Austin Hill bounced back from a series of early-race incidents to put his taped-together No. 21 NASCAR Chevy Camaro ZL1 in Victory Lane for the third straight year in the Xfinity Series season opener at Daytona on February 19th, 2024.
Hill was involved in a wreck on Lap 37, mildly damaging his Camaro race car, then later suffered a flat tire, issues on Pit Road, and a blown-out right front fender, which required heavy taping to keep it together for the remainder of the race. Thankfully, it didn’t seem to affect its handling, and he kept his former teammate, Sheldon Creed in the No. 2 Camaro, behind him long enough to win.
“It tops it off – three-peat,” Hill exclaimed. “You know how hard it is to win at Daytona? God almighty!”
He went on, “I don’t know what was going on with me on pit road today. But my guys just kept telling me, ‘Look, man, dig deep; you’re really good at these superspeedways.’ I tried to screw it up on pit road – sped on pit road, slid through the box… I don’t even know what time it is. I know it’s past my bedtime, but we’re about to party tonight, I can tell you that.”
Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
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1 | 2 | 21 | Austin Hill | Bennett Transportation Chevrolet | 120 | 9 | Chevrolet Camaro |
2 | 14 | 18 | Sheldon Creed | Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Toyota | 120 | 2 | Toyota TRD Supra |
3 | 9 | 31 | Parker Retzlaff | FUNKAWAY Chevrolet | 120 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
4 | 29 | 32 | Jordan Anderson | Capital City Towing/Bommarito Chevrolet | 120 | 6 | Chevrolet Camaro |
5 | 19 | 81 | Chandler Smith | Mobil 1 Toyota | 120 | 1 | Toyota TRD Supra |
6 | 11 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Monster Energy Ford | 120 | 8 | Ford Mustang |
7 | 8 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek(i) | Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota | 120 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
8 | 6 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | BRANDT Chevrolet | 120 | 7 | Chevrolet Camaro |
9 | 22 | 9 | Brandon Jones | Menards/Swiffer Chevrolet | 120 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
10 | 3 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Celsius Chevrolet | 120 | 3 | Chevrolet Camaro |
11 | 36 | 43 | Ryan Ellis | Heartbeat Hot Sauce Co Chevrolet | 120 | 11 | Chevrolet Camaro |
12 | 5 | 97 | Shane Van Gisbergen # | WeatherTech Chevrolet | 120 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
13 | 17 | 00 | Cole Custer | Haas Automation Ford | 120 | 6 | Ford Mustang |
14 | 34 | 29 | Blaine Perkins | AutoParkit.com Ford | 120 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
15 | 38 | 78 | BJ McLeod | Kales Truck Heavy Equipment Chevrolet | 120 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
16 | 23 | 6 | Garrett Smithley | Z&M Harley Davidson Chevrolet | 120 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
17 | 13 | 07 | Patrick Emerling | Phillips Hunt Walker Chevrolet | 120 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
18 | 30 | 36 | Natalie Decker | Amped Fitness Chevrolet | 120 | 7 | Chevrolet Camaro |
19 | 33 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Finance Pro Plus Chevrolet | 120 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
20 | 1 | 02 | Jesse Love # | Whelen Chevrolet | 120 | 34 | Chevrolet Camaro |
21 | 20 | 19 | Ryan Truex | Toyota SmartPath Toyota | 120 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
22 | 31 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Sci Aps/Scrap University Ford | 120 | 12 | Ford Mustang |
23 | 12 | 8 | Sammy Smith | Pilot Flying J Chevrolet | 119 | 6 | Chevrolet Camaro |
24 | 10 | 5 | Anthony Alfredo | Dude Wipes Chevrolet | 118 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
25 | 4 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Spiked Lite Coolers Chevrolet | 118 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
26 | 16 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Golden Corral Chevrolet | 118 | 8 | Chevrolet Camaro |
27 | 26 | 10 | Daniel Dye(i) | Champion Containers Chevrolet | 117 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
28 | 32 | 26 | Sage Karam | CRC Brakleen Toyota | 111 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
29 | 7 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | One Stop/All South Electric Chevrolet | 109 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
30 | 24 | 42 | Leland Honeyman # | Ohio Logistics Chevrolet | 102 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
31 | 35 | 4 | Dawson Cram # | FIRMAN Power Equipment Chevrolet | 51 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
32 | 27 | 92 | Josh Bilicki | Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet | 51 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
33 | 37 | 35 | Frankie Muniz | Ford Performance Ford | 37 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
34 | 21 | 11 | Josh Williams | Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet | 37 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
35 | 18 | 14 | Daniel Suarez(i) | Wendy's Chevrolet | 23 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
36 | 15 | 1 | Sam Mayer | Carolina Carports Chevrolet | 22 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
37 | 28 | 15 | Hailie Deegan # | Klutch Vodka Ford | 22 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
38 | 25 | 91 | Kyle Weatherman | DriveSmartWarranty.com Chevrolet | 22 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
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Comments
Congratulations!! Austin Hill is the man!
Did they shorten the race to 120 laps?