Austin Dillon expects the restarts in Road America “to be aggressive and wild” on Sunday as he is “just looking forward to the challenge”
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This Sunday, NASCAR will compete in the 4-mile Road America event known as the Kwik Trip 250 presented by JOCKEY Made in America. The competition for the few remaining playoff positions among the winless drivers who have the vehicle and the ability to win races has already started, making this event one of the most important races before the 2022 playoff. On the day of the US Independence, the spectators will undoubtedly anticipate seeing some fireworks at the track.
Austin Dillon who drives the No:3 Richard Childress Racing Chevy Camaro ZL1 is among the drivers who have the resources at his disposal to go for the playoff securing race wins as he is now out of contention for playoffs if he goes winless, if there aren’t any miracles that left to happen. Going into the coming race at the Road America this thought will surely bug the 32-years old and now he has come forth expressing his thoughts on the Next-Gen cars Road America debut.
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Austin Dillon has acknowledged that the Road America race is one among the tracks that demand drivers to have an average lap in order to have a good lap as everyone turns providing drivers the opportunity to overdrive. He went on to say that the corners can either be beneficial for you in gaining places or at the same time possessing the risk of position losses and added that the track demands pilots to put everything together as it’s more than just racing.
“It’s one of those places where you have to have an average lap in order to have a good lap because there are so many chances to overdrive certain turns. You can lose a lot in one corner and gain a lot in another. You just have to put it all together. A little bit of racing the track goes on in these kinds of races,” Austin Dillon said.
Austin Dillon went on to say that the restart is going to be aggressive and wild as people will be going all over the track and shared his expectation of some attrition in the race on the wrecking areas. He shares his enthusiasm about how the runoff areas and grass are going to play out in the race as he looks forward to a challenging race in a challenging place.
“The restarts are going to be aggressive and wild. People will be going everywhere. I do expect some attrition in the race because there are some areas where you can wreck some stuff. Runoffs, grassy areas. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. I’m just looking forward to the challenge. It’s a challenging place,” Austin Dillon added.
Austin Dillon went on to discuss his racing form on the road courses saying he has become more better in these tracks from the time of his initial starts. He went on to say that he is more comfortable in the tracks following the work he has been putting in testing, racing on different series, and the simulator. Austin Dillon said that though they have been good at the road courses there is always room for development adding he is pumped up for the challenge.
“I’m better than where I started, for sure. I’ve had some consistent finishes this year and last. I’m more comfortable, and that’s because we’ve been putting the work into my testing, racing in other series, and using the simulator. We’ve been solid at road courses but there’s always room for improvement and I’m pumped for the challenge,” says Austin Dillon.
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