Ty Dillon won the biggest race of his young career capturing the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East American Fence Association 150 at Gresham Motorsports Park Saturday.
Dillon – driver of the number 3 Waffle House-Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet – grabbed the lead with just a handful of laps remaining when frontrunners Kevin Swindell and Ryan Truex collided in turn.
Dillon was able to slip underneath the pair and cruise to his first-ever NASCAR K&N career victory.
Ty Dillon celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR K&N Series event at Gresham Motorsports Park Saturday night. Photo courtesy GMP Media
Dillon Scatters, Smothers, Covers Field At Gresham
“I saw them get together a couple of laps earlier and I knew they weren’t happy with each other,” Dillon said of Swindell and Truex. “I thought I’d just lay back on the restart and see what would happen. When
they got together, I just dove to the inside and made it through the wreck.”
Dillon, who is the grandson of six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion car owner Richard Childress, started the race from the seventh position. Swindell, the pole sitter for the event, quickly appropriated the lead only to have the race slowed for Zach Germain’s spin on lap five.
The slowdown was the first of 12 caution periods – and four red flags - that delayed the race.
Dillon quickly worked his way into the top five and stayed there as he, Swindell, Mike Cherry, Truex and Ryan Gifford swapped the top positions on multiple restarts. By lap 60, Dillon was battling Swindell for the lead only to fall back as the action took its toll with multiple cautions.
The race went to a red flag condition on lap 91 as Julian Albarracin crashed in turn two taking out a pair of hydro barriers in the process. That stopped the race for nearly 50 minutes as track officials had to completely dry the turn.
It only took seconds to go back to red-flag conditions as Miguel Paludo, Joey Gase, Jeff Anton and John Salemi crushed the front-stretch wall on the restart. Another restart produced just four green flag laps before Eddie MacDonald hooked Brett Moffitt, sending him hard into the outside retaining wall. Another red-flag period ensued before the final laps where Dillon took advantage of one final bump-up between Swindell and Truex to grab the victory.
Dillon, Cole Whitt, Gifford, Cherry and Matt Kobyluck – who destroyed his primary car in a practice crash earlier in the day – completed the top five finishers. Sergio Pena’, Truex, Jason Pattison, D.J. Shaw and Lavonia racer Brandon Haley rounded out the top 10 finishers.
In GMP local division action, Alexander Fox won the Truck race over Brittney Finley and Jeremy Parris while Greg Jarrett took the Renegade Street Stock feature over Jody Trivett and Doug Sexton. Neil Merideth picked up the Mini-Stock win after Darrell Carlson failed post-race tech.
For more on this story, see Wednesday's edition of The Jackson Herald or The Commerce News.
they got together, I just dove to the inside and made it through the wreck.”
Dillon, who is the grandson of six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion car owner Richard Childress, started the race from the seventh position. Swindell, the pole sitter for the event, quickly appropriated the lead only to have the race slowed for Zach Germain’s spin on lap five.
The slowdown was the first of 12 caution periods – and four red flags - that delayed the race.
Ty Dillon, grandson of NASCAR Sprint Cup car owner Richard Childress, piloted his Waffle House Chevy to the win. Photo courtesy GMP Media
The race went to a red flag condition on lap 91 as Julian Albarracin crashed in turn two taking out a pair of hydro barriers in the process. That stopped the race for nearly 50 minutes as track officials had to completely dry the turn.
It only took seconds to go back to red-flag conditions as Miguel Paludo, Joey Gase, Jeff Anton and John Salemi crushed the front-stretch wall on the restart. Another restart produced just four green flag laps before Eddie MacDonald hooked Brett Moffitt, sending him hard into the outside retaining wall. Another red-flag period ensued before the final laps where Dillon took advantage of one final bump-up between Swindell and Truex to grab the victory.
Dillon, Cole Whitt, Gifford, Cherry and Matt Kobyluck – who destroyed his primary car in a practice crash earlier in the day – completed the top five finishers. Sergio Pena’, Truex, Jason Pattison, D.J. Shaw and Lavonia racer Brandon Haley rounded out the top 10 finishers.
In GMP local division action, Alexander Fox won the Truck race over Brittney Finley and Jeremy Parris while Greg Jarrett took the Renegade Street Stock feature over Jody Trivett and Doug Sexton. Neil Merideth picked up the Mini-Stock win after Darrell Carlson failed post-race tech.
For more on this story, see Wednesday's edition of The Jackson Herald or The Commerce News.
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