Austin Dillon picked the perfect weekend to announce the name of his soon-to-be son, with NASCAR in Las Vegas for Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 (3:30 p.m. ET, FOX/FOX Sports App, PRN, Sirius XM NASCAR Radio).
The Richard Childress Racing driver announced Friday on Instagram he and expectant wife Whitney will bring “Ace RC Dillon” into the world this June.
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Dillon was asked about the naming choice Friday at the Nevada track.
“Yeah, we got a name. It’s Ace RC Dillon. I’m pumped about it,” Dillon said. “‘RC’ obviously is for my grandfather. My logo has always been the Ace of Spades and my grandfather always said ‘ace in the hole’. So, I was like this is a good time to make my kid the ace in the hole and hopefully he’s better than me.”
Dillon will look to ride a 12th-place finish at last weekend’s Daytona 500 into his first top 10 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway since finishing fifth in this race in 2016.