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Austin Dillon snags third in the Clash, praises format

Austin Dillon snags third in the Clash, praises format

However, he was not the only RCR driver who showed strength during the race. His teammate Tyler Reddick led most of the early portion, only to break a transaxle under yellow after about 50 laps.

“The guys warned me about it,” said Dillon. “He was pretty aggressive all weekend on getting heat in his tires. He did a good job of that. I just feel like once they told me, I was already aware of it, but I wasn’t spinning my tires with the clutch. I waited till the rpm came up, really hammer it instead of dropping the clutch to make it happen. I kind of got lucky, I guess, but I was never really that aggressive.”

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Although many comparisons were made to Bowman Gray entering the weekend, the main event was fairly clean with only a small handful of incidents and plenty of passing. Dillon believes this was only possible thanks to the Next Gen car.

“I think this worked out perfect for the car. I agree with (Kyle Busch), too, on the old car, probably wouldn’t have turned ever. It…

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