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Austin Dickey

Austin Dickey

Joined: Mar 13, 2022

Austin Dickey is a Baltimore native with a lifelong passion for both motorsports and writing. He is a former short-track racer and a recent graduate of the University of Maryland Baltimore County with a BA in English and Media Communications. Through both passions, Austin is devoted to covering all forms of racing and capturing its beauty through words.  Follow him on Twitter @AustinIsTyping

Breaking It Down: What happened at Bristol, but more importantly, WHY?
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Breaking It Down: What happened at Bristol, but more importantly, WHY?

Our Austin Dickey has some great perspective on why another non-playoff driver won, as well as stars like Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch were both eliminated from the playoffs.

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Breaking It Down: After a second-half season surge, Bubba Wallace finally cashes in
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Breaking It Down: After a second-half season surge, Bubba Wallace finally cashes in

AutoRacingDigest.com's Austin Dickey is back! And what a great analysis he has about Bubba Wallace's win Sunday at Kansas!

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Breaking It Down: Reflecting back on playoff opener at Darlington
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Breaking It Down: Reflecting back on playoff opener at Darlington

Our Austin Dickey is back, and shares his thoughts on how the Lady In Black certainly started ways off in a unusual and unique way

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Breaking It Down: Where does Denny Hamlin go from here after Pocono debacle?
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Breaking It Down: Where does Denny Hamlin go from here after Pocono debacle?

Sure, Kyle Busch was also penalized, but Hamlin's takeaways were more significant, at least on paper.

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Breaking It Down: Can Brad Keselowski still rally to make the playoffs?
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Breaking It Down: Can Brad Keselowski still rally to make the playoffs?

The 2012 Cup champion is mired in 30th place and hasn't won even one race yet this season. If he wins one of the next six, though, he makes the playoffs, potentially.

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Breaking It Down: LaJoie may not have won at Atlanta, but he still emerged a winner
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Breaking It Down: LaJoie may not have won at Atlanta, but he still emerged a winner

The odds were against him, but he made his play and almost pulled it off, still earning respect and admiration for his efforts.

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Breaking It Down: Patience, perseverance the key to Reddick's win at Road America
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Breaking It Down: Patience, perseverance the key to Reddick's win at Road America

There's an old saying in NASCAR that the first win is always the hardest. They may not get easier from here, but Reddick now knows how to seal the deal and likely will do many more.

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Breaking It Down: Nashville -- JGR starts strong, but late-race tire strategy backfires
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Breaking It Down: Nashville -- JGR starts strong, but late-race tire strategy backfires

Joe Gibbs Racing has struggled too often in the first 17 races of the season. Nashville was yet another example.

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It's a mystery: What's happened to defending Cup champ Kyle Larson this season?
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It's a mystery: What's happened to defending Cup champ Kyle Larson this season?

While the season is not quite half over, Larson is not having the kind of dominating season he had last year en route to his first-ever NASCAR Cup championship

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Breaking It Down: What happened to Elliott, Larson at Sonoma?
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Breaking It Down: What happened to Elliott, Larson at Sonoma?

Costly mistakes prevented arguably the two fastest cars in the field from doing better than 9th and 15th, respectively

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Breaking It Down: Ross Chastain adds more enemies with his reckless abandon
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Breaking It Down: Ross Chastain adds more enemies with his reckless abandon

While seemingly truly apologetic for his run-ins with Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott in Sunday's race, Chastain likely put a target on his back for his overaggressive style

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Breaking It Down: Team Penske makes major statement at NASCAR All-Star Race
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Breaking It Down: Team Penske makes major statement at NASCAR All-Star Race

But the question now is whether Roger's boys will be able to keep the momentum going during the upcoming summer months and how they'll fare in the playoffs.

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