⚠️ Cup substitution, May 21, 2026: Hill will drive Richard Childress Racing's No. 8 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 (Sunday, May 24), filling in for Kyle Busch, who is out for the weekend due to an unspecified health matter, RCR announced May 21. Hill continues in his full-time No. 21 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series ride.
2026 Season
Austin Hill drives the Richard Childress Racing No. 21 Chevrolet in the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series. Current points and Chase status are shown in the live stats on this page as official results are loaded.
Career
Hill's résumé is that of a proven national-series front-runner. He won the O'Reilly regular-season championship in 2023, reached the Championship 4 in 2024, and has won races in every full-time season with RCR. He also won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series regular-season title in 2020, making him one of the few active O'Reilly Series drivers with multi-series championships on his ledger.
The frame that follows Hill, "superspeedway specialist", is outdated. He's a full-field contender whose highest concentration of wins happens to include drafting tracks. The 2026 story is whether he can make the title picture revolve around him at every venue type.