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Timmy Hill
Hill at Road America in 2012
BornTimothy Hill
(1993-02-25) February 25, 1993 (age 31)
Port Tobacco, Maryland
Awards2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
80 races run over 7 years
Car no., teamNo. 51 (Rick Ware Racing)
No. 66 (MBM Motorsports)
2017 position52nd
Best finish38th (2013)
First race2012 Kobalt Tools 400 (Las Vegas)
Last race2018 Gander Outdoors 400 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
157 races run over 7 years
Car no., teamNos. 13/66/72 (MBM Motorsports)
2017 position32nd
Best finish17th (2011)
First race2011 Bashas' Supermarkets 200 (Phoenix)
Last race2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
23 races run over 4 years
Truck no., teamNo. 50 (Beaver Motorsports)
No. 87 (NEMCO Motorsports)
No. 63 (Copp Motorsports)
2016 position34th
Best finish23rd (2015)
First race2013 Fred's 250 (Talladega)
Last race2018 Corrigan Oil 200 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Canada Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish44th (2012)
First race2012 NAPA Autopro 100 (Montreal)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of October 7, 2018.

Timothy Hill (born February 25, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. Son of former NASCAR driver Jerry Hill, he currently competes part-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 51 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Rick Ware Racing, and the No. 66 Toyota Camry and Camaro ZL1 for MBM Motorsports, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 13, 72, and 66 cars for MBM Motorsports, and part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 50 Chevrolet Silverado for Beaver Motorsports, the No. 87 Silverado for NEMCO Motorsports, and the No. 63 Silverado for Copp Motorsports.

Hill was born in Port Tobacco, Maryland, and began racing go-karts at the age of 12. In Karting, he won two World Karting Association championships, two King George Speedway track championships, the Concord Speedway Winter Championship. Afterward, Hill raced in Legend cars, the Allison Legacy Series, the K&N Pro Series East and the ARCA Racing Series. In 2011, Hill moved to Rick Ware Racing in the Nationwide Series, where he won Rookie of the Year honors.

Early career

Hill began his racing career in 2005 by karting at the age of 12.[1] During his first season, he recorded more than 80 victories, as well as winning two World Karting Association championships, two King George Speedway championships, the Concord Speedway Winter Championship.[2] He also finished third in the World Karting Association National Championship.[2] Once the 2005 season concluded, he began racing Bandoleros.[1] In 2006, he scored ten wins. One year later, Hill began racing Legend cars and in the Allison Legacy Series.[2] During the season, Hill failed to win a race. However, in 2008, he managed to win four Legend car races and two in the Allison Legacy Series. In the Allison Legacy Series, he finished fifth in the point standings.[2]

During the 2009 season, Hill won ten Allison Legacy Series races and finished first in the point standings.[2] In Legend cars, he won two races in the Winter Heat Series and won the Summer Shootout at Charlotte Motor Speedway.[1] In the following year, he began racing in the ARCA Racing Series and in the K&N Pro Series East, while continuing racing Legend cars.[2] In Legend cars, he won seven races, while recording two top-ten finishes in the K&N Pro Series and one in the ARCA Racing Series.[1]

NASCAR

Hill racing at Road America in 2011
Hill's 2013 Cup car

In 2011, Hill began racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Phoenix International Raceway,[3][4] having been too young to compete in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway, not yet having passed his eighteenth birthday.[5] During the season, he had a best finish of 11th at Road America and finished 17th in the point standings,[4] winning the Rookie of the Year award.[6] After a close battle with Blake Koch and Ryan Truex, Hill edged Koch by a single point at Homestead-Miami Speedway to take Rookie of the Year honors.[7][8] He competed in 33 of the 34 events scheduled for the season, and scored top-20 finishes in five.[4]

Hill returned to Rick Ware Racing for the 2012 season, also competing in the 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race for the team.[9] In February it was announced that Hill would move up to the Sprint Cup Series, to compete for Rookie of the Year.[10]

In the season-opening race of the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series season, Hill scored a career-best finish of seventh; he made his Sprint Cup Series debut at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the third race of the year, where he finished 42nd following a crash.[11] After failing to qualify for three of the four races he attempted, Hill and RWR abandoned the Rookie of the Year campaign and decided to return to the Nationwide Series for the remainder of 2012.[12] Hill later ran Cup races for Joe Nemechek and Frank Stoddard.

For 2013, Hill declared for Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year honors and ran 19 races for FAS Lane Racing.[13] He eventually finished third in the Rookie of the Year standings, behind Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Danica Patrick.[14]

Hill did not have a team for the start of the 2014 season and would later run part-time for Circle Sport. He was involved in a controversy at Bristol when, while running in last place, Hill failed to slow his Circle Sport Chevrolet under caution and crashed into the rear of the stopped Home Depot Toyota of Matt Kenseth who was running in second place at the time. Hill would later state that his spotter did not tell him the caution flag was out, and he did not see the safety lights around the track turn on. NASCAR on Fox analyst Darrell Waltrip famously called out Hill for a "rookie mistake" at the moment of the incident, though he recanted his harsh tone late in the broadcast. Hill was temporarily let go by Circle Sport, though he was brought back by the team two months later at Kansas. At Pocono in June, he drove for Identity Ventures Racing, a Michael Waltrip Racing R&D team. He would finish 36th in an effort with limited MWR support. He also qualified Landon Cassill's car at Sonoma, as part of his Circle Sport duties. At New Hampshire, Hill drove Joe Nemechek's No. 87 Toyota. In 2015, he was hired to drive the 62 and the 98 part-time for Premium Motorsports and in the Truck Series part-time for Premium in the 94.

Hill racing in Cup at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2015

In 2015, Hill made his first start of the season at the Texas in the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 13 for MBM Motorsports and Carl Long. Hill would make 6 more starts with Long but his best finish would come in his first of three starts with JGL Racing, where he finished 11th in the No. 26 Toyota at Daytona in July. In the Truck Series, Hill would run a total of 12 races for Premium Motorsports in the No. 49 Chevy Silverado. Nine races resulted in top 20 finishes with a best finish of 15th at Dover and Kentucky. Hill's 2015 Cup debut came in the July race at Loudon. His best finish came at Pocono, where he finished 36th. Hill would go on to run 11 more races for Premium Motorsports.

Hill's 2016 season started off in the season-opening Truck race at Daytona, driving the No. 49 for Premium. After running up front in the top 10 for most of the race, Hill was spun out while running in the top 5 on the last lap, relegating him to 14th. As of September, Hill had run 11 Xfinity races with a best finish of 22nd at Loudon in the No. 13 for MBM. Hill announced in August that he would be running the remainder of the 2016 Xfinity Series season for MBM.

In 2017, Hill returned to Rick Ware Racing to drive the No. 51 in the Cup Series starting at the Daytona 500, but failed to qualify. [15] Starting at Dover, Hill would drive for MBM Motorsports in the No. 66 as well at Kentucky and possibly more races.

Personal life

Hill became married in January 2018.[16]

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.)

Monster Energy Cup Series

Monster Energy 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 MENCC Pts
2012 Rick Ware Racing 37 Ford DAY PHO
DNQ 		LVS
42 		BRI
DNQ 		CAL
DNQ 		MAR TEX KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV 63rd 02
NEMCO Motorsports 97 Toyota TAL
42
FAS Lane Racing 32 Ford CLT
36 		KAN
22 		MAR TEX PHO
29 		HOM
2013 DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL
39 		MAR TEX
36 		KAN
33 		RCH
34 		TAL
 DAR
33 		CLT
27 		DOV
35 		POC
35 		MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND
42 		POC
27 		GLN MCH
29 		BRI
 ATL
31 		RCH CHI
34 		NHA
36 		DOV
36 		KAN
28 		CLT
36 		TAL MAR TEX
41 		PHO
34 		HOM 38th 190
2014 Circle Sport 33 Chevy DAY PHO LVS
38 		BRI
43 		CAL MAR TEX DAR RCH TAL KAN
40 		CLT DOV KAN
33 		CLT
36 		TAL TEX
35 		PHO HOM 44th 62
Identity Ventures Racing 66 Toyota POC
36 		MCH
Hillman Racing 40 Chevy SON
QL† 		KEN DAY
Identity Ventures Racing 87 Toyota NHA
41 		IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI
Go FAS Racing 32 Ford NHA
35
Team Xtreme Racing 44 Chevy DOV
43 		MAR
42
2015 Premium Motorsports 98 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA
38 		IND
41 		BRI
39 		71st 01
62 POC
36 		NHA
36 		TAL
41
98 Chevy GLN
38 		MCH
43
62 DAR
DNQ 		RCH
DNQ 		CHI
41 		DOV
39 		CLT
DNQ 		KAN
DNQ 		MAR
36 		TEX PHO
43 		HOM
2016 98 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN DOV CLT POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN BRI MCH DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV
34 		CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 59th 01
2017 Rick Ware Racing 51 Chevy DAY
DNQ 		ATL LVS
37 		PHO
32 		CAL
35 		MAR
33 		TEX
39 		BRI
37 		RCH
34 		TAL KAN
28 		CLT
29 		52nd 01
MBM Motorsports 66 Chevy DOV
28 		POC MCH SON DAY KEN
31 		NHA IND
14 		POC GLN MCH BRI
DNQ 		DAR RCH CHI
39 		NHA DOV
40 		CLT
33 		TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM
2018 Rick Ware Racing 51 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO
33 		TAL
36 		DOV -* 01*
Toyota CAL
33 		MAR TEX BRI RCH
MBM Motorsports 66 Toyota KAN
32 		CLT
32 		POC MCH
35 		SON CHI
39 		DAY KEN
34 		NHA POC
36 		GLN BRI
28 		DAR
37 		IND
35 		LVS
33 		RCH
39 		CLT
38 		DOV
39 		TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM
Chevy MCH
37
† - Qualified for Landon Cassill
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2017 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 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 34 NXSC Pts
2011 Rick Ware Racing 15 Ford DAY PHO
29 		LVS
24 		BRI
29 		CAL
32 		TEX
28 		TAL
14 		NSH
33 		RCH
26 		DAR
19 		DOV
22 		IOW
30 		CLT
23 		CHI
15 		MCH
27 		ROA
11 		DAY
23 		KEN
26 		NHA
23 		NSH
22 		IRP
23 		IOW
21 		GLN
31 		CGV
22 		BRI
22 		ATL
36 		RCH
17 		CHI
22 		DOV
22 		KAN
34 		CLT
21 		TEX
33 		PHO
18 		HOM
21 		17th 655
2012 DAY
7 		PHO LVS BRI CAL ATL
33 		CHI
33 		TEX
DNQ 		HOM
DNQ 		19th 4522
41 TEX
28 		RCH
26 		TAL
21 		DAR
16 		IOW
25 		CLT
19 		DOV
31 		MCH
26 		ROA
22 		KEN
32 		NHA
21 		CHI
18 		IND
23 		IOW
30 		GLN
35 		CGV
36 		RCH
31 		KEN
29 		DOV
24 		CLT
33
Chevy DAY
9
15 BRI
25
71 Ford KAN
38
75 TEX
39
70 Chevy PHO
27
2013 23 DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO
23 		HOM
23 		122nd 01
2014 DAY PHO LVS BRI
21 		CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV
21 		MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN DOV
25 		KAN
39 		110th 01
SS-Green Light Racing 55 Chevy MOH
37
Rick Ware Racing 87 Chevy BRI
34 		ATL RCH CHI KEN CLT
34 		TEX PHO HOM
2015 MBM Motorsports 13 Dodge DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX
35 		DOV
31 		MCH CHI 96th 01
Toyota BRI
34 		RCH
38 		TAL IOW
40 CLT
39
JGL Racing 26 Toyota DAY
11 		KEN
24 		NHA IND
27 		IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN
Rick Ware Racing 17 Chevy DOV
35
MBM Motorsports 40 Chevy CLT
39 		KAN
37 		TEX
Team Kapusta Racing 56 Chevy PHO
27 		HOM
2016 25 DAY ATL LVS PHO
32 		CAL TEX CLT
33 		POC MCH 116th 01
MBM Motorsports 13 Dodge BRI
32 		RCH
31 		TAL DOV
26 		NHA
22
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 15 Ford IOW
35 		DAY
MBM Motorsports 40 Dodge IND
39 		RCH
39
Toyota IOW
37 		GLN BRI
DNQ 		DAR
36 		CLT
40 		KAN
40 		TEX
38 		PHO
39 		HOM
39
Derrike Cope Racing 70 Chevy MOH
29 		ROA
23
MBM Motorsports 13 Toyota CHI
25 		KEN
34
72 Dodge KEN
DNQ
40 Chevy DOV
38
2017 Toyota DAY ATL
33 		LVS
33 		32nd 158
Dodge PHO
26 		BRI
24 		TAL
17 		IOW
28 		DAY
17 		NHA
28 		DAR
32
13 Chevy CAL
30 		DOV
33
40 TEX
31 		RCH
28 		POC
30 		TEX
30 		PHO
28
13 Toyota CLT
38 		DOV
39 		MCH
39 		KEN
38 		IND
36 		IOW
Dodge GLN
37 		MOH BRI
36 		ROA RCH
38 		CHI
36 		KEN
36 		CLT
35 		KAN
36 		HOM
37
2018 66 Toyota DAY
DNQ 		TAL
27 		DAY
7 		CLT
32 		-* -*
Dodge ATL
34 		LVS
33 		CAL
35 		TEX
36 		BRI
27 		RCH
38 		POC
39 		MCH
31 		KEN
37 		GLN
36 		MOH LVS
34 		DOV
27 		KAN TEX PHO HOM
Chevy PHO
34 		CLT
30
13 Toyota DOV
35 		IOW
37 		CHI
37 		NHA
38 		IOW BRI
38 		IND
DNQ 		RCH
38
Dodge ROA
35
72 Toyota DAR
35

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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 NCWTC Pts
2013 Rick Ware Racing 1 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL
6 		91st 01
81 MAR
31 		TEX PHO HOM
2015 Premium Motorsports 94 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV
15 		TEX
23 		GTW
18 		IOW
18 		KEN
15 		ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI
18 		NHA
20 		LVS TAL
20 		MAR
26 		TEX
20 		PHO
18 		HOM
21 		23rd 297
2016 49 DAY
14 		ATL
21 		MAR
23 		KAN
21 		DOV CLT
31 		TEX IOW GTW KEN
23 		ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 34th 65
2018 Beaver Motorsports 50 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT
28 		TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN
DNQ 		ELD -* 01*
NEMCO Motorsports 87 Chevy POC
28
Copp Motorsports 63 Chevy MCH
32 		BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM

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 NKNPSEC Pts
2010 Rick Ware Racing 99 Chevy GRE SBO IOW MAR NHA LRP LEE GRE NHA
10 		DOV 49th 134

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 NKNPSWC Pts
2010 Rick Ware Racing 99 Chevy AAS PHO IOW DCS SON IRW
7 		PIR MRP CNS MMP AAS PHO
30 		46th 219

Canadian Tire Series

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2012 Derek White 10 Dodge MSP ICAR MSP DEL MPS EDM SAS CTR CGV
6 		BAR RIS KWA 44th 37

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
2 Hill started the 2012 season running for Sprint Cup Series points, but switched to the Nationwide Series starting at Texas in April.

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
2010 Rick Ware Racing 47 Chevy DAY PBE SLM
19 		TEX TAL TOL POC MCH IOW
19 		MFD POC CAR
18 		26th 1055
Mark Gibson Racing 59 Dodge BLN
14 		NJE
14 		ISF CHI DSF TOL
10 		SLM
17 		KAN

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

24 Hours of Daytona

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona results
Year Class No Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class Pos.
2012 GT 15 United States Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang United States Chris Cook
United States Jeffrey Earnhardt
United States Doug Harrington
United States John Ware 		256 51 DNF 38 DNF

References

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  3. ^ "Timmy Hill Set To Run For Rookie Of The Year In NASCAR Nationwide Series With Rick Ware Racing; Todd Bodine To Drive at Daytona". Catch Fence. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
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  6. ^ "Keselowski wins, Stenhouse savors championship". November 19, 2011. NASCAR. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  7. ^ Montgomery, Lee (September 16, 2011). "Hill, Koch battling hard for Nationwide rookie title". The Sporting News. Charlotte, North Carolina. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  8. ^ Chiang, Anthony (November 16, 2011). "Palm Beach driver could win Nationwide's top rookie honors". The Sun-Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale, FL. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  9. ^ Marquis, Andy (January 27, 2012). "Port Tobacco's Timmy Hill to Compete in Rolex 24 at Daytona". TheBayNet.com. Lexington Park, Maryland. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved 2012-01-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Hill to NASCAR Sprint Cup: Rick Ware Racing and Timmy Hill go for Back to Back Rookie of the Year Titles". Rick Ware Racing. February 15, 2012. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Pearce, Al (March 12, 2012). "No luck for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in Las Vegas race". AutoWeek. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
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  13. ^ Timmy Hill to Run for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year with FAS Lane Racing Archived 2013-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
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  15. ^ "RICK WARE RACING TO FIELD MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES TEAM". NASCAR. January 20, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
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