Austin Dillon furious with his No. 3 car at Gateway: 'I'm driving a piece of sh*t'

Austin Dillon is having a rough start to Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Gateway. Dillon, stuck in 26th, is upset with his No. 3 Chevrolet’s performance.

“Quit telling me how to drive,” Dillon told his team, per Dalton Hopkins of Frontstretch. “I’m driving a piece of sh*t. I can’t do anything with it.”

Dillon isn’t happy with his car, and that’s been a common complaint this season for him and Richard Childress teammate Kyle Busch. Speaking of Busch, he went for a spin shortly after Dillon aired out his frustration with his car.

The issue with the RCR cars this season is not news to Richard Childress. After the July race at Dover Motor Speedway, Childress went on the No. 3 team’s radio and said, “we’ve got to work on this sh*t.”

“Way to keep fighting, guys,” Childress said. “We gotta get some damn race cars. I’ve seen enough out of our drivers and teams. We’ve got to work on this sh*t. Period.”

Austin Dillon searching for anything at Gateway

To be fair, RCR did figure something out at Richmond Raceway, with Dillon winning his way into the playoffs. Dillon’s championship hopes are at risk, however, as he came into Sunday’s race eight points below the cutline. He finished 23rd last Sunday at Darlington, and he desperately needs to turn it around quickly at Gateway to avoid heading into next Saturday’s Round of 16 finale at Bristol Motor Speedway in a must-win situation.

“Gateway is huge for us,” Dillon said Saturday. “I think that if we can execute like we did at Darlington, this is a place where it’s tougher to pass than Darlington, and maintaining track position is a bit easier because of that.”

Dillon still has plenty of time to turn things around at Gateway. The way things have been going up this point, it looks like it’s going to be a long afternoon for Dillon.