This week’s 150-lap race marks Ty Dillon’s second appearance at the Joliet, Ill.-based facility, although the driver of the #3 Bass Pro Shops RCR Chevrolet has yet to compete at the 1.5-mile track in the Camping World Truck Series. A year ago when Dillon made his first start at Chicagoland Speedway in the ARCA Racing Series, the 20-year-old driver missed practice due to his high school graduation and didn’t turn any laps on the racing surface until qualifying. Earning a fifth-place starting position, Dillon maintained his running position in the top 10 for a majority of the event. With 16 laps remaining in the 100-lap event, Dillon took the lead earning his third victory en route to the 2011 ARCA Racing Series driver championship title. After a seventh-place showing at Iowa Speedway last weekend, Dillon is third in the 2012 Camping World Truck Series driver championship point standings, 14 points behind leader Timothy Peters. (Richard Childress Racing PR)(7-17-2012)
