Daytona 500 Pole-Winner Austin Dillon Already Proving Worthy of Iconic No. 3 Car

That didn't take long. In about the time it took his No. 3 Chevrolet to race around the 2.5-mile track at Daytona International Speedway at a clip of 196.019 miles per hour on Sunday, Austin Dillon took the first major step towards proving that he's worthy of bringing the iconic car number back to the NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series. But it was only a baby step, and Dillon knows it. Since making it official that Richard Childress Racing would be bringing the No. 3 back to the sport's premier national touring series for the first time since Dale Earnhardt's death that occurred while driving a Chevy adorned with that numeral on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500, Dillon has said all the right things. As driver of the car now, and as t...

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