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6 great perks Austin Dillon enjoyed for winning the Coca-Cola 600

Winning a race in NASCAR is a big, big deal, in part because it’s so challenging. Every race, only one driver wins and 38 or 39 don’t, making the odds of winning difficult at best. And when you finally win for the first time, it’s something you both celebrate and remember all of your life.

So when Austin Dillon finally broke through last Sunday night and won his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race in 133 starts, a lot of cool things happened, especially since it was the first Cup victory for the No. 3 in a Cup race since the late Dale Earnhardt won at Talladega on Oct.