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. Hill scored his record first win at the season-opening Daytona race. 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.
On February 11, 2022, it was announced that Hill would drive the No. 7 truck for Spire Motorsports at Daytona.
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.
Despite sharing a name, Hill isn't related to the Ohio-born driver, Austin J. Hill.
Motorsports career results
Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsTop 5Top 10PointsPosition2012NASCAR K&N Pro Series EastMacDonald Motorsports20005544th2013NASCAR K&N Pro Series EastAustin Hill Racing511216022nd2014NASCAR K&N Pro Series EastAustin Hill Racing1627105465thNASCAR K&N Pro Series West10002971stNASCAR Camping World Truck SeriesRBR Enterprises20004355th2015NASCAR K&N Pro Series EastAustin Hill Racing1425115133rdARCA Racing SeriesEmpire Racing1000165104thNASCAR Camping World Truck Series40007544th2016NASCAR K&N Pro Series EastMartin-McClure Racing10013547thNASCAR Camping World Truck SeriesEmpire Racing000014226thAustin Hill Racing100012017NASCAR Camping World Truck SeriesAustin Hill Racing1200122623rd2018NASCAR K&N Pro Series EastVisconti Motorsports10003249thARCA Racing SeriesChad Finley Racing100034563rdMDM Motorsports1001NASCAR Camping World Truck SeriesYoung's Motorsports2301652011th2019NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck SeriesHattori Racing Enterprises23471322985thNASCAR Xfinity Series10010NC†2020NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck SeriesHattori Racing Enterprises232111722426thNASCAR Xfinity Series90120NC†2021ARCA Menards SeriesHattori Racing Enterprises20228445thNASCAR Camping World Truck Series22281522109thNASCAR Xfinity Series50010NC†2022NASCAR Camping World Truck SeriesSpire Motorsports20010NC†NASCAR Xfinity SeriesRichard Childress Racing332112122736thNASCAR Cup Series10000NC†2023NASCAR Craftsman Truck SeriesSpire Motorsports10000NC†NASCAR Xfinity SeriesRichard Childress Racing334162422735thNASCAR Cup SeriesBeard Motorsports50000NC†2024NASCAR Xfinity SeriesRichard Childress Racing334112040274thNASCAR Cup Series40000NC†2025NASCAR Xfinity SeriesRichard Childress Racing324131822306thNASCAR Cup Series50010NC†2026NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts SeriesRichard Childress Racing232610716*7th*NASCAR Cup Series140000*NC†* † 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