Austin Hill

Austin Hill
Hill at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024
Born	Austin Edward Hill (1994-04-21) April 21, 1994 (age 30) Winston, Georgia, U.S.
Awards	2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Champion 2020 NASCAR Truck Series Regular Season Champion 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
10 races run over 3 years
Car no., team	No. 33 (Richard Childress Racing)
2023 position	49th
Best finish	49th (2023)
First race	2022 FireKeepers Casino 400 (Michigan)
Last race	2024 Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
112 races run over 6 years
Car no., team	No. 21 (Richard Childress Racing)
2024 position	2nd
Best finish	5th (2023)
First race	2019 Indiana 250 (Indianapolis)
Last race	2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
First win	2022 Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300 (Daytona)
Last win	2024 Credit One NASCAR Amex Credit Card 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 10 68 5
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
122 races run over 10 years
2023 position	110th
Best finish	5th (2019)
First race	2014 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race	2023 CRC Brakleen 150 (Pocono)
First win	2019 NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona)
Last win	2021 United Rentals 176 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 8 54 3
ARCA Menards Series career
5 races run over 3 years
Best finish	45th (2021)
First race	2015 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona)
Last race	2021 Clean Harbors 100 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 3 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
39 races run over 6 years
Best finish	3rd (2015)
First race	2012 JEGS 150 (Columbus)
Last race	2018 Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100 (Watkins Glen)
First win	2013 Drive Sober 150 (Dover)
Last win	2015 UNOH 100 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles 5 24 1
ARCA Menards Series West career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	71st (2014)
First race	2014 Casino Arizona 100 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of October 26, 2024.

Austin Edward Hill (born April 21, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver and former team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 21 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for the same team. Hill previously owned NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and ARCA Menards Series team Austin Hill Racing from 2013 to 2017.

Starting racing when he was six, Hill climbed the ladder racing various disciplines such as Legend cars and Bandolero racing.^[1]

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]

Hill debuted in the ARCA Menards Series 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.

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]

On February 11, 2022, it was announced that he would drive the No. 7 truck for Spire Motorsports at Daytona.^[20]

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.^[21][22] However, he missed the race after his car suffered drive line issues that prevented him from setting a qualifying time.^[23] 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.^[24]

Hill and HRE continued their part-time Xfinity schedule in 2020 starting with the season opener at Daytona.^[25] On October 30, Hill was confirmed for a 2021 part-time return to the No. 61 machine.^[19]

On October 29, 2021, Hill was announced as a full-time driver for Richard Childress Racing.^[26] He scored his first career win at Daytona after passing A. J. Allmendinger on the final lap of the race.^[27] The end of the race was marred by a vicious last lap wreck that sent Myatt Snider into the backstretch catchfence. Hill led the most laps and scored his second career Xfinity win at his home track of Atlanta in July. Hill was eliminated from the Xfinity Playoffs following the Round of 8 after finishing ninth at Martinsville as a result of a collision with Snider. Following the race, Hill punched Snider in the face on pit road.^[28] At the end of the season, he finished sixth in the points standings and won the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Rookie of the Year honors.^[29]

Hill began the 2023 season by winning his second straight season opener at Daytona.^[30] He also scored wins at Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Pocono.^[31][32][33]

In 2024, Hill made history by winning his third straight season opener at Daytona.^[34] In the next round at Atlanta, his team used fuel strategy to help him take his second win in a row.^[35] At Charlotte, Hill and Cole Custer were trading paint on the frontstretch for fifth place when contact blew a right front tire on Hill's car. He crashed in turn 1 and collected Custer. Hill, showing his displeasure for how he was raced, locked bumpers with Custer's car and left-reared Custer’s damaged car on the backstretch, which sent him into the inside wall.^[36] As a result, Hill was fined US$25,000 and docked 25 points.^[37] Later in the year, Hill won his third race of the season at Atlanta.^[38] During the playoffs, he won at Homestead to make the Championship 4.^[39][40]

On August 2, 2022, RCR announced that Hill would make his Cup Series debut in the No. 33 at Michigan.^[41]

Hill attempted to make the 2023 Daytona 500 with the Beard Motorsports No. 62, but he failed to make the field after a late crash resulted in an 18th-place finish in Duel 2 of the 2023 Bluegreen Vacations Duels.^[42]

On April 5, 2024, RCR announced that Hill would race in the No. 33 for multiple races starting at Texas.^[43]

Hill and his wife have three children: two daughters and a son.^[12]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

NASCAR Cup 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	34	35	36	NCSC	Pts	Ref
2022	Richard Childress Racing	33	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	BRD	TAL	DOV	DAR	KAN	CLT	GTW	SON	NSH	ROA	ATL	NHA	POC	IRC	MCH 18	RCH	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	50th	01	[44]
2023	Beard Motorsports	62	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	BRD	MAR	TAL 24	DOV	KAN	DAR	CLT	GTW	SON	NSH	CSC	ATL 37	NHA	POC	RCH	MCH 28	IRC	GLN	DAY 14	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	TAL	ROV 27	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	49th	01	[45]
2024	Richard Childress Racing	33	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	BRI	COA	RCH	MAR	TEX 38	TAL	DOV	KAN 33	DAR	CLT	GTW	SON	IOW	NHA	NSH	CSC 31	POC	IND	RCH	MCH	DAY 25	DAR	ATL	GLN	BRI	KAN	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	-*	-*	[46]

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2023	Beard Motorsports	Chevrolet	DNQ

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	ROV	DOV	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	89th	01	[47]
2020				DAY 35	LVS	CAL 16	PHO	DAR	CLT 33	BRI	ATL	HOM	HOM	TAL	POC	IRC	KEN	KEN	TEX	KAN	ROA	DRC	DOV	DOV	DAY	DAR 9	RCH	RCH	BRI	LVS 17	TAL 33	ROV 36	KAN 5	TEX 33	MAR	PHO	78th	01	[48]
2021				DAY	DRC	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	MAR	TAL	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	MOH	TEX	NSH 9	POC 25	ROA	ATL	NHA	GLN	IRC 29	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	ROV 18	TEX 20	KAN	MAR	PHO	86th	01	[49]
2022	Richard Childress Racing	21	Chevy	DAY 1	CAL 27	LVS 31	PHO 17	ATL 2	COA 2	RCH 18	MAR 4	TAL 27*	DOV 14	DAR 9	TEX 5	CLT 14	PIR 3	NSH 8	ROA 4	ATL 1*	NHA 7	POC 8	IRC 9	MCH 5	GLN 30	DAY 14	DAR 10	KAN 12	BRI 3	TEX 2	TAL 14*	ROV 29	LVS 6	HOM 9	MAR 9	PHO 9	6th	2273	[50]
2023				DAY 1	CAL 6	LVS 1	PHO 7	ATL 1*	COA 37	RCH 9	MAR 17	TAL 18	DOV 4	DAR 4	CLT 4	PIR 5	SON 8	NSH 4	CSC 5	ATL 12	NHA 3	POC 1	ROA 3	MCH 11	IRC 4	GLN 14	DAY 23*	DAR 2	KAN 5	BRI 33	TEX 7	ROV 9	LVS 7	HOM 4	MAR 21	PHO 7	5th	2273	[51]
2024				DAY 1	ATL 1	LVS 4	PHO 4	COA 2	RCH 8	MAR 34	TEX 6	TAL 14*	DOV 15	DAR 2	CLT 25	PIR 11	SON 5	IOW 29	NHA 24	NSH 4	CSC 7	POC 7	IND 6	MCH 18	DAY 31	DAR 9	ATL 1	GLN 33	BRI 14	KAN 7	TAL 23	ROV 4	LVS 10	HOM 1*	MAR 14	PHO 10	4th	4027	[52]

NASCAR Craftsman 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	NCTC	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	[53]
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	[54]
2016		43		DAY DNQ																							26th	142	[55]
	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	[56]
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	[57]
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	[58]
2020				DAY 6	LVS 3	CLT 9	ATL 2	HOM 7	POC 2	KEN 5	TEX 30	KAN 1*	KAN 6	MCH 12	DRC 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	[59]
2021				DAY 22	DRC 33	LVS 3	ATL 2	BRD 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	[60]
2022	Spire Motorsports	7	Chevy	DAY 15	LVS	ATL	COA	MAR	BRD	DAR	KAN	TEX	CLT	GTW	SON	KNX	NSH	MOH	POC 6	IRP	RCH	KAN	BRI	TAL	HOM	PHO	90th	01	[61]
2023				DAY	LVS	ATL	COA	TEX	BRD	MAR	KAN	DAR	NWS	CLT	GTW	NSH	MOH	POC 33	RCH	IRP	MLW	KAN	BRI	TAL	HOM	PHO	110th	01	[62]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

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
2012	MacDonald Motorsports	49	Toyota	BRI	GRE	RCH	IOW	BGS	JFC	LGY	CNB	COL 18	IOW	NHA	DOV	GRE 15	CAR			44th	55	[63]
2013	Austin Hill Racing	13	Toyota	BRI 16	GRE	FIF	RCH 7	BGS	IOW 23	LGY	COL									22nd	160	[64]
			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	FIF 10	LGY 15	NHA 7	COL 18	IOW 25	GLN 17	VIR 3	GRE 1*	DOV 1*	5th	546	[65]
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	[66]
2016	Martin-McClure Racing	39	Toyota	NSM	MOB	GRE	BRI	VIR	DOM	STA	COL	NHA	IOW	GLN	GRE	NJM 9	DOV			47th	35	[67]
2018	Visconti Motorsports	74	Chevy	NSM	BRI	LGY	SBO	SBO	MEM	NJM	THO	NHA	IOW	GLN 12	GTW	NHA	DOV			49th	32	[68]

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	S99	IOW	KCR	SON	SLS	CNS	IOW	EVG	KCR	MMP	AAS	PHO 15	71st	29	[69]

(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	POC	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM	KEN	KAN	104th	165	[70]
2018	Chad Finley Racing	51	Chevy	DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	CLT 13	POC	MCH	MAD	GTW											63rd	345	[71]
	MDM Motorsports	12	Toyota											CHI 10	IOW	ELK	POC	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	[72]

• Official website
• Official profile at Richard Childress Racing
• Austin Hill driver statistics at Racing-Reference