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.
Similar 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 season stretches, they returned to early season type on Saturday, duking it out in a extremely entertaining end.
Smith received underneath Hill with two laps to go, however Corey Heim determined to push Hill quite 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 could 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 a giant crash that additionally concerned Riley Herbst, Ryan Sieg and Taylor Grey.
That crash took out most of the high contenders and paved the best way 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.
