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Not to be confused with Austin Bradford Hill, the English epidemiologist and statistician.
Austin Hill
Hill at Daytona International Speedway in 2016
BornAustin Edward Hill
(1994-04-21) April 21, 1994 (age 30)
Winston, Georgia
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
4 races run over 2 years
Car no., teamNo. 61 (Hattori Racing Enterprises)
2019 position89th
Best finish89th (2019)
First race2019 Indiana 250 (Indianapolis)
Last race2020 Alsco 300 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
85 races run over 7 years
Truck no., teamNo. 16 (Hattori Racing Enterprises)
2019 position5th
Best finish5th (2019)
First race2014 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
First win2019 NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona)
Last win2020 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
5 30 3
Statistics current as of August 7, 2020.

Austin Edward Hill (born April 21, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 16 Toyota Tundra and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 61 Toyota Supra for Hattori Racing Enterprises.

Racing career

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

K&N Pro Series East

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 off 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]

ARCA Racing Series

Hill debuted in ARCA racing at the 2015 season opener, avoiding wrecks to finish just outside the top ten at Daytona International Speedway.[6]

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

Hill racing Derek Kraus in the 2019 JEGS 200

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]

On January 8, 2019, it was announced that Hill joined Hattori Racing Enterprises' No. 16 Toyota Tundra full-time for the upcoming season.[12] Hill scored his record first win at the season-opening Daytona race.[13] At Pocono in July, Hill set a new track record for the Truck Series on his way to the pole.[14]

On November 5, 2019, HRE announced that Hill would remain in the No. 16 for the 2020 Truck Series season.[15]

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.[16][17] However, he missed the race after his car suffered drive line issues that prevented him from setting a qualifying time.[18] 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.[19]

Hill and HRE continued their part-time Xfinity schedule in 2020 starting with the season opener at Daytona.[20]

Personal life

Hill attended West Georgia Technical College.

Austin and Ashlyn were married on May 24, 2014. The couple has one daughter.

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.)

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 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 CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 89th 01 [21]
2020 DAY
35 		LVS CAL
16 		PHO DAR CLT
33 		BRI ATL HOM HOM TAL TEX DOV MOH MCH CHI POC IND KEN NHA ROA GLN DOV DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO -* 01* [22]

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors 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 NGTC 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 [23]
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 [24]
2016 43 DAY
DNQ 		26th 142 [25]
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 [26]
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 [27]
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 [28]
2020 DAY
6 		LVS
3 		CLT
9 		ATL
2 		HOM
7 		POC
2 		KEN
5 		TEX
30 		KAN
1* 		KAN
6 		MCH
12 		DAY
 DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO -* -* [29]

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 GRE LGY CNB COL
18 		IOW NHA DOV GRE
15 		CAR 44th 55 [30]
2013 Austin Hill Racing 13 Toyota BRI
16 		GRE PEN RCH
7 		BGS IOW
23 		LGY COL 22nd 160 [31]
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 		FFL
10 		LGY
15 		NHA
7 		COL
18 		IOW
25 		GLN
17 		VIR
3 		GRE
1* 		DOV
1* 		5th 546 [32]
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 [33]
2016 Martin-McClure Racing 39 Toyota NSM MOB GRE BRI VIR DOM STA COL NHA IOW GLN GRE NJM
9 		DOV 47th 35 [34]
2018 Visconti Motorsports 74 Chevy NSM BRI LGY SBO SBO MEM NJM THO NHA IOW GLN
12 		GTW NHA DOV 49th 32 [35]

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 [36]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing 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 ARSC Pts Ref
2015 Empire Racing Group 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 [37]
2018 Chad Finley Racing 51 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT
13 		POC MCH MAD GTW 63rd 345 [38]
MDM Motorsports 12 Toyota CHI
10 		IOW ELK POC ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN

References

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  2. ^ "Austin Hill 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  3. ^ "Austin Hill 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
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  6. ^ "Austin Hill 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  7. ^ "Austin Hill 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  8. ^ "Austin Hill 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  9. ^ "NASCAR Next's Austin Hill snags part-time Truck ride". Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  10. ^ "Austin Hill 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  11. ^ "Austin Hill's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series top 10s - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  12. ^ "Austin Hill, Hattori Racing Enterprises Team for 2019 Truck Season". Frontstretch. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  13. ^ "Hill earns first career win after overtime finish in Truck season opener at Daytona". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 15, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  14. ^ Kristl, Mark. "Austin Hill Smashes Pocono Truck Series Pole Record". Frontstretch. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  15. ^ Cheek, Adam. "Austin Hill Returning to Hattori Racing Enterprises in 2020". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  16. ^ Utter, Jim (June 16, 2019). "Austin Hill to make NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Daytona". Motorsport Network. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  17. ^ "HRE to Enter Xfinity Series at Daytona". Hattori Racing Enterprises. June 26, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  18. ^ McFadin, Daniel (July 5, 2019). "Tyler Reddick wins Xfinity pole at Daytona". NBC Sports. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  19. ^ Kristl, Mark (September 7, 2019). "Top-10 Finish in Xfinity Series Debut a Confidence Boost for Austin Hill". Frontstretch. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  20. ^ "HRE returns to the Xfinity Series at Daytona". Hattori Racing Enterprises. February 7, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
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  22. ^ "Austin Hill – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
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  26. ^ "Austin Hill – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  27. ^ "Austin Hill – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  28. ^ "Austin Hill – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  29. ^ "Austin Hill – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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  31. ^ "Austin Hill – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
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