Rookie Austin Dillon Proves He Belongs With a Dominating Win at Iowa

Rookie Austin Dillon dominated the Lucas Oil 200, for his first career win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starting from the pole and leading 187 laps Sunday at Iowa Speedway. He held off Johnny Sauter in a green—white—checkers finish for the win, by a margin of .635 seconds and became the first rookie to win from the pole in Trucks. Dillon is the 20 year old grandson of legendary NASCAR owner Richard Childress and son of former NASCAR driver Mike Dillon. The win came on his 12th start in Trucks and Dillion is  the second youngest winner in the series. He's been on a tear of late; winning his third pole in a row at Iowa. Dillon lead laps, at Texas, Michigan and collected top—five finishes. You knew ...

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