Tires weren’t an issue tonight.”

Sauter, who leads Dillon by 18 points in the standings, was looking for his second win of the season but said at the end of the day the victor’s truck was just better.

“He obviously knew that he had a fast truck, because before that pit stop he was dogging me lap after lap,” Sauter said. “I knew it was just going to be a matter of time before he got around me.”

With the win, Dillon claimed one of the most coveted trophies in the sport—a Sam Bass custom-painted Gibson Les Paul guitar.

“I’ve been talking about it all week,” he said. “They said in the driver’s meeting today that it was voted one of the 10 coolest trophies by Sports Illustrated. It’s just a beautiful trophy.”

Dillon also said the win boosted his confidence moving forward.

“It’s just so great to have a win,” he said. “When you get a win, everything just seems to be a lot easier.”

Story by Brian Citino
Special to Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Nashville Superspeedway – Lebanon, TN
Lucas Deep Clean 200 – July 22, 2011

Fin Start No. Driver Points Car Laps Completed Status Earnings
1 1 3 Austin Dillon 47 Chevrolet 150 Running $39,175
2 6 13 Johnny Sauter 43 Chevrolet 150 Running $28,425
3 5 17 Timothy Peters 43 Toyota 150 Running $22,075
4 8 8 Nelson Piquet Jr. 40 Chevrolet 150 Running $14,225
5 7 29 Parker Kligerman 39 Dodge 150 Running $14,950
6 21 5 Todd Bodine 38 Toyota 150 Running $11,700
7 19 31 James Buescher 37 Chevrolet 150 Running $9,800
8 11 81 David Starr 36 Toyota 150 Running $9,750
9 3 2 Elliott Sadler 0 Chevrolet 150 Running $7,400
10 2 22 Joey Coulter 35 Chevrolet 150 Running $10,925
11 15 88 Matt Crafton 33 Chevrolet 150 Running $9,525
12 9 23 Jason White 32 Chevrolet 150 Running $9,425
13 18 62 Brendan Gaughan 31 Toyota 150 Running $9,375
14 10 7 Miguel Paludo 30 Toyota 150 Running $9,350
15 20 6 Justin Lofton 29 Toyota 150 Running $10,600
16 14 4 Ricky Carmichael 28 Chevrolet 150 Running $9,175
17 4 33 Ron Hornaday Jr. 27 Chevrolet 150 Running $9,125
18 17 32 Blake Feese 26 Chevrolet 149 Running $9,075
19 16 60 Cole Whitt 26 Chevrolet 149 Running $9,025
20 23 78 B.J. McLeod 24 Chevrolet 147 Running $7,450
21 13 66 Justin Marks 23 Chevrolet 146 Running $7,400
22 12 18 Josh Richards 22 Toyota 146 Running $7,325
23 34 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb 0 Ford 139 Running $6,275
24 22 39 Ryan Sieg 20 Chevrolet 137 Running $6,225
25 31 57 Norm Benning 19 Chevrolet 137 Running $6,350
26 25 20 Johanna Long 18 Toyota 125 Running $6,150
27 24 9 Max Papis 17 Toyota 105 Engine $6,475
28 26 93 Shane Sieg 16 Chevrolet 69 Engine $6,075
29 28 65 Brent Raymer 15 Chevrolet 58 Ignition $6,050
30 29 73 Clay Greenfield 14 Chevrolet 44 Handling $6,540
31 32 89 Chris Lafferty 0 Dodge 16 Rear Gear $6,025
32 27 07 Johnny Chapman 0 Chevrolet 12 Clutch $6,010
33 33 75 Mike Harmon 0 Chevrolet 6 Overheating $5,985
34 30 93 Mike Garvey 10 Chevrolet 3 Vibration $5,960

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