The Atlanta Motor Speedway is Austin Hill’s home track after all, and he proved again Saturday night that he absolutely “owns it.”
Hill dominated the NASCAR Xfinity Series Bennett Transportation and Logistics 250 on the Atlanta high banks — leading 146 of the 163 laps to claim his first victory of the early 2025 season driving the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet sponsored by the race’s title sponsor.
The Georgia native has won four of the last six Atlanta races – the last three consecutively and five in all — including a sweep of both events last year. And although his laps led total is impressive, he really had to work for this trophy after losing the lead briefly on a restart with three laps to go.
With a timely tap on Hill’s rear bumper from Parker Retzlaff, Hill was able to push forward and take the lead entering the first turn on the final lap. He held on to the win by a slight 0.216s having to fend off reigning series champion, JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier and Joe Gibbs Racing’s veteran Aric Almirola – who both previously led at various times on that final restart.
“Thank you to Parker Retzlaff for giving me that push, and then once I got clear and into I was just wide open and I was hoping they weren’t going to build up momentum,” Hill said, adding, “To be able to do this is something special.”
Hill’s five Xfinity Series wins at Atlanta ties a record set by former NASCAR Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick. His eight-win total at drafting tracks ties a series record with a pair of NASCAR Hall of Famers, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart.
The RCR driver swept the two stage wins – for the second time in as many races this year — giving him a 100 percent mark in 2025.
