A champion-worthy love! NASCAR driver Austin Dillon discovered love with Whitney Dillon (née Ward) — which has solely continued to develop over time.
“I believe centering [our relationship] off of God is in the beginning,” the race automobile driver completely advised Us Weekly in June 2022. “[We] each have a relationship with God and [also] realizing that Whitney jogs my memory always ‘put the telephone down, it’s time for household time now,’ [because] I imply, I’m always engaged on both racing or our PBR [professional bull riding] crew.”
He continued: “So after we sit all the way down to have time for one another, we’ve been actually engaged on that and simply working collectively and, and pushing one another in, in our careers and what we like to do. And, , since we’ve had [our son] Ace, our thoughts’s actually been set on him.”
The North Carolina native and Whitney first linked in 2015, almost one yr earlier than they acquired engaged.
“I truly went again for an exhibition race at Boyd’s when Whitney and I have been speaking, and her dad got here together with her brother to look at me race, and we had a very good evening there,” Austin recalled throughout an April 2022 interview on Chattanooga, Tennessee’s WDEF Information 12. “That’s the evening I set the quick time. I took her brother and him in a trip across the observe, and that was form of after I felt like I’d locked within the household. … Once I talked on the mic that evening, I stated, ‘Yeah, I’m courting a lady from Soddy.’ Everyone cheered. It was cool.”
Because the couple’s romance continued to warmth up, the previous Tennessee Titans cheerleader has continued to be a fervent supporter of her man’s profession.
“I all the time get nervous [watching him compete]. I’m like a high-energy individual,” Whitney admitted to Us in June 2022 forward of the premiere of the couple’s Austin Dillon’s Life within the Quick Lane actuality TV collection. “My feelings are on, like, 50,000 always. So sure, I all the time get nervous and really excited. It’s an thrilling sport and I really like that we’re part of it.”
The pair ultimately expanded their brood when their first youngster, son Ace RC Dillon, was born in June 2020.
“I’d love if Ace was a race automobile driver and took on the three and actually proceed the household legacy [because] that’s what it’s all about. It’s all about household at RCR,” the boutique proprietor advised Us, referring to Richard Childress Racing, which was based by her partner’s grandfather, Richard Childress.
Scroll under for the twosome’s full relationship timeline: