Everything fell apart on the final lap, and it was points leader Kyle Larson who swooped in and stole the victory.
Austin Hill is unbeatable at Daytona in February and snakebitten at Daytona in August.
Here's what the points standings look like ahead of the nine-race postseason, which begins at Darlington Raceway on Sept. 5.
Can you name every driver to be the NASCAR Cup Series champion since 1984?
Here are three big questions before the 16-driver field for the 10-race Chase is officially set.
Austin Hill was put in a near-impossible situation after the death of Kyle Busch in May, stepping into the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Cup Series entry that was piloted by Busch.
Crew chief Richard Boswell had a blunt answer when asked about his approach to the final 13 races of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season.
As harsh a reality as it was, the world, including the NASCAR garage, somehow kept turning after the shocking death of Kyle Busch on May 21.
At some point, consistency has to come into play with how NASCAR decides penalties.
NASCAR officials likely had a busy start to their week reviewing incidents from Sunday's Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.
Here are three big questions ahead of the 20th race of the regular season.
Van Gisbergen turned Hill in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway, ending Hill's night with a 37th-place finish and a destroyed race car.
Contact from Shane van Gisbergen to the left-rear of Austin Hill's No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet sent Hill around and into the wall on Lap 45 of Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway, but despite the history between the two drivers, van Gisbergen said it wasn't intentional.
Hill is pulling double-duty nearly every week while competing for the O'Reilly Series title and trying to stake out a future for himself at the Cup level.
Austin Hill was struggling in Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Naval Base Coronado when he asked the late Kyle Busch for assistance.
In a race that lasted for over four-and-a-half hours and featured two red flags and a fan running onto the racetrack, Austin Hill muscled Taylor Gray out of the way on the final lap of Saturday's United Rentals Driven to Serve 250, earning his first victory of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season and the 16th of his NOAPS career.
There will be a day where someone beats Austin Hill heads-up in a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series superspeedway race. It is likely to happen someday.
For the fourth time in five years, Austin Hill won the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway.
Hill will lead the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series field to the green flag in Saturday's season-opening United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway.
After intentionally wrecking Aric Almirola in the closing laps of the Pennzoil 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Austin Hill was suspended on Tuesday
Austin Hill's path to the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship just got a whole lot tougher.
NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Austin Hill will take an unplanned vacation this weekend.
Austin Hill's controversial move in the closing laps of Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway has already been the topic of much discussion among those in the NASCAR industry.
NASCAR Xfinity Series practice and qualifying for Saturday's Andy's Frozen Custard 300 was canceled on Friday afternoon.
For the first time in his NASCAR Xfinity Series career, Austin Hill found his way to victory lane at Talladega Superspeedway.
Just like in the NASCAR Xfinity Series season opener at Daytona on Feb. 15, Austin Hill was the dominant car in Saturday's Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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