
As the youngest grandson of NASCAR team owner Richard Childress, Ty Dillon spent quite a bit of his childhood around Dale Earnhardt.
Earnhardt, of course, drove for Childress at Richard Childress Racing near the end of 1981 before reuniting with the then-future NASCAR Hall of Fame team owner in 1984. He remained with RCR through his tragic death at the 2001 Daytona 500, winning six of his seven NASCAR Cup Series championships with the organization.