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With the No. 3 on his door and memories of the late Dale Earnhardt fresh in his mind, Austin Dillon took the fabled number out of hibernation and straight to the top at Daytona. Dillon won the pole for the season-opening Daytona 500 driving the No. 3 Chevrolet - a car Richard Childress had refused to field at NASCAR's top level since Earnhardt's fatal accident on the last lap of the 2001 race. But now that his 23-year-old grandson is ready to race in the Sprint Cup Series, Childress allowed Dillon to use the number widely associated with the seven-time champion. Earnhardt won 67 races, six championships and the 1998 Daytona 500 driving the No. 3.
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