An emotional Austin Hill climbed out of his No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet on the Homestead-Miami Speedway frontstretch to celebrate one of the most significant race wins of his burgeoning career.
Seizing the lead for the first time on Lap 152 of 163 of Saturday’s Focused Health 250, Austin Hill stayed out front the rest of way to win his fourth NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his home track.
The last time Justin Allgaier dominated an Xfinity Series race was at Phoenix Raceway.
The day started badly for Kyle Larson.
Jesse Love led almost all the laps, but in the end, it was his Richard Childress Racing teammate, Austin Hill, who had Saturday’s RAPTOR King of Tough 250 fall into his lap.
While other NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers were competing, and crashing, in Monday night’s United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway, Austin Hill was playing a different game — Monopoly.
Austin Hill earned the Xfinity Regular Season Championship last week at Kansas Speedway saying, “It just shows no matter how tough the battle is and how tough the uphill climb is we never quite fighting.”
John Hunter Nemechek put on a clinic at Kansas in the Xfinity Series.
The Xfinity Series is getting used to Cup drivers winning at Darlington, at least this year.
Richard Childress Racing started the Watkins Glen race weekend off with an important announcement