NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Pocono 400
Pocono Raceway
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Ty Dillon Drives Yuengling Chevrolet SS to 18th-place finish at Brewery’s Home Track
Ty Dillon drove Circle Sport Racing’s No. 33 Yuengling America’s Oldest Brewery Chevrolet SS to an 18th-place finish Sunday afternoon at Pocono Raceway in his third NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start of the 2015 season.
The NASCAR XFINITY Series regular qualified 29th on Friday evening but quickly proved his red, white and blue-themed Chevrolet SS was a top-20 race car. He broke into the top-20 on lap 63 and eventually made his way inside the top 10 for a portion of the 160-lap race. A two-tire pit stop gave Dillon the track position he needed as he raced all the way up to seventh place. On the ensuing green-flag run, Dillon reported his No. 33 Chevrolet SS was too tight. He came to pit road on lap 122 for four tires and fuel, but the pit stop was just outside of the team’s pit window. So, a splash of Sunoco fuel came on lap 127 as Dillon was scored 27th. For the remaining 33 laps, Dillon raced back into the top-20 running order looking for a finish of 20th or better.
In the end, the 23-year-old rookie driver crossed the finish line 18th, a career high for Dillon in the Sprint Cup Series. He will be behind the wheel of the No. 33 Nexium 24HR Chevrolet SS next weekend in the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
Start – 29 Finish – 18 Laps Led – 0 Points – N/A
TY DILLON QUOTE:
“Our No. 33 Yuengling team worked their tails off this weekend and really learned a lot about this place. We made some progress throughout the weekend and came up with a decent finish. It’s fun racing these Sprint Cup races with Slugger (Labbe, crew chief). I want to thank Yuengling for supporting us this weekend. It was great seeing their group of people today at the race track. We’ll get ready for another Cup race again next weekend in Michigan.”
