Last October at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Austin Dillon was reminded that not all perils a driver faces come on the track.
It was a Friday night in October 2015 and he was on pit road, head bowed in prayer before climbing into his car for the NASCAR Xfinity Series race. Suddenly, a sizzling sound and what he called "a glimmer of light" interrupted the prayer. A hot little meteorite of sorts, a bit of pre-race fireworks that didn't burn out in the sky, dove down on him, even leaving a scorch mark on his fire suit.
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"It was weird.