Austin Dillon is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on April 27, 1990 in Lewisville, North Carolina, United States. Stock race car driver and grandson of Richard Childress. He made his NASCAR debut in 2008; he won NASCAR Rookie of the Year in the Truck Series in 2010 and the Truck Series championship in 2011.
In 2011, he began driving the #3 car at the NASCAR Nationwide Series, the number previously made famous by the great Dale Earnhardt.
After the Charlotte race, Dillon would not score another top-five finish in the Cup series until a fourth-place run at the Southern 500 at Darlington. He went to finish a career-best 11th in the final point standings despite getting eliminated after the round of 16.
Austin R. Dillon (born April 27, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He is the son of former driver and Richard Childress Racing (RCR) general manager Mike Dillon, older brother of Ty Dillon and grandson of Richard Childress. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for RCR, and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 21 Chevrolet Camaro for RCR.
He has an older brother named Ty Dillon whose also a race car driver. He married NFL cheerleader Whitney Ward on December 9, 2017.