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Whitney Dillon Reveals What Inspired Austin Dillon's Life In The Fast Lane — Exclusive

Writer Sophia Bowman

They tell different stories, but "Austin Dillon's Life in the Fast Lane" might not have happened without "Racing Wives." Whitney Dillon explained how. "We were really good friends with our production company and Jenny [Daly]," she said. "So we reached out to Jenny and said, 'Hey, if there's ever an opportunity that comes up, our squad, we would love to do something. We would love to show RCR and our family and our faith and everything that we are about. So if it ever comes up, just give us a call.'" 

Luckily, an opportunity at the USA Network arose two years later. "They used a ton of footage from 'Racing Wives,' and we did a couple of Skype interviews," Whitney said. "Jenny and her team put it all together. It was amazing. Then USA bought it a couple of months later." A huge benefit of the show is that it has brought the Dillons and the Swans even closer together after a move put physical distance between the former neighbors. 

"[The show] forced all of our schedules to come together and definitely made us closer. We experienced things together filming the show that we wouldn't normally get to experience and do," she said. Did the group have so much fun that they'd like to do it again?