# Austin Hill

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 SS for Richard Childress Racing. Hill previously owned NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and ARCA Menards Series team Austin Hill Racing from 2013 to 2017.

## Racing career

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

### K&N Pro Series East

After driving sporadically in 2012, Hill captured a win in 2013 despite only running five races that season. His first full season in the series (2014) started slow but ended well, winning the final two races to finish fifth in the points. 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. After switching his focus to the Camping World Truck Series in 2016, he only ran one race in the series, finishing ninth.

### ARCA Menards Series

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.
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.

### Craftsman 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
On January 8, 2019, it was announced that Hill joined Hattori Racing Enterprises' No. 16 Toyota Tundra full-time for the upcoming season. The arrangement was made after crew chief Scott Zipadelli reached out to Hill after previous driver Brett Moffitt departed the team. Hill scored his record first win at the season-opening Daytona race. At Pocono in July, Hill set a new track record for the Truck Series on his way to the pole. 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. He qualified for the playoffs and advanced to the Round of 8 with a win at Las Vegas. An Ilmor engine failure at Martinsville ended the team's playoffs in the second round.
On October 30, 2020, Hill was confirmed for a third full season with HRE.
On February 11, 2022, it was announced that he would drive the No. 7 truck for Spire Motorsports at Daytona.

### 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. However, he missed the race after his car suffered drive line issues that prevented him from setting a qualifying time. 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.
Hill and HRE continued their part-time Xfinity schedule in 2020 starting with the season opener at Daytona. On October 30, Hill was confirmed for a 2021 part-time return to the No. 61 machine.
On October 29, 2021, Hill was announced as a full-time driver for Richard Childress Racing. He scored his first career win at Daytona after passing A. J. Allmendinger on the final lap of the race. 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. 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.
Hill began the 2023 season by winning his second straight season opener at Daytona. He also scored wins at Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Pocono.
In 2024, Hill made history by winning his third straight season opener at Daytona. In the next round at Atlanta, his team used fuel strategy to help him take his second win in a row. 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. As a result, Hill was fined US$25,000 and docked 25 points. Later in the year, Hill won his third race of the season at Atlanta. During the playoffs, he won at Homestead to make the Championship 4.
Hill started the 2025 season with a 33rd place DNF at Daytona. A week later, he rebounded with a win at Atlanta.

### Cup Series

On August 2, 2022, RCR announced that Hill would make his Cup Series debut in the No. 33 at Michigan.
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.
On April 5, 2024, RCR announced that Hill would race in the No. 33 for multiple races starting at Texas.

## Personal life

Hill and his wife have three children: two daughters and a son.
Despite sharing a name, Hill isn't related to the Ohio-born driver, Austin Hill.

## 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.)

#### Cup Series

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 |
| 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 | 0$^1$ |
| 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 | 0$^1$ |
| 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 | 56th | 0$^1$ |

##### Daytona 500

| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
| 2023 | Beard Motorsports | Chevrolet | DNQ | DNQ |

#### 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 |
| 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 | 0$^1$ |
| 2020 | Hattori Racing Enterprises | 61 | Toyota | 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 | 0$^1$ |
| 2021 | Hattori Racing Enterprises | 61 | Toyota | 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 | 0$^1$ |
| 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 |
| 2023 | Richard Childress Racing | 21 | Chevy | 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 |
| 2024 | Richard Childress Racing | 21 | Chevy | 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 |
| 2025 | Richard Childress Racing | 21 | Chevy | DAY 33* | ATL 1* | COA 4 | PHO 37 | LVS 4 | HOM | MAR | DAR | BRI | CAR | TAL | TEX | CLT | NSH | MXC | POC | ATL | CSC | SON | DOV | IND | IOW | GLN | DAY | PIR | GTW | BRI | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | -* | -* |

#### Craftsman Truck Series

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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2016 | Empire Racing | 43 | Ford | DAY DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26th | 142 |
| 2016 | Austin Hill Racing | 20 | Ford | | ATL 12 | MAR | KAN | | CLT DNQ | TEX 15 | IOW | GTW | | | | | | | | | | | MAR 10 | TEX 19 | PHO | HOM 17 | 26th | 142 |
| 2016 | Austin Hill Racing | 1 | Ford | | | | | DOV 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26th | 142 |
| 2016 | Austin Hill Racing | 02 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | KEN 18 | ELD | POC 31 | BRI 19 | MCH | MSP | CHI | NHA 30 | LVS | TAL | | | | | | | 26th | 142 |
| 2017 | Austin Hill Racing | 02 | Ford | 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 |
| 2018 | Young's Motorsports | 02 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 2020 | Hattori Racing Enterprises | 16 | Toyota | 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 |
| 2021 | Hattori Racing Enterprises | 16 | Toyota | 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 |
| 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 | 0$^1$ |
| 2023 | Spire Motorsports | 7 | Chevy | 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 | 0$^1$ |
$^*$ Season still in progress $^1$ Ineligible for series points

### 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 |
| 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 |
| 2018 | Chad Finley Racing | 51 | Chevy | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | CLT 13 | POC | MCH | MAD | GTW | | | | | | | | | | | 63rd | 345 |
| 2018 | MDM Motorsports | 12 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | CHI 10 | IOW | ELK | POC | ISF | BLN | DSF | SLM | IRP | KAN | 63rd | 345 |
| 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 |

#### 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 |
| 2012 | MacDonald Motorsports | 49 | Toyota | BRI | GRE | RCH | IOW | BGS | JFC | LGY | CNB | COL 18 | IOW | NHA | DOV | GRE 15 | CAR | | | 44th | 55 | |
| 2013 | Austin Hill Racing | 13 | Toyota | BRI 16 | GRE | FIF | RCH 7 | BGS | IOW 23 | LGY | COL | | | | | | | | | 22nd | 160 | |
| 2013 | Austin Hill Racing | 13 | Ford | | | | | | | | | IOW 17 | VIR | GRE | NHA | DOV 1 | RAL | | | | 22nd | 160 |
| 2014 | Austin Hill Racing | 22 | Ford | 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 | |
| 2015 | Austin Hill Racing | 22 | Ford | 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 | |
| 2016 | Martin-McClure Racing | 39 | Toyota | NSM | MOB | GRE | BRI | VIR | DOM | STA | COL | NHA | IOW | GLN | GRE | NJM 9 | DOV | | | 47th | 35 | |
| 2018 | Visconti Motorsports | 74 | Chevy | NSM | BRI | LGY | SBO | SBO | MEM | NJM | THO | NHA | IOW | GLN 12 | GTW | NHA | DOV | | | 49th | 32 | |

#### 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 | S99 | IOW | KCR | SON | SLS | CNS | IOW | EVG | KCR | MMP | AAS | PHO 15 | 71st | 29 | |