Location: Iowa Speedway

Start Position: First

Finish Position: Second

NEWTON, Iowa (July 10, 2010) — Ty Dillon contributed to a strong weekend for Richard Childress Racing development teams at Iowa Speedway, earning a pole award and a second-place finish in his ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards debut.

Richard Childress Racing Development teams and Earnhardt-Childress Engines showed their strength at the .875-mile short track this weekend. In addition to Dillon’s second-place finish and pole award, his brother Austin earned his career first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory and his third consecutive pole award in NASCAR’s No. 3 tour, while fellow RCR development driver Tim George Jr. led laps in Saturday’s Prairie Meadows 200 ARCA Racing Series race and finished 12th to complete RCR’s dominating weekend in the Hawkeye State.

Driving the No. 41 Karl Chevrolet/RCR Development Chevrolet, the 18-year-old grandson of legendary NASCAR team owner Richard Childress started off the race weekend with two practice sessions. Crew chief Cale Gale and the Karl Chevrolet team were able to fine tune the RCR Chevrolet in preparation for Saturday’s 200-lap Prairie Meadows 200 ARCA Racing Series race and the team’s hard work paid off as Dillon steadily improved throughout each session, posting the 16th and 13th fastest times.

During Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell, Dillon recorded a 23.736 second lap around the .875-mile Iowa Speedway oval for a speed of 132.710 mph, placing him on the pole for his first ARCA Racing Series start. It was one of four pole awards for Earnhardt-Childress Engines this weekend, as Ty joined Jamie McMurray (NASCAR Sprint Cup Series), Kevin Harvick (NASCAR Nationwide Series) and his brother, Austin (NCWTS), as pole winners utilizing ECR power this weekend.

Armed with a fast RCR-prepared Chevrolet, Dillon worked with spotter Andy Houston to jump to the point position as soon as the green flag waved for Saturday night’s Prairie Meadows 200 and the high school senior looked strong from the start, leading the first eight laps before dropping to second on lap nine.

Dillon continued to run second in the running order until making a move on lap 45, diving to the low line and battling for the lead for several laps before dropping to seventh with an ill-handling black No. 41, which had developed a tight condition. However, the driver did not spend much time south of the top-five and Dillon was scored in fourth position by lap 52. He made the first of two pit stops on lap 88, taking on four Hoosier tires, fuel and a chassis adjustment to correct the tight condition of his racecar. Dillon made his second trip down pit road on lap 150, remaining in the top-five throughout this portion of the race. Quick work by the Karl Chevrolet/RCR Development Chevrolet team in the pits with less than 50 laps to go allowed Dillon to gain several spots on the racetrack, placing him second on the restart and from there, it was smooth sailing for the Lewisville, N.C., driver, who did not relinquish his position for the remainder of the race, posting a second-place finish. Dillon's finish matched the result he scored at Iowa this spring in a NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West combination race and the performance of his brother Austin in last year’s edition of the Prairie Meadows 200.

Tom Hessert earned his first career ARCA Racing Series victory, over Dillon, Grant Enfinger, Dakoda Armstrong and Matt Crafton.

TY DILLON QUOTE:

"I had a ball just learning the car. It’s a lot different than what I’ve been running all year in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. Mainly, the ARCA cars have a lot more power so you roll into the corners differently. The guys worked really hard on the car and we ended up with a pretty good piece. It’s pretty neat that Austin and I were both able to earn pole awards at Iowa Speedway this weekend. That’s the first time that brothers have done that and I’m glad I was able to share that with him.”