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Ty Dillon says he will remain with Germain Racing after this season

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - SEPTEMBER 09: Ty Dillon, driver of the #13 GEICO Chevrolet, during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on September 9, 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

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Ty Dillon says he will remain with Germain Racing after this season and not join his brother Austin at Richard Childress Racing and drive the No. 31 car.

That car is open for next season with Ryan Newman leaving RCR to drive the No. 6 at Roush Fenway Racing after this year.

During a break in testing Monday at Kansas Speedway, Ty Dillon reaffirmed his commitment to the No. 13 team.

“I made them a commitment and I’m staying by my commitment,” he said. “I believe in my race team and that’s where I’m going to be.”

Dillon is in his second season with Germain Racing. He finished 24th in the points last year and is 29th in points entering Sunday’s race on the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval. He has three top-15 finishes this season. His best result this year is sixth at Daytona in July.

He talked at the Kansas test of using this season to help make the team be better for 2019. This is his first season with crew chief Matt Borland.

“This is another opportunity that we can take another step to getting better as a race team,” Dillon said. “For us, right now, it’s all about leading into next year. If we can come here later on this year and have a good run and be strong, improve on our approach, work as a team and learn about things going forward as a team, this is what is good about a test for us.”

While Dillon says this season has not gone “what we hoped as a team. We’ve got to keep fighting and we’ve got to keep grinding. There’s always the next season. We have a great sponsor in Geico and a great group of guys who were committed for a couple of years down the road, so it’s about improving over the next couple of years. So we’ve got to take every weekend as a learning step and ... just keep improving. We all believe in the fact that we can.”