As Nascar rolls into its seventy fifth season, there may be nonetheless no occasion that comes near matching the thrill of the Daytona 500. Over 100,000 will collect at Daytona International Speedway this Sunday for the sixty fifth operating of the race because the Cup Series season kicks off.
Austin Dillon received the sixtieth operating of the race in 2018 and is coming off a second-place end within the Clash on the Coliseum. Even with being in his tenth full-time Cup Series season, there may be nonetheless no pleasure that may match the race billed because the Super Bowl of stock-car racing.
The two-time Nascar champ talked M&F by means of a few of his private must-haves for Daytona.
Fire swimsuit, Helmet, Racing footwear
I can’t go to Daytona with out my racing gear! These issues hold me secure once I’m within the automotive.
Coca-Cola
I’m a proud member of the Coca-Cola racing household, and revel in Coke merchandise each on the observe and at house.
Buy Coca-Cola: $1.59 at Amazon
Carolina Cowboys hat
I’m the overall supervisor of the Carolina Cowboys, knowledgeable bull using group within the new PBR Team Series. I’m all the time repping them with Carolina Cowboys gear once I’m on the observe.
Pickleball and pickleball paddle
I took up pickleball just lately, and it’s turn into one in all my favourite issues to do away from the observe. We setup some courts at our race store and play in a league a number of occasions per week. When we’re in Daytona I’ll undoubtedly discover a courtroom to play on.
Buy Bantam EX-L Paddle: $99 from PickleballCentral
Buy CORE Outdoor Pickleballs (3-pack): $11 from PickleballCentral
Dude Wipes
Racing may be sweaty. Just consider all the hours we spend in a sizzling automotive on a sizzling summer season day. Dude Wipes hold me recent between showers even on the most well liked days.
Buy Dude Wipes six-pack: $28 from Dude Products
Healthy Snacks
My race day meal is fairly wholesome—grilled hen, rice, avocado and greens. We don’t have quite a lot of down time in the course of the race season, so I all the time attempt to fill up on wholesome snacks which are straightforward to seize between meals.
Buy Kar’s Gluten-Free Sweet and Salty Trail Mix (30-pack): $12.32 at Walmart
My Costas serve me nicely, whether or not I’m on the observe or simply having fun with the outside in my free time.
Fishing rod
There’s loads of water in Florida, and when my household and I need to de-stress, there’s nothing higher than getting out on the water. I get all of my tools from Bass Pro Shops.
Follow Austin on Instagram @austindillon3
Watch Austin on the DAYTONA 500 this Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX