Austin Dillon to Race #3 in CWTS in 2010


WELCOME, N.C. (January 19, 2010) -- Richard Childress Racing and Bass Pro
Shops have reached a partnership agreement for third-generation driver
Austin Dillon to compete in the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet Silverado for
the majority of the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule.
This RCR/Bass Pro Shops partnership is the latest chapter of a relationship
which began in 1998 when the nation's No. 1 outdoor retailer signed on as an
associate sponsor of RCR's No. 3 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet Monte Carlo with
legendary driver Dale Earnhardt. The relationship continued with Kevin
Harvick and the No 29 Chevrolet and, in 2004, Kerry Earnhardt, Dale's eldest
son, drove RCR's No. 33 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet Monte Carlo in six Sprint
Cup Series races.

"All of us at Bass Pro Shops and Tracker Boats are tickled to death to once
again partner with Richard Childress and the RCR team," stated Bass Pro
Shops founder Johnny Morris. "Austin is a promising young driver with a
great future ahead of him," continued Morris. "He also has a passion for
hunting, fishing, and conservation just like his grandpa."

Bass Pro Shops was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Springfield, Mo.
The outdoor retail leader has 56 stores throughout the United States and
Canada, serving over 100 million sportsmen a year.

Dillon, 19, is the grandson of RCR President and CEO, Richard Childress, and
the son of Mike Dillon, a former NASCAR driver who is now RCR's vice
president of competition. The Clemmons, N.C., native began his racing career
in 2005 driving Bandaleros and Legends cars, progressing to dirt and asphalt
Late Model cars by 2007. He earned rookie of the year honors and finished
second in the 2008 NASCAR Camping World Series East point standings. That
same year, Dillon made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Richmond
International Raceway in September and earned a fourth-place finish at
Memphis Motorsports Park in October in only his second race.

In 2009, Dillon competed in the NASCAR Camping World Series, ARCA Series,
Nationwide Series and made two starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck
Series driving RCR's famous black No. 3 Chevrolet Silverado. In the fall of
2009, he enrolled in High Point University's Nido R. Quebin School of
Communications as an incoming freshman student.

"I'm very excited about welcoming Bass Pro Shops back to RCR," said Dillon.
"Hunting and racing have always been two of my family's biggest passions and
to be able to bring them together through Bass Pro Shops is truly special.
This great partnership will create more awareness to hunting and wildlife
conservation."

RCR won the first NCWTS race, at Phoenix International Raceway, and went on
to capture the series' first championship in 1995 with Mike Skinner driving
the No. 3 GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet Silverado. Skinner won 16 races in
two seasons and Jay Sauter would earn four more victories before RCR
discontinued the program at the conclusion of the 1999 season. In 132 NCWTS
starts, RCR-prepared trucks earned 20 victories, 59 top-five and 85 top-10
finishes.

"It's great to see the black No. 3 Chevy Silverado back on the track,
especially with Bass Pro Shops on board with the program," said Richard
Childress, president and CEO of Richard Childress Racing. "I'm proud to have
personally endorsed Bass Pro Shops since 1998 and I look forward to this
exciting new chapter of our partnership. The great things Johnny Morris and
Bass Pro Shops do for wildlife and outdoor conservation is very important.
Austin and I are proud to spread the word about conservation as well as
making the youth of America more aware of the importance and fun of hunting
and fishing and conserving the great outdoors."

RCR has fielded Chevrolet Silverados for eight drivers in the NCWTS: Bill
Cooper, Austin Dillon, Mike Dillon, Tim George Jr., Dave Marcis, Jay Sauter,
Jim Sauter, and Skinner.