Austin Hill, who ranks second in the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ drivers standings, earned his first Cup Series top-10 finish Sunday at Chicago Street Race.
The career highlight came after Hill placed P4 in last Saturday’s The Loop 110 as Shane van Gisbergen claimed his first of two national series events from the pole last weekend. He wasn’t satisfied with the Xfinity outcome, but the Cup finish helped compensate for it.
Starting 30th Sunday, Hill, running a limited Cup schedule for Richard Childress Racing, remained on the track for the full first stage and made his way up P9. Hill evaded the on-track accidents during the final stage and remained with the lead pack.
“It’s massive,” Hill told Jayski.com. “I was really made in the Xfinity Series finishing fourth. To finish ninth in a Cup race, I feel like I won the race.”
Hill, who is chasing circuit leader Justin Allgaier for the points lead, enters next Saturday’s event at Sonoma Raceway with three wins among nine top-five finishes in 18 Xfinity outings.
Hill reportedly has declined recent offers to run on the Cup circuit full time, but his stock continues to rise.
“I’ve always had confidence in myself that I can do this and that I can run inside the top 10 and top 15 and we proved that (Sunday).”
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NASCAR National Series Weekend Schedule
Here is a list of NASCAR National Series events this weekend at Sonoma Raceway (All Times ET):
Friday
- 1:40 p.m.: ARCA Menards Series West practice
- 3:10 p.m.: ARCA Menards Series West qualifying
- 4 p.m.: Xfinity Series practice
- 5:10 p.m.: Xfinity Series qualifying
- 6:30 p.m.: ARCA Menards Series West General Tire 200 race
Saturday
- 1:35 p.m.: Cup Series practice
- 2:40 p.m.: Cup Series qualifying
- 4:30 p.m.: Xfinity Series Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 race
Sunday
- 3:30 p.m.: Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 race
See ya on the road (course), @NASCAR_Xfinity! 👋 pic.twitter.com/pq6NBch15Q
— Sonoma Raceway (@RaceSonoma) July 5, 2025
NASCAR Xfinity Series Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 Entry List
NASCAR Xfinity Series officials released the entry list for Saturday’s Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 at Sonoma Raceway:
Entry, Driver, Car No.
- 1, Sheldon Creed, No. 00 Ford
- 2, Carson Kvapil, No. 1 Chevrolet
- 3, Jesse Love, No. 2 Chevrolet
- 4, Parker Retzlaff, No. 4 Chevrolet
- 5, Kris Wright, No. 5 Chevrolet
- 6, Alex Labbe, No. 07 Chevrolet
- 7, Justin Allgaier, No. 7 Chevrolet
- 8, Sammy Smith, No. 8 Chevrolet
- 9, Shane van Gisbergen, No. 9 Chevrolet
- 10, Daniel Dye, No. 10 Chevrolet
- 11, Josh Williams, No. 11 Chevrolet
- 12, Garrett Smithley, No. 14 Chevrolet
- 13, Christian Eckes, No. 16 Chevrolet
- 14, Corey Day, No. 17 Chevrolet
- 15, William Sawalich, No. 18 Toyota
- 16, Riley Herbst, No. 19 Toyota
- 17, Brandon Jones, No. 20 Toyota
- 18, Austin Hill, No. 21 Chevrolet
- 18, Corey Heim, No. 24 Toyota
- 19, Harrison Burton, No. 25 Ford
- 20, Dean Thompson, No. 26 Toyota
- 21, Jeb Burton, No. 27 Chevrolet
- 22, Kyle Sieg, No. 28 Ford
- 23, Blaine Perkins, No. 31 Chevrolet
- 24, Austin Green, No. 32 Chevrolet
- 25, TBA, No. 35 Toyota
- 26, Kyle Sieg, No. 39 Ford
- 27, Sam Mayer, No. 41 Ford
- 28, Anthony Alfredo, No. 42 Chevrolet
- 29, Brennan Poole, No. 44 Chevrolet
- 30, Brad Perez, No. 45 Chevrolet
- 31, Nick Sanchez, No. 48 Chevrolet
- 32, Jeremy Clements, No. 51 Chevrolet
- 33, Sage Karam, No. 53 Ford
- 34, Taylor Gray, No. 54 Toyota
- 35, Will Rodgers, No. 70 Chevrolet
- 36, Ryan Ellis, No. 71 Chevrolet
- 37, Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Chevrolet
- 38, Josh Bilicki, No. 91 Chevrolet
- 39, Matt DiBenedetto, No. 99 Chevrolet
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— NASCAR Xfinity (@NASCAR_Xfinity) July 5, 2025
