Austin Hill to run 5 NASCAR Cup races with RCR this yr

Austin Hill has 120 begins within the NASCAR Xfinity Collection and is at present competing in his fourth consecutive full-time season with Richard Childress Racing. He is loved loads of success, profitable 11 races and making the Championship 4 in back-to-back years.

Hill additionally has ten begins within the NASCAR Cup Collection, putting as excessive as 14th in the summertime race at Daytona Worldwide Speedway in 2023. This yr, the Georgia native will enhance that begin complete to fifteen as RCR introduced plans for Hill to run 5 Cup races in the course of the 2025 season.

The 30-year-old will pilot a 3rd entry for RCR, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet with sponsorship from United Leases (which additionally backs him within the Xfinity Collection). Andy Avenue has ben chosen because the crew chief for this entry, which is able to run alongside the full-time RCR entries of Kyle Busch within the No. 8 and Austin Dillon within the No. 3. 

Hill’s deliberate schedule

Hill’s first race will likely be on April 6 at Darlington Raceway and also will embody the July 6 race on the Chicago Avenue Course, the August 23 race at Daytona, the September 13 race at Bristol Motor Speedway, and the October 19 race at Talladega Superspeedway.

“I’m excited to compete within the No. 33 United Leases Chevrolet once more this yr,” stated Hill in a launch from the group. “United Leases has been a longtime supporter of my profession and to proceed that relationship as soon as once more on the high stage of our sport is particular. I’ve loved my begins within the Cup Collection to this point and the objective is to continue to learn each time I climb into the automotive. Now we have been strategic with including new tracks to the lineup every season, which permits me to realize useful expertise. Racing for Richard at any stage is an honor, however particularly within the Cup Collection. The main target stays on profitable the Xfinity Collection championship in November, however any laps within the Cup automotive are essential for the longer term.”

RCR organized one thing comparable in 2024, putting Hill in a 3rd entry for 4 races. Hill’s finest consequence got here at Daytona, putting twenty fifth after crashing out late.