{"id":9181,"date":"2013-08-12T15:01:03","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T19:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=9181"},"modified":"2013-08-12T15:03:39","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T19:03:39","slug":"austin-dillon-to-replace-stewart-in-no-14-at-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/08\/12\/austin-dillon-to-replace-stewart-in-no-14-at-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Dillon to replace Stewart in No. 14 at Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5538\" alt=\"austindillon\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/01\/austindillon.jpg\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/01\/austindillon.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/01\/austindillon-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Austin Dillon will\u00a0pilot the No. 14 Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet at Michigan International Speedway for the running of the Pure Michigan 400 this Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Stewart said:, &#8220;I&#8217;ve watched Austin for many years and at each stage of his racing career he&#8217;s been successful. He&#8217;s proven to be a very fast learner, and he&#8217;s able to adapt quickly. Being the youngest champion in the history of the Truck Series is proof of that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His background in dirt racing is an asset, and off the track we share many of the same interests, specifically, hunting and fishing. I know he&#8217;ll perform well at Michigan and I&#8217;m just as confident in his ability to properly represent Mobil 1 and Bass Pro Shops throughout the race weekend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stewart continues to recover from a broken right tibia and fibula suffered in a sprint car crash Aug. 5 at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Stewart was released from the hospital on Sunday evening and is recovering at home.<\/p>\n<p>Dillon is the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion and competes full-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, where he currently leads the championship standings. He has two Nationwide Series wins and five Camping World Truck Series victories this season.<\/p>\n<p>SHR has not released who will drive the car after Michigan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Dillon will\u00a0pilot the No. 14 Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet at Michigan International Speedway for the running of the Pure Michigan 400 this Sunday. In a statement Stewart said:, &#8220;I&#8217;ve watched Austin for many years and at each stage of his racing career he&#8217;s been successful. He&#8217;s proven to be a very fast learner, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[788],"tags":[],"coauthors":[674],"class_list":{"0":"post-9181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9181"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}