Ty Dillon gets a Daytona 500 shot with Gaunt Brothers Racing

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ty Dillon will drive for Gaunt Brothers Racing in an attempt to qualify for this year’s Daytona 500, the team announced Tuesday. Dillon, 28, was out of a full-time Cup ride at the end of last season when Germain Racing closed its shop, but he will land in the No. 96 Toyota Camry for GBR, a single-car team, to start the 2021 season. GBR is not guaranteed entry into the main event and doesn’t have a Cup charter, so Dillon will be competing for one of four open spots in the Daytona 500 field. He’ll be able to enter the main race by finishing the highest of the open cars in eithe…

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