NASCAR Cup Series

The two-time XFINITY champion has two career NSCS starts at Kentucky with an average starting position of 17.0 and average finishing position of 21.0.

Richard Childress Racing in the Bluegrass State ... In 13 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Kentucky Speedway, Richard Childress Racing holds an average starting position of 16.5 and a 18th-place average finishing position, completing 3,453 of the contested 3,471 laps (99.5 percent).

THE MODERATOR: Good morning, everyone. I appreciate you joining the call. Thanks again. It's certainly been a busy last 48 hours for everybody in the NASCAR community, and we are certainly thrilled to have Austin Dillon, driver of the No. 3 Dow Chevrolet SS for Richard Childress Racing, here with us today. He's already had a busy morning talking to some folks about what went on this past weekend in Daytona at the Coke Zero 400, an eventful evening for Mr. Dillon. Just to remind everyone, he was actually on the front row, qualified second and finished top 10 and had an amazing, amazing weekend.

“That scared the hell out of me.” “That scared the hell out of me.” With those post-race words, race winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. summarized exactly how every fan felt as they watched the end of the Sunday night/Monday morning race at Daytona. With those post-race words, race winner Dale Earnhardt, Jr. summarized exactly how every fan felt as they watched the end of the Sunday night/Monday morning race at Daytona.

With drivers wishing their teams good morning due to the night race that went into the wee hours of the next morning, here is what else was surprising and not surprising from the Coke Zero 400 on the July 4th, 2015 holiday weekend.

Everyone has to still be stunned to see Austin Dillon walk away from the horrifying last-lap crash that sent his No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet flipping into the catch fence at the end of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona.

In honor of Dale Earnhardt. Jr. capturing the last two Superspeedway races in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Talladega Superspeedway is bringing back the popular “Two for $88” ticket package, named for NASCAR’s most popular driver and Talladega’s latest winner, for the October 25, Alabama 500.

Race fans looking to camp at Watkins Glen International now have a new area to consider.

Two icons in their respective fields are teaming up to go Sprint Cup racing this weekend in the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway and in the Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Labor Day weekend.

Richard Childress Racing drivers Austin Dillon, Ryan Newman and Paul Menard finished seventh, eighth and 16th, respectively, in the Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway.