Austin Hill ties 2 former champions on Xfinity wins list
HAMPTON, Ga. — By winning his second straight Xfinity Series race, Austin Hill continues to climb the NASCAR Xfinity Series wins list.
Hill captured the RAPTOR King of Tough 250 Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his second win of 2024 and the eighth of his career.
Hill is now tied with former RCR driver and Xfinity Series champion Clint Bowyer, Kasey Kahne, Jamie McMurray, and two-time series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
The drivers are all tied for 54th all-time on the series’ wins list. Ahead of Hill on the wins list includes — all at nine wins — includes Austin Dillon, David Green, Jimmy Hensley, Erik Jones, Rick Mast, John Hunter Nemechek and Kenny Wallace.
Additionally, Hill is the fourth driver in Xfinity Series history to win the first to races of the season. Dale Earnhardt (1986), Chad Little (1995) and Tony Stewart (2008) are the previous drivers to do so.
Categories
Discover more from The Racing Experts
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
Dominic Aragon View All
Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.
You can reach Dominic at daragon@theracingexperts.net.