
Pos. |
Driver |
Team |
1 |
Austin Hill |
RCR |
2 |
Justin Allgaier |
JR Motorsports |
3 |
Ryan Sieg |
RSS Racing |
4 |
Jordan Anderson |
Jordan Anderson Racing |
5 |
Sammy Smith |
JR Motorsports |
6 |
Ryan Ellis |
Young's Motorsports |
7 |
Carson Kvapil |
JR Motorsports |
8 |
Blaine Perkins |
Jordan Anderson Racing |
9 |
Jesse Love |
RCR |
10 |
Rajah Caruth |
JR Motorsports |
11 |
Anthony Alfredo |
Alpha Prime Racing |
12 |
Brennan Poole |
Alpha Prime Racing |
13 |
Patrick Emerling |
SS Green Light Racing |
14 |
Parker Retzlaff |
Viking Motorsports |
15 |
Kyle Sieg |
RSS Racing |
16 |
Lavar Scott |
Alpha Prime Racing |
17 |
Josh Bilicki |
SS Green Light Racing |
18 |
Patrick Staropoli |
Big Machine Racing |
19 |
Carson Ware |
Cope Family Racing |
20 |
Carson Hocevar |
Young's Motorsports |
21 |
Daniel Dye |
AM Racing |
22 |
Austin Green |
Peterson Racing Group |
23 |
Luke Fenhaus |
Hettinger Racing |
24 |
Sheldon Creed |
Haas Factory Team |
25 |
Jeb Burton |
Jordan Anderson Racing |
26 |
William Sawalich |
Joe Gibbs Racing |
27 |
Corey Day |
Hendrick Motorsports |
28 |
Taylor Gray |
Joe Gibbs Racing |
29 |
Harrison Burton |
Sam Hunt Racing |
30 |
Brandon Jones |
Joe Gibbs Racing |
31 |
Sam Mayer |
Haas Factory Team |
32 |
Jeremy Clements |
Jeremy Clements Racing |
33 |
Natalie Decker |
Joey Gase Motorsports |
34 |
Josh Williams |
DGM Racing |
35 |
Dean Thompson |
Sam Hunt Racing |
36 |
Nick Sanchez |
AM Racing |
37 |
Giovanni Ruggiero |
Joe Gibbs Racing |
38 |
Mason Maggio |
DGM Racing |
Austin Hill wins at Daytona from the pole. Another dominant superspeedway performance from the Richard Childress Racing driver. He couldn't be stopped to end this race, no matter how many runs the field got on him.
The race ended with a two-lap dash in regulation. No overtime needed in this one. Austin Hill was almost perfect. He swept the stages and adds yet another drafting track win to his record.
Two or three years ago, it might have been funny to call Austin Hill a "draft merchant." It might have been valid to question the wins when it was only two, three, or four of them. At this point, it's more than a trend and it is a legitimate skill that fans and drivers alike have to respect.
Hill has won with damaged cars. He's won coming from the back of the field late. There have been penalties that have hindered him along the way. Somehow, someway, he gets the job done when it comes to these drafting races.
This is the fourth time in the last five years that Hill has won the season-opener for the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series. Last year, he was a DNF but led the most laps in the race. His teammate, Jesse Love, won.
These big, high-speed tracks, and you can include intermediate tracks in that as well, play into Austin Hill's hands. Tonight, he kept his car clean, and that was always going to be a tough obstacle to overcome for the rest of the field.
Going to Atlanta, Hill is on a three-race win streak in the spring event, and five times overall in his career. The winstreak may have just begun.
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