Austin Edward Hill (born April 21, 1994) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He competes full-time in theNASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 21Chevrolet Camaro SS forRichard Childress Racing. Hill previously ownedNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series andARCA Menards Series teamAustin Hill Racing from2013 to2017.
Starting racing when he was six, Hill climbed the ladder racing various disciplines such as Legend cars and Bandolero racing.[1]
After driving sporadically in2012, Hill captured a win in2013 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 theK&N Pro Series East with a strong2015 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 theCamping World Truck Series in2016, he only ran one race in the series, finishing ninth.[5]
Hill debuted in theARCA Menards Series at the 2015 season opener, avoiding wrecks to finish just outside the top ten atDaytona International Speedway.[6]
Hill returned to theARCA Menards Series in2021. During hisTruck Series off weekend, he drove in the race atMid-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.
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Hill debuted in 2014 withRBR Enterprises, with finishes of 26th atMartinsville Speedway and twentieth atHomestead-Miami Speedway during that season.[7] Hill landed a part-time ride withEmpire Racing in the 2014 season, crashing atDaytona International Speedway and recording a best finish of sixteenth (atDover 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-ownedAustin 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 fifteenth through the twelfth race of the year.[10] Picking up his schedule after that and running some races in an entry bought out fromYoung's Motorsports, Hill started to experience more consistent success, leading up to his first top-ten, a tenth place atMartinsville 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 atTexas 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 joinedHattori Racing Enterprises' No. 16Toyota Tundra full-time for the upcoming season.[13] The arrangement was made after crew chief Scott Zipadelli reached out to Hill after previous driverBrett Moffitt departed the team.[12] Hill scored his record first win at the season-openingDaytona race.[14] AtPocono 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 fifth in final points.
On November 5, 2019, HRE announced that Hill would remain in the No. 16 for the2020 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 atMartinsville 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 forSpire Motorsports at Daytona.[20]
On June 16, 2019, it was announced that Hill would make hisNASCAR Xfinity Series debut at theCircle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona forHattori Racing Enterprises, driving the No. 61Toyota Supra.[21][22] However, he missed the race after his car suffereddrive line issues that prevented him from setting a qualifying time.[23] Later debuting atIndianapolis 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 forRichard Childress Racing.[26] He scored his first career win at Daytona after passingA. J. Allmendinger on the final lap of the race.[27] The end of the race was marred by a vicious last lap wreck that sentMyatt 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 atMartinsville 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 2022NASCAR Xfinity Series Rookie of the Year honors.[29]
Hill began the2023 season by winning his second straight season opener atDaytona.[30] He also scored wins atLas Vegas,Atlanta, andPocono.[31][32][33]
In2024, Hill made history by winning his third straight season opener atDaytona.[34] In the next round atAtlanta, his team used fuel strategy to help him take his second win in a row.[35] AtCharlotte, Hill andCole 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 finedUS$25,000 and docked 25 points.[37] Later in the year, Hill won his third race of the season atAtlanta.[38] During the playoffs, he won atHomestead to make the Championship 4.[39][40]
Hill started the2025 season with a 33rd place DNF atDaytona. A week later, he rebounded with a win atAtlanta.[41] Hill also scored wins atMartinsville andTalladega.[42][43] AtIndianapolis, Hill was penalized five laps for intentionally right-rear hookingAric Almirola to the outside wall.[44] Hill was then issued a one race suspension by NASCAR for the incident, and lost all 21 playoff points previously accumulated.[45] After getting eliminated during the first round of the playoffs, he won atTalladega, sweeping Talladega for the season.
On August 2, 2022, RCR announced that Hill would make his Cup Series debut in the No. 33 atMichigan.[46]
Hill attempted to make the2023 Daytona 500 with theBeard Motorsports No. 62, but he failed to make the field after a late crash resulted in an eighteenth place finish in Duel 2 of the2023 Bluegreen Vacations Duels.[47]
On April 5, 2024, RCR announced that Hill would race in the No. 33 for multiple races starting atTexas.[48]
On March 24, 2025, RCR announced that Hill would run in the No. 33 for multiple races starting atDarlington.[49] He scored his first career Cup top-ten with a ninth-place finish at theChicago street race.[50]
Hill and his wife have three children: two daughters and a son.[12]
Despite sharing a name, Hill isn't related to the Ohio-born driver,Austin J. Hill.[51]
(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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 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 | [52] |
| 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 | [53] |
| 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 | 01 | [54] |
| 2025 | DAY | ATL | COA | PHO | LVS | HOM | MAR | DAR 31 | BRI | TAL | TEX | KAN | CLT | NSH | MCH | MXC | POC | ATL | CSC 9 | SON | DOV | IND | IOW | GLN | RCH | DAY 30 | DAR | GTW | BRI 25 | NHA | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL 22 | MAR | PHO | 46th | 01 | [55] | |||
| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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| 2023 | Beard Motorsports | Chevrolet | DNQ | |
| NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts 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 | NOAPSC | 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 | [56] |
| 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 | [57] | |||
| 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 | [58] | |||
| 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 | [59] |
| 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 | [60] | |||
| 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 | [61] | |||
| 2025 | DAY 33* | ATL 1* | COA 4 | PHO 37 | LVS 4 | HOM 3 | MAR 1 | DAR 16 | BRI 24 | CAR 6 | TAL 1 | TEX 4 | CLT 7 | NSH 7 | MXC 3 | POC 35 | ATL 26 | CSC 4 | SON 12 | DOV 13 | IND 34 | IOW | GLN 4 | DAY 25 | PIR 5 | GTW 12 | BRI 19 | KAN 3 | ROV 28 | LVS 10 | TAL 1* | MAR 12 | PHO 9 | 6th | 2230 | [62] | |||
| 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 | ROV | PHO | TAL | MAR | HOM | ||||||
| NASCAR Craftsman 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 | 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 | [63] | |
| 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 | [64] |
| 2016 | 43 | DAY DNQ | 26th | 142 | [65] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [66] | |||
| 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 | [67] | |
| 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 | [68] |
| 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 | [69] | |||
| 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 | [70] | ||||
| 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 | [71] |
| 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 | [72] | |||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
(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 | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | KEN | KAN | 104th | 165 | [73] |
| 2018 | Chad Finley Racing | 51 | Chevy | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | CLT 13 | POC | MCH | MAD | GTW | 63rd | 345 | [74] | ||||||||||
| 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 | [75] |
| 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 |
| 2012 | MacDonald Motorsports | 49 | Toyota | BRI | GRE | RCH | IOW | BGS | JFC | LGY | CNB | COL 18 | IOW | NHA | DOV | GRE 15 | CAR | 44th | 55 | [76] | ||
| 2013 | Austin Hill Racing | 13 | Toyota | BRI 16 | GRE | FIF | RCH 7 | BGS | IOW 23 | LGY | COL | 22nd | 160 | [77] | ||||||||
| 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 | [78] | ||
| 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 | [79] | |||||
| 2016 | Martin-McClure Racing | 39 | Toyota | NSM | MOB | GRE | BRI | VIR | DOM | STA | COL | NHA | IOW | GLN | GRE | NJM 9 | DOV | 47th | 35 | [80] | ||
| 2018 | Visconti Motorsports | 74 | Chevy | NSM | BRI | LGY | SBO | SBO | MEM | NJM | THO | NHA | IOW | GLN 12 | GTW | NHA | DOV | 49th | 32 | [81] | ||
| 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 | S99 | IOW | KCR | SON | SLS | CNS | IOW | EVG | KCR | MMP | AAS | PHO 15 | 71st | 29 | [82] |
