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Ty Dillon is still within striking distance of current standings leader Chase Elliott and, even more so, second-place Regan Smith
September 19, 2014 – Seven races remain in a season that has seen lots of great action, but time is running out for those on the quest for a championship. Chase Elliott holds the standings lead over second-place Regan Smith (-18) and third-place Ty Dillon (-40), but both Elliottand Smithstruggled the last time the NASCAR Nationwide Series was at Kentucky Speedway which opens the door for Ty Dillon to possibly catch the JR Motorsport teammates.
The No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet team has seen its share of success at Kentucky. Ty Dillon finished seventh at the 1.5-mile speedway earlier this season and his brother Austin Dillon swept both series races in 2012.
Ty Dillon is still within striking distance of current standings leader Chase Elliott and, even more so, second-place Regan Smith.
Since first visiting Chicago in June, Dillon’s season has come alive. In his last nine races Dillon has posted a win (Indianapolis Motor Speedway), four top fives and eight top 10s. His season-to-date Driver Rating is 97.3 and his average finish is 9.3.
Earlier this season at Kentucky, Chase Elliott finished 12th and Smith finished 28th, but their teammate Kevin Harvick won the event in the No. 5 Chevrolet. Harvick won his fourth race of the season at Chicago last weekend.
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Turner Scott Motorsports will have some fresh faces this weekend. Chase Pistone will make his third and final start for TSM this weekend and with Kyle Larson fulfilling his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series duties in New Hampshire, this will be the fourth and final time that Dylan Kwasniewski pilots the No. 42 Chevrolet. Kwasniewski will return to the No. 31 Chevrolet for the remainder of the NNS season next weekend in Dover. … Austin Theriault will be in the No. 5 JR Motorsports Chevrolet that won the race Kentucky earlier this season. This will be Theriault’s third start this season for JRM.
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