Exclusive: Limited Late Model Driver, Dillon Houser

Dillon Houser, driver of the #11 Pepsi-Max, Gatorade, Little Ceasers Pizza, Duck Graphics Chevrolet Impala, has been around the sport of stock car racing all his life,however, he just began his own career as a driver four years ago. Up until that point, he was serving as a tire specialist, car chief, or whatever else needed to be done on the DHR (Dwight Huffman Racing) team.

Dillon has been racing at Tri-County Motor Speedway this year in the Southeast Limited Late Model Series. He races for one of the Carolina’s well known teams, Dwight Huffman Racing. This team has seen the likes of famous drivers such as Jimmy Spencer, Robert Pressley, Tony Warren, Tim Richmond, Morgan Shepard, Pete Silva, Dexter Canipe just to name a few drivers. Dillon hopes to become one of the next rising stars to fulfill the DHR stables famous list.

“Just want to win races.”

– Dillon Houser

I caught up with Dillon this week to ask him about his career. I asked what were some of his goals he wanted to achieve and his reply was simple, “Just to win races”. He has raced at several tracks in his short career, Myrtle Beach Speedway, Greenville Pickens Speedway, Hickory Motor Speedway, and Tri- County Motor Speedway. Some of his career highlights are a Pole Award the last race with the series, a top 3 finish in the highly inticipated Bobby Isaac Memorial race at the famed Hickory Motor Speedway driving in the Limited Late Model division, a 8th place finish in Late Models at Hickory, and he has led quite a few laps. He hopes to gain quite a few trophies for the team within the next few years and is on the right path to sucess in achieving them. He has also learned that patience is the key factor in the big races and save your tires.

I also asked him for any advice he could give to someone wanting to get involved in the sport, he replied “dont get in over your head starting out, pick a series or division thats affordable, find something that will make you comfortable in, then work your way up. I made the mistake my rookie year, jumped right into a late model and learned the hard way, I had to regroup, If I would have done it a lot differently, I would have probably progressed a lot quicker. But were finally up to par with everyone else now.”

Watch for Dillon Houser and the #11 Dwight Huffman Racing team to visit a track near you soon.