Just over 15 hours have elapsed since Austin Dillon won the 60th Daytona 500 for Richard Childress Racing.
Dillon’s No. 3 Chevrolet is now on display at Daytona International Speedway’s museum.
It will stay there until next February, when it’s dethroned by the winning car of the 61st Daytona 500.
The winning team posed with the car Monday morning.
The No. 3 team is all smiles this morning! 😁 #Daytona500Champ pic.twitter.com/vXSpVuAvaa
— RCR (@RCRracing) February 19, 2018
And the whirlwind media tour for the new Daytona 500 winner had gotten underway.
#DAYTONA500 CHAMPION @austindillon3 on live now with @SiriusXMNASCAR pic.twitter.com/0keCuStFDC
— RCR Updates (@RCRupdates) February 19, 2018
While Dillon, owner Richard Childress and crew chief Justin Alexander are still in Daytona, other members of RCR are trickling back to the team’s headquarters in Welcome, North Carolina.
Employees arriving there Monday morning were greeted with a sign congratulating RCR and ECR engines on the victory, which is the third Daytona 500 win for RCR.
William O’Dea, a spotter for Matt Tifft in the Xfinity Series and Ty Dillon in the Cup Series, shared a picture of the sign.
😁feeling when you pull into @RCRracing complex and see this sign. So happy for everyone here. Been alot of hard work and hours behind the scenes. Happy for everyone that wears the RCR emblems. pic.twitter.com/mNzu10tmq6
— Billy O (@BillyODesigns) February 19, 2018
And the town of Welcome shared in greeting the winners back home.
Home is where the ❤️ is.
— RCR (@RCRracing) February 19, 2018
☺️ pic.twitter.com/MlrMB7v22X
Aric Almirola, who was leading the race at the white flag before wrecking on the backstretch from contact with Dillon, wouldn’t change a thing about how he raced.
Laid in bed replaying the last lap a million times in my head last night. Nothing I’d change. Woke up this morning with a new focus. Trying to win the next 35 races and run for a championship.@SmithfieldBrand @FordPerformance @StewartHaasRcng
— Aric Almirola (@Aric_Almirola) February 19, 2018
And there’s no hard feelings between Kurt Busch and Ryan Blaney after aggressive racing between them resulted in a crash with two laps left in the original distance of the race.
Proud of the way you drove kid! Our Fords were strong, and we both wanted it.
— Kurt Busch (@KurtBusch) February 19, 2018
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