Austin Dillon, Whitney Ward to wed next week

RELATED: 'Much higher goals' for Austin Dillon in 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Austin Dillon and fiancee Whitney Ward are set to be married December 9, according to Ward's Twitter account.   Dillon proposed to the former NFL cheerleader in August 2016, and the pair will tie the knot in Lexington, North Carolina -- perhaps at Childress Vineyards, owned by Dillon's grandfather and team owner, Richard Childress. MORE: Austin Dillon gets engaged to Whitney Ward The wedding continues a positive offseason for the Dillon family thus far, as brother Ty and his wife, Haley, announced the birth of their first child last week.