Austin Dillon, grandson of team owner Richard Childress, will pilot a Sprint Cup car in 2014 with a slanted 3, a number and style made famous by seven-time Cup champion Dale Earnhardt.

In a recent exclusive interview with BVM Sports, Richard Childress Racing driver Austin Dillon reflected on his illustrious Cup Series career, notably steering the revered #3 car for nearly a decade.

We have seen Childress' grandson Austin Dillon behind the wheel of the black No. 3 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. It is also no secret he is being groomed to run the Cup series full-time.

Austin Dillon will drive a No. 3 car in the Sprint Cup Series next season The No. 3 has not been used since Dale Earnhardt died in the 2001 Daytona 500 Dillon is a grandson of Richard Childress%2C ...

Dillon's grandfather and car owner, Richard Childress, has done a respectable job preserving the dignity and heritage of the No. 3 since it was last driven in the Cup Series by Dale Earnhardt in ...

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Austin Dillon went Tuesday to the Richard Childress Racing shop where his No. 3 Chevrolet was built. He talked with the people who attached every inch of steel, tightened every bolt and applied ...