Austin Hill

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

Hill is set to focus on the Cup Series only in 2027, sticking with Richard Childress Racing and the No. 33 car.

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 twentieth 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 sixteenth (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 switched 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 fifteenth 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. 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 fifth 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.

O'Reilly Auto Parts 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.

2022-2026: Full-time with Richard Childress Racing

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 with 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 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. Hill also scored wins at Martinsville and Talladega. At Indianapolis, Hill was penalized five laps for intentionally right-rear hooking Aric Almirola to the outside wall. Hill was then issued a one race suspension by NASCAR for the incident, and lost all 21 playoff points previously accumulated. After getting eliminated during the first round of the playoffs, he won at Talladega, sweeping Talladega for the season.

Hill started the 2026 season with another win at Daytona after dominating the night. He would also go on to win at Naval Base Coronado.

Cup Series 2022–2025: Part time 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 eighteenth-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.

On March 24, 2025, RCR announced that Hill would run in the No. 33 for multiple races starting at Darlington. He scored his first career Cup top-ten with a ninth-place finish at the Chicago street race.

2026: Unforeseen interim

Hill returned to the No. 33, running races at Phoenix and Martinsville.

On May 21, 2026, Hill was scheduled to drive the No. 8 in place of Kyle Busch at Charlotte, due to Busch being hospitalized with a severe illness. Busch passed away later that day. Later that evening of the announcement, the car was renumbered to No. 33. During an RCR press conference held at Michigan International Speedway on June 6, 2026, Richard Childress announced Hill would continue to substitute in the renumbered 33 car for the remainder of the 2026 Cup Series season.

2027: Full-time with RCR On August 24, 2026, RCR announced that Hill will compete full-time in 2027, marking Hill's first season as an eligible driver for the Cup Series championship.

Personal life Hill and his wife have three children: two daughters and a son.

Motorsports career results

Career summary † As Hill was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

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 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 RCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 50th 0 2023 Beard Motorsports 62 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH BRD MAR TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC RCH MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 49th 0 2024 Richard Childress Racing 33 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO BRI COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND RCH MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 56th 0 2025 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI TAL TEX KAN CLT NSH MCH MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN RCH DAY DAR GTW BRI NHA KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 46th 0 2026 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN CLT NSH MCH POC COR SON CHI ATL NWS IND IOW RCH NHA DAY DAR GTW BRI KAN LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2023 Beard Motorsports Chevrolet DNQ

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts 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 Pts Ref 2019 Hattori Racing Enterprises 61 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 89th 0 2020 DAY LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL HOM HOM TAL POC IRC KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA DRC DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV KAN TEX MAR PHO 78th 0 2021 DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 86th 0 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 IRC MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 6th 2273 2023 DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 5th 2273 2024 DAY ATL LVS PHO COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 4th 4027 2025 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS 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 6th 2230 2026 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR CAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY DAR GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

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 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 TEX PHO HOM 55th 43 2015 Empire Racing 82 Ford DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 44th 75 2016 43 DAY 26th 142 Austin Hill Racing 20 Ford ATL MAR KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW MAR TEX PHO HOM 1 DOV 02 KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL 2017 DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 23rd 226 2018 Young's Motorsports Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 11th 520 2019 Hattori Racing Enterprises 16 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM 5th 2298 2020 DAY LVS CLT ATL HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DRC DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO 6th 2242 2021 DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 9th 2210 2022 Spire Motorsports 7 Chevy DAY LVS ATL COA MAR BRD DAR KAN TEX CLT GTW SON KNX NSH MOH POC IRP RCH KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 90th 0 2023 DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 110th 0

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

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 Pts Ref 2012 MacDonald Motorsports 49 Toyota BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS JFC LGY CNB COL IOW NHA DOV GRE CAR 44th 55 2013 Austin Hill Racing 13 Toyota BRI GRE FIF RCH BGS IOW LGY COL 22nd 160 Ford IOW VIR GRE NHA DOV RAL 2014 22 NSM DAY BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS FIF LGY NHA COL IOW GLN VIR GRE DOV 5th 546 2015 NSM GRE BRI IOW BGS LGY COL NHA IOW GLN MOT VIR RCH DOV 3rd 513 2016 Martin–McClure Racing 39 Toyota NSM MOB GRE BRI VIR DOM STA COL NHA IOW GLN GRE NJM DOV 47th 35 2018 Visconti Motorsports 74 Chevy NSM BRI LGY SBO SBO MEM NJM THO NHA IOW GLN 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 Pts Ref 2014 Austin Hill Racing 22 Ford PHO IRW S99 IOW KCR SON SLS CNS IOW EVG KCR MMP AAS PHO 71st 29

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 Pts Ref 2015 Empire Racing 8 Ford DAY 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 POC MCH MAD GTW 63rd 345 MDM Motorsports 12 Toyota CHI IOW ELK POC ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN 2021 Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN IOW WIN GLN MCH ISF MLW DSF BRI SLM KAN 45th 84