DARLINGTON, S.C. — Though a Hail Mary attempt at rim-riding the top of turns three and four at Darlington Raceway didn’t pay off, Austin Dillon still nearly won Sunday night’s 71st Cook Out Southern 500. “I think that’s why I’ve been good at them, and I try not to make mistakes,” he added. “You can make mistakes over a race with just one little error, and I try and stay focused and not make those to give ourselves chances at the end of these things, because if you stay in the race, you’re going to have an opportunity, hopefully, when it comes down to it,” Dillon noted. “Things can go one way or the other, but we’ve been fortunate to make some of them happen,” Dillon noted. I think we can win people over one race at a time.”.

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