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Austin Hill
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Hill at Daytona International Speedway in 2016
BornAustin Edward Hill
(1994-04-21) April 21, 1994 (age 27)
Winston, Georgia
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
15 races run over 3 years
Car no., teamNo. 21 (Richard Childress Racing)
2021 position86th
Best finish78th (2020)
First race2019 Indiana 250 (Indianapolis)
Last race2021 Andy's Frozen Custard 335 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
119 races run over 8 years
2021 position9th
Best finish5th (2019)
First race2014 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race2021 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
First win2019 NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona)
Last win2021 United Rentals 176 (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
8 53 3
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 racing Derek Kraus in the 2019 JEGS 200

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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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