Hill wins the United Rentals 250 at Talladega Superspeedway

Austin Hill led 40 of the 100 laps and held on to win Saturday’s crash-filled NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Hill was low on fuel after a late caution flag, but won in overtime in the United Rentals 250 in the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. The victory earns him a berth in the Championship 4.

This was Hill’s fourth win of the 2025 Xfinity Series season, 14th of his career, and he also swept the Talladega races this season.

“Honestly, I wasn’t that nervous, as soon as my crew chief said we should have at least 2.5 gallons,” Hill said. “I knew I was saving fuel while leading. We slowed the pace down a lot, leading the pack, and nobody was really making a move. I thought that we were gonna be close, but I thought we were gonna make it. I started having some fuel pressure issues, dropped to the apron, and it immediately came back up.”

“With how the last half of my season has went, with everything that’s went on, and getting knocked out of the playoffs. I knew I was still in the owner’s championship. That’s one thing I want to do for that man right there, Richard Childress. If I can’t get the driver’s, we at least gotta get the owner’s. So special, always fun to be on these superspeedways.” Hill added.

Carson Kvapil finished second, followed by Justin Allgaier, Christian Eckes fourth, and Caesar Bacarella to round out the top five.

“Our No. 16 Morris-Shea Chevy was really good all day. I thought we had a shot at it there at the end, but it just didn’t pan out for us. I hate it for our team, but we can’t be too mad at fourth place.” Eckes said.

Connor Zilisch’s streak of 18 consecutive top-five finishes came to an end on Lap 45 and finished 23rd. He has not finished outside the top 5 since the Talladega spring race.

The race featured five caution flags for 22 laps, and 17 lead changes among 10 drivers.

After Talladega, Connor Zilisch leads the Xfinity series standings by seven points over Justin Allgaier, 43 points over Jesse Love, 72 points over Carson Kvapil, 83 points over Sammy Smith, 92 points over Brandon Jones, 94 points over Sam Mayer, and 113 points over Sheldon Creed.

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