Austin Hill continues to be dominant at his house observe.
On Saturday, Hill gained the NASCAR Xfinity Collection race at Atlanta, notching his fourth victory on the facility. The 30-year-old from Winston, Ga., now has seven wins at drafting tracks in his Xfinity Collection profession.
The win is Hill’s third of the 2024 season and completes a season sweep at Atlanta.
Identical to in February’s Xfinity Collection race on the observe, Saturday’s contest was determined between Hill and Chandler Smith, who dominated the early portion of the Xfinity Collection season. Whereas each drivers had tough summer time stretches, they returned to early season type on Saturday, duking it out in a extremely entertaining end.
Smith obtained below Hill with two laps to go, however Corey Heim determined to push Hill slightly than his Toyota teammate. With a run from Heim coming, Hill steered his Chevrolet Camaro up the observe, blocking Heim’s Supra and pulling away from the pack.
Parker Kligerman completed second in Saturday’s race with AJ Allmendinger, Smith and Heim finishing the highest 5. Jesse Love, Sammy Smith, Josh Williams, Brandon Jones and Ryan Truex rounded out the highest 10.
The turning level of Saturday’s race might have include 18 laps to go when Cole Custer and Justin Allgaier crashed getting into flip three. The collision between the 2 championship leaders triggered an enormous crash that additionally concerned Riley Herbst, Ryan Sieg and Taylor Grey.
That crash took out most of the prime contenders and paved the way in which for the four-car battle that ensued down the stretch.
The Xfinity Collection’ subsequent race is subsequent Saturday at Watkins Glen. The Mission 200 on the Glen will go inexperienced shortly after 3 p.m. ET with protection on USA Community, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
