The impact of his move into NASCAR's premier series isn't lost on Austin Dillon, even though he's yet to make a green-flag lap in his first full season. "And there were a lot of people with Dale (Earnhardt) stuff on, coming from a long ways away to say hello, and that they're excited about seeing the 3 back and seeing it back on the track. It's all part of a much bigger transition for the former NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series champion, who next month will return the No. 3 to competition in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for the first time since Earnhardt's fatal crash at Daytona in 2001. Since the formal announcement last month that he would indeed take his number up to NASCAR's top level with him, everything has seemed bigger -- from the breadth of fans at autograph signings, to the size of the Sprint Cup shop at Richard Childress Racing, to the crowd of photographers surrounding him at the recent Daytona test. More...