“I wasn’t going to lose this race and not get that cowboy hat.”

Ty Dillon came into this weekend wanting to win and get the cowboy hat that comes with winning. He did just that as he would dominate, leading the most laps, on the way to scoring the victory in the WinStar World Casino 350 at Texas Motor Speedway.

On a restart with 41 laps to go, Dillon would fall back to fourth after Ryan Blaney grabbed the lead with James Buescher second and Johnny Sauter third. Dillon would climb his way back through the traffic, taking the lead for the final time with 29 laps to go and never looking back. It marks his second victory of 2013 and third victory of his Camping World Truck Series career.

“I’ve wanted to win at Texas and glad that we were able to,” Dillon said. “We should’ve won more races this year, but it’s nice to be here in victory lane this weekend.”

On multiple occasions this year, Dillon has come close to victory, but has come up short.

“The sad thing is we should have more wins this year than this, we should be right there in the championship fight,” Marcus Richmond, Dillon’s crew chief said. “We’ve had flawless trucks all year long, just have had things go wrong at the end of the race. Ty did a great job tonight stepping it up.”

The win marks a comeback for the 21-year-old following controversy last week at Martinsville Speedway in the form of a fight with Kevin Harvick. The two crossed paths on track, resulting in Harvick going around. Then under caution, Harvick would make contact with Dillon, resulting in more damage. Post-race, Harvick called Dillon a “spoiled little kid” saying that Dillon has gotten everything as a result of being Richard Childress’ grandson.

“On the flight down here, our strength and conditioning coach has podcasts and I was listening to them. It spoke to my heart and you can’t worry about the small things,” Dillon said. “These are my guys and they have my back no matter what.

“This is the 100^th win for the no. 3. I wish it was Dale Earnhardt getting that win. I wish he was still here with us.”

Johnny Sauter finished second for his 13^th top 10 of the season.

“We got it right there in the end but came up short,” Sauter said. “Great night for us. Solid night for us. Proud of everybody. Great stops tonight.”

Ron Hornaday would finish third despite getting damage early due to contact with Migue Paludo.

“I thought we were done when the 32 got sideways there and punched a hole in the front end,” he commented.” But we were able to come back and almost had Johnny at the end, but he was able to get by there and run off.”

Brendan Gaughan and Justin Lofton rounded out the top five. Lofton was driving with a broken thumb following the wreck at Talladega Superspeedway a couple weeks ago.

James Buescher finished sixth followed by Darrell Wallace Jr., Miguel Paludo, John Wes Townley and Matt Crafton. Points leader Crafton struggled most of the night, though was able to crack the top 10 in the final couple of laps.

“That was horrendously bad, honestly,” Crafton said. “Last night we were so happy with our truck. My god when we started the race, we were so tight from the center off. We kept making changes and got better as the night went on and did well. We started like 29^th on that run and came all the way up to 10^th, which is pretty dang good.”

Crafton now leads Buescher by 46 points and by finishing 18^th or better in the final two races, he will clinch the championship.

Pole sitter and spring race winner Jeb Burton was running inside of the top 10 most of the night when his truck would run out of fuel, resulting in him having to come down pit road with six laps to go.

Sprint Cup Series regulars Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch both struggled throughout the night after looking strong early.

While underneath Lofton at lap 24, Keselowski would get loose and spin. He was then trapped a lap down for the rest of the night.

Meanwhile, Busch came down pit road at lap 49 for the truck overheating. The overheating caused it’s damaged before Busch could take care of it, as he would blow the motor later on in the event. The result was a poor finish for Busch and Crafton being able to extend his points lead in the owner’s standings.

Ty Dillon wanted to win to get the cowboy hat and he would do just that as he would dominate the WinStar World Casino 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Lap 1 – three-wide into turn one with Dillon, Lofton and Burton. Dillon grabs the lead ahead of the field

Lap 2 – Dillon leads Gresham

Lap 3 – Dillon leads Gresham Burton Busch Gaughan

Lap 4 – Dillon leads Gresham Burton Busch Gaughan Lofton Peters Buescher Paludo Sauter. The 57 will be posted due to changing lines before the start of the race. Lofton gets by Gaughan for fifth.

Lap 6 – Buescher gets by Peters for seventh; Paludo by Peters also for eighth

Lap 7 – Sauter, Keselowski, Hornaday, Blaney, Crafton and Wallace also slip by Peters for position

Lap 11 – Busch moves past Gresham and Burton to move into second

Lap 12 – Dillon leads Busch, Gresham, Burton, Lofton, Gaughan, Buescher, Keselowski, Paludo, Sauter

Lap 20 – Dillon leads Busch, Burton, Lofton, Keselowski, Gaughan, Gresham, Sauter, Blaney, Buescher

Caution lap 24 Keselowski spins after getting loose while underneath Lofton. Everybody make pit stops – Busch slides through stall and needs to be pushed back. Dillon leads KyBusch, Gaughan, Lofton, Burton off pit road.

Restart lap 29. Busch and Dillon side-by-side for the lead.

Lap 31 Dillon clears Busch off of turn two to take the lead

Lap 32 Dillon leads Busch, Lofton, Blaney, Gaughan, Sauter, Wallace, Buescher, Burton and Paludo

Lap 34 Buescher by Sauter and Wallace

Lap 40 Dillon leads Blaney, Busch, Lofton, Buescher, Gaughan, Sauter, Wallace, Burton and Paludo

Lap 41 Sauter by Gaughan for position

Lap 49 Dillon leads Blaney Lofton Buescher Sauter Gaughan Paludo Wallace Quiroga and Burton. Busch pitted due to overheating problems.

Caution lap 59 Bryan Silas spins on the backstretch as everybody avoids him. Silas spun due to contact from Quiroga as Quiroga was trying to clean his grill. Scott Riggs gets the lucky dog. Everybody heads down pit road. Lofton leads Dillon off pit road.

Restart lap 64 Buscher and Dillon side-by-side for the lead

Lap 66 Dillon takes the lead

Lap 68 Dillon leads Buescher, Sauter, Lofton, Blaney, Wallace, Gaughan, Quiroga, Sieg and Burton

Lap 77 Hornaday passes Burton for 10^th

61 to go Dillon leads Buescher Sauter Blaney Lofton Gaughan Wallace Hornaday Quiroga and Burton

57 to go Sauter by Buescher for second

54 to go Blaney by Buescher for third

52 to go Lofton by Buescher for fourth

Caution as Busch blows up. Dillon leads Sauter Blaney Lofton Buescher Gaughan off pit road

Restart 41 to go as Sauter and Dillon side-by-side for the lead. Blaney makes it three-wide. Blaney takes the lead into turn three.

38 to go Blaney leads as Dillon and Buescher run side-by-side for second

34 to go Blaney leads Dillon Buescher Sauter Hornaday Gaughan Lofton Burton Wallace Paludo

29 to go Dillon to the lead

27 to go Sauter and Hornaday to 2-3 with Blaney back to 4^th

13 to go Dillon leads Sauter Hornaday Gaughan Lofton Buescher Wallace Blaney Paludo Townley

8 to go Paludo, Townley and Burton by Blaney while Wallace passes Buescher

7 to go Burton slows down on the backstretch as he runs out of gas

3 to go Dillon leads Sauter Hornaday Gaughan Lofton Buescher Wallace Paludo Townley Sieg

Ty Dillon wins! Sauter Hornaday Gaughan Lofton Buescher Wallace Paludo Townley Crafton Sieg Coulter Newberry Quiroga Blaney