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Ty Dillon Takes XFINITY Series Pole at Daytona

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The PowerShares QQQ 300 starting line up for today’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Daytona International Speedway includes Ty Dillon, with Richard Childress Racing as the Coors Light Pole sitter.

This is Dillon’s fourth pole in 79 XFINITY Series starts and his first pole of the 2016 season with  a lap of 49.493 seconds, 181.844-mph.  Dillon has six starts at Daytona and this is his first pole at the Track.

Daniel Suarez is sharing the front row with Dillon for today’s race, with Bobby Labonte in third, Austin Dillon is fourth and Erik Jones – the fastest rookie – rounds out the top-five starters.

Watch the XFINITY Series PowerShares QQQ 300 today at 3:30 pm ET on FOX Sports 1

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NASCAR XFINITY Series

Next Race: PowerShares QQQ 300

The Place: Daytona International Speedway

The Date: Saturday, Feb. 20

The Time: 3:30 p.m. ET

TV: FS1, 3 p.m. ET

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Ch. 90

Distance: 300 miles (120 laps)

Championship or Bust for Dillon

Ty Dillon has one goal on his mind for the 2016 – a NASCAR XFINITY Series title.

“It’s winning races or bust for me,” Dillon said. “I know with that will come a championship opportunity. So we get locked in that Chase, you have to win the races, just like they have in the Sprint Cup Series.”

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NASCAR XFINITY Series Track Facts – Daytona International Speedway

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NASCAR XFINITY Series Track Facts – Daytona International Speedway

Below is a quick look at some NASCAR XFINITY Series statistics for Daytona International Speedway: Number Races: 48

Number of Winners: 24

Wins Leader: Dale Earnhardt and Tony Stewart (7 each)

Number of Pole Winners: 35

Poles Leader: Joe Nemechek (5)

Most Race Leaders: 20 (2/23/2013)

Most Lead Changes: 41 (07/06/2012)

Most Laps Led (Single Event): 105 (Joe Nemechek, 1998)

Most Cautions: 11 (2/18/2006)

Most Caution Laps: 35 – three times (most recently: 2/25/2012)

Last Season’s Green Flag Passes for the Lead: 56

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Sauter Wins Wild Camping World Truck Series Opener at Daytona

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With the No. 4 Toyota of Christopher Bell barrel-rolling through Turn 1 behind him, Johnny Sauter nosed ahead in his No. 21 Chevrolet and had more than a car-length lead when NASCAR called the last caution of the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway.

With the victory, Sauter is all but guaranteed a spot in the first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chase, a seven-race playoff modeled after the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
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