Tyler Reed Dillon[1] (born February 27, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

Dillon has spent most of his NASCAR career driving for Richard Childress Racing and affiliated teams.

He is the younger brother of fellow NASCAR driver Austin Dillon, who drives RCR's No.

[10] Dillon's racing career began in go-karts and Bandoleros, later advancing to the K&N Pro Series East in 2009.

[citation needed] In 2010, despite racing in just eight out of 10 events, he ranked 13th in the championship and won at Gresham Motorsports Park.

[citation needed] In 2011, he won seven races and secured the championship title, leading Chris Buescher by 340 points.

[citation needed] However, Dillon lost the rookie-of-the-year award to Buescher by a close two points, highlighting the intense competition and skill in motorsports.

[12] At Homestead, he finished 6th, right in front of his brother Austin, who was crowned champion that night after the race was called due to rain.

In late August 2013, Dillon was leading the final lap of the Truck Series' first race in Canada against 17-year-old rookie Chase Elliott.

[23] In early June 2012, Dillon made his debut in the Nationwide Series in the 5-hour Energy 200 at Dover International Speedway.

Despite going winless, Ty Dillon finished a career-best 3rd place in the final point standings for 2015 with a career-high in top-10s (25) and top-5s (12).

In 2016 at the season-opening race at Daytona, Dillon scored his fourth career Xfinity Series pole and his first since the 2014 season.

Coming back to Daytona, Dillon drove a very special Bass Pro Shops/NRA Museum paint scheme for the July 4th weekend, in which he finished 14th place.

At the Xfinity opener at Daytona, Dillon was running up front until the last restart when he ran out of fuel and finished 19th.

54 Toyota part-time in the Xfinity Series in 2021, running the season opener at Daytona, Homestead, Las Vegas, and Talladega in the spring.

33 with Hillman-Circle Sport LLC in partnership with RCR in the Oral-B USA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

[35] Dillon would finish seventh at Talladega for the running of the GEICO 500, but the credit would go to Stewart since he started the race.

7 Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevy at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 as Smith flew back to North Carolina to await the birth of his child.

After a rough first half of 2018, Dillon managed to avoid several 'big ones' to finish a then career-best sixth place in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona.

To start the 2019 season, Dillon managed to score another 6th place finish, reminiscent of his previous Daytona top 10.

After speculation for the previous few days, on January 19, 2021, it was announced that Dillon would attempt the 2021 Daytona 500 for Gaunt Brothers Racing driving the No.

23 Toyota, he was eligible for the race due to winning a stage in the 2020 season, while regular driver Bubba Wallace was not.

43 of Erik Jones as a teammate after GMS had purchased the majority interest of Richard Petty Motorsports.

42 was docked 35 driver and owner points for an L1 penalty when the pre-race inspection revealed issues on the car's rocker box vent hole.

[56] On June 16, 2014, Dillon announced he would make his Trans-Am Series debut at Road America for Miller Racing in the No.

On December 28, 2013, Dillon announced his engagement to his girlfriend Haley Carey, a former driver herself and Charlotte Hornets cheerleader.

[59] They were married by Dillon's good friend Ray Wright on December 20, 2014, at Childress Vineyards in Lexington, North Carolina.

[62] Dillon does weekly vlogs following his personal and racing life in a series called The Ride.

On December 5, 2019, Dillon announced he would leave TDM and join fellow competitor Kevin Harvick's KHI Management Agency.

* Season still in progress 1 Ineligible for series points (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.