Austin Hill
Austin Hill | |||||||
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Born | Austin Edward Hill April 21, 1994 Winston, Georgia | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
15 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 21 (Richard Childress Racing) | ||||||
2021 position | 86th | ||||||
Best finish | 78th (2020) | ||||||
First race | 2019 Indiana 250 (Indianapolis) | ||||||
Last race | 2021 Andy's Frozen Custard 335 (Texas) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
119 races run over 8 years | |||||||
2021 position | 9th | ||||||
Best finish | 5th (2019) | ||||||
First race | 2014 Kroger 200 (Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2021 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
First win | 2019 NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last win | 2021 United Rentals 176 (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of December 28, 2021. |
Austin Edward Hill (born April 21, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 21 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing.
Racing career[]
Starting racing when he was six, Hill climbed the ladder racing various disciplines such as Legend cars and Bandolero racing.[1]
East Series[]
After driving sporadically in 2012, Hill captured a win in 2013 despite only running five races that season.[2] His first full season in the series (2014) started slow but ended well, winning the final two races to finish fifth in the points.[3] Hill continued his career in the K&N Pro Series East with a strong 2015 season. Driving for a family-owned team, he captured a pole, two wins, and failed to finish only once in a season that left him third in points.[4] After switching his focus to the Camping World Truck Series in 2016, he only ran one race in the series, finishing ninth.[5]
ARCA[]
Hill debuted in ARCA racing at the 2015 season opener, avoiding wrecks to finish just outside the top ten at Daytona International Speedway.[6]
Hill returned to the ARCA Menards Series in 2021. During his Truck Series off weekend, he drove in the race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in preparation for the Truck Series road course races later in the season. He drove for his Truck Series team, Hattori Racing Enterprises, in their No. 1 car.
Truck Series[]
Hill debuted in 2014 with RBR Enterprises, with finishes of 26th at Martinsville Speedway and 20th at Homestead-Miami Speedway during that season.[7] Hill landed a part-time ride with Empire Racing in the 2014 season, crashing at Daytona International Speedway and recording a best finish of 16th (at Dover International Speedway) in three other starts that year.[8] For the start of 2016, Hill announced that he would again run the Daytona race with Empire, and then switching to his family-owned Austin Hill Racing for a part-time schedule.[9] He failed to qualify for Daytona and four other races early in the season and had a best finish of 15th through the twelfth race of the year.[10] Picking up his schedule after that and running some races in an entry bought out from Young's Motorsports, Hill started to experience more consistent success, leading up to his first top-ten, a tenth place at Martinsville Speedway.[11] Hill formally became a part of the Young's team in 2018, running a full season for the team and grabbing a top-five finish at Texas Motor Speedway. Hill later said that when he joined the team, he figured it would be a long-term arrangement, not just a year.[12]
On January 8, 2019, it was announced that Hill joined Hattori Racing Enterprises' No. 16 Toyota Tundra full-time for the upcoming season.[13] The arrangement was made after crew chief Scott Zipadelli reached out to Hill after previous driver Brett Moffitt departed the team.[12] Hill scored his record first win at the season-opening Daytona race.[14] At Pocono in July, Hill set a new track record for the Truck Series on his way to the pole.[15] He won the regular-season finale race at Michigan for his second career win, and won again at the playoff race at Las Vegas, advancing his team to the Round of 6. Hill failed to advance to the Championship 4, but won the finale at Homestead, finishing 5th in final points.
On November 5, 2019, HRE announced that Hill would remain in the No. 16 for the 2020 Truck Series season.[16] He qualified for the playoffs and advanced to the Round of 8 with a win at Las Vegas.[17] An Ilmor engine failure at Martinsville ended the team's playoffs in the second round.[18]
On October 30, 2020, Hill was confirmed for a third full season with HRE.[19]
Xfinity Series[]
On June 16, 2019, it was announced that Hill would make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at the Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona for Hattori Racing Enterprises, driving the No. 61 Toyota Supra.[20][21] However, he missed the race after his car suffered drive line issues that prevented him from setting a qualifying time.[22] Later debuting at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Hill used the high groove to his advantage on his way to scoring a ninth-place finish in his series debut.[23]
Hill and HRE continued their part-time Xfinity schedule in 2020 starting with the season opener at Daytona.[24] On October 30, Hill was confirmed for a 2021 part-time return to the No. 61 machine.[19]
Personal life[]
Hill and his wife have two children.[12]
Motorsports career results[]
NASCAR[]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Xfinity Series[]
NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | Ref |
2019 | Hattori Racing Enterprises | 61 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | DAY DNQ |
KEN | NHA | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | IND 9 |
LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 89th | 01 | [25] |
2020 | DAY 35 |
LVS | CAL 16 |
PHO | DAR | CLT 33 |
BRI | ATL | HOM | HOM | TAL | POC | IND | KEN | KEN | TEX | KAN | ROA | DAY | DOV | DOV | DAY | DAR 9 |
RCH | RCH | BRI | LVS 17 |
TAL 33 |
CLT 36 |
KAN 5 |
TEX 33 |
MAR | PHO | 78th | 01 | [26] | |||
2021 | DAY | DAY | HOM | LVS | PHO | ATL | MAR | TAL | DAR | DOV | COA | CLT | MOH | TEX | NSH 9 |
POC 25 |
ROA | ATL | NHA | GLN | IND 29 |
MCH | DAY | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | CLT 18 |
TEX 20 |
KAN | MAR | PHO | 86th | 01 | [27] | |||
2022 | Richard Childress Racing | 21 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA | RCH | MAR | TAL | DOV | DAR | TEX | CLT | PIR | NSH | ROA | ATL | NHA | POC | IND | MCH | GLN | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX | TAL | CLT | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | -* | -* |
Camping World Truck Series[]
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
2014 | RBR Enterprises | 92 | Ford | DAY | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | KEN | IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR 26 |
TEX | PHO | HOM 20 |
55th | 43 | [28] | |
2015 | Empire Racing | 82 | Ford | DAY 30 |
ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV 16 |
TEX | GTW | IOW | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL 22 |
MAR 19 |
TEX | PHO | HOM | 44th | 75 | [29] |
2016 | 43 | DAY DNQ |
26th | 142 | [30] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Hill Racing | 20 | Ford | ATL 12 |
MAR | KAN | CLT DNQ |
TEX 15 |
IOW | GTW | MAR 10 |
TEX 19 |
PHO | HOM 17 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | DOV 17 |
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02 | KEN 18 |
ELD | POC 31 |
BRI 19 |
MCH | MSP | CHI | NHA 30 |
LVS | TAL | |||||||||||||||||||
2017 | DAY | ATL 18 |
MAR 14 |
KAN | CLT 25 |
DOV 27 |
TEX | GTW 14 |
IOW | KEN 10 |
ELD | POC 11 |
MCH | BRI 22 |
MSP | CHI | NHA 22 |
LVS | TAL | MAR 16 |
TEX 11 |
PHO 23 |
HOM | 23rd | 226 | [31] | |||
2018 | Young's Motorsports | Chevy | DAY 11 |
ATL 18 |
LVS 10 |
MAR 9 |
DOV 31 |
KAN 12 |
CLT 18 |
TEX 13 |
IOW 14 |
GTW 11 |
CHI 9 |
KEN 16 |
ELD 21 |
POC 13 |
MCH 19 |
BRI 21 |
MSP 8 |
LVS 23 |
TAL 10 |
MAR 20 |
TEX 5 |
PHO 30 |
HOM 21 |
11th | 520 | [32] | |
2019 | Hattori Racing Enterprises | 16 | Toyota | DAY 1* |
ATL 7 |
LVS 30 |
MAR 16 |
TEX 27 |
DOV 7 |
KAN 4 |
CLT 6 |
TEX 8 |
IOW 12 |
GTW 11 |
CHI 5 |
KEN 31 |
POC 30 |
ELD 32 |
MCH 1* |
BRI 10 |
MSP 5 |
LVS 1 |
TAL 6 |
MAR 26 |
PHO 13 |
HOM 1* |
5th | 2298 | [33] |
2020 | DAY 6 |
LVS 3 |
CLT 9 |
ATL 2 |
HOM 7 |
POC 2 |
KEN 5 |
TEX 30 |
KAN 1* |
KAN 6 |
MCH 12 |
DAY 5 |
DOV 8 |
GTW 3 |
DAR 3 |
RCH 8 |
BRI 25 |
LVS 1 |
TAL 19 |
KAN 3 |
TEX 2 |
MAR 35 |
PHO 12 |
6th | 2242 | [34] | |||
2021 | DAY 22 |
DAY 33 |
LVS 3 |
ATL 2 |
BRI 9 |
RCH 10 |
KAN 3 |
DAR 13 |
COA 9 |
CLT 9 |
TEX 4 |
NSH 9 |
POC 5 |
KNX 1 |
GLN 1* |
GTW 23 |
DAR 12 |
BRI 24 |
LVS 10 |
TAL 32 |
MAR 2 |
PHO 10 |
9th | 2210 | [35] |
K&N Pro Series East[]
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref |
MacDonald Motorsports | 49 | Toyota | BRI | GRE | RCH | IOW | BGS | GRE | LGY | COL 18 |
IOW | NHA | DOV | GRE 15 |
CAR | 44th | 55 | [36] | ||||
Austin Hill Racing | 13 | Toyota | BRI 16 |
GRE | PEN | RCH 7 |
BGS | IOW 23 |
LGY | COL | 22nd | 160 | [37] | |||||||||
Ford | IOW 17 |
VIR | GRE | NHA | DOV 1 |
RAL | ||||||||||||||||
2014 | 22 | NSM 27 |
DAY 2 |
BRI 5 |
GRE 22 |
RCH 4 |
IOW 9 |
BGS 3 |
FFL 10 |
LGY 15 |
NHA 7 |
COL 18 |
IOW 25 |
GLN 17 |
VIR 3 |
GRE 1* |
DOV 1* |
5th | 546 | [38] | ||
2015 | NSM 1** |
GRE 4 |
BRI 7 |
IOW 7 |
BGS 14 |
LGY 10 |
COL 7 |
NHA 5 |
IOW 17 |
GLN 6 |
MOT 3 |
VIR 6 |
RCH 1* |
DOV 27 |
3rd | 513 | [39] | |||||
2016 | 39 | Toyota | NSM | MOB | GRE | BRI | VIR | DOM | STA | COL | NHA | IOW | GLN | GRE | NJM 9 |
DOV | 47th | 35 | [40] | |||
2018 | Visconti Motorsports | 74 | Chevy | NSM | BRI | LGY | SBO | SBO | MEM | NJM | THO | NHA | IOW | GLN 12 |
GTW | NHA | DOV | 49th | 32 | [41] |
K&N Pro Series West[]
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSWC | Pts | Ref |
2014 | Austin Hill Racing | 22 | Ford | PHO | IRW | IOW | KCR | SON | SLS | CNS | EVG | KCR | MMP | AAS | PHO 15 |
71st | 29 | [42] |
ARCA Menards Series[]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
2015 | Empire Racing | 8 | Ford | DAY 13 |
MOB | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJM | POC | MCH | CHI | WIN | IOW | IRP | BLN | ISF | DSF | KEN | KAN | 104th | 165 | [43] | ||
2018 | Chad Finley Racing | 51 | Chevy | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | CLT 13 |
POC | MCH | 63rd | 345 | [44] | ||||||||||||
MDM Motorsports | 12 | Toyota | CHI 10 |
IOW | ELK | ISF | BLN | DSF | SLM | IRP | KAN | |||||||||||||||
2021 | Hattori Racing Enterprises | 1 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH 2 |
POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | WIN | GLN 2 |
MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | BRI | SLM | KAN | 45th | 84 | [45] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References[]
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- ^ "Austin Hill – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
- ^ "Austin Hill – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
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- ^ "Austin Hill – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
External links[]
- Austin Hill driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Official website
- 1994 births
- Living people
- NASCAR drivers
- ARCA Menards Series drivers
- Racing drivers from Georgia (U.S. state)
- People from Douglas County, Georgia
- Richard Childress Racing drivers