Kansas, KA, United States (AHN) – Ty Dillon followed in big brother’s footsteps Thursday night when he surged past Steve Arpin with five laps to go to win the Kansas Lottery 150 ARCA race at Kansas Speedway.
Dillon, the younger brother of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Austin Dillon, scored his first ARCA Racing Series win in just his second career start. Dillon became the 12th driver to score his first ARCA win this season and the 14th different winner in the series.
“We had a good car all day. In practice, we were really fast, and in qualifying, we just freed it up a little bit. We thought we might have the pole,” Dillon said. “The guys gave me a great car. To take two rookies, me and my brother, and we’ve got three wins and six or seven poles, I just want to thank everybody. They work so hard with these cars, and now we’ll take this to Rockingham.”
Just last weekend, Dillon’s older brother, Austin, won his second Truck race when he scored a win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The racing brothers are the grandsons of NASCAR Sprint Cup team owner Richard Childress.
Ty, just 18, finished second in his other ARCA start earlier this year in Iowa.
Dillon started fourth and kept his No. 41 RCR Development Chevrolet among the leaders before make his grandfather, who was present, proud.
“It was just great to be here for this win today,” said Childress. “I missed his run over in Iowa and I missed his (NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) win over at Gresham (Motorsports Park in Georgia), but it was great to be here today and watch him win and watch the look on his face, and to see how he drove that car.”
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October 1st, 2010 
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