Austin Hill suspended by NASCAR, stripped of all p...

Austin Hill has been suspended by NASCAR for one week and might be pressured to overlook the Xfinity Collection race at Iowa Speedway. This comes after he appeared to deliberately right-hook Aric Almirola into the surface wall at Indianapolis, inflicting a violent crash.

Almirola moved Hill out of the best way within the battle for fourth, and regardless of pulling off a formidable save, Hill then appeared to swerve to the left and switch Almirola head-on into the surface wall on the high-speed oval. Fortunately, nobody was injured within the accident. Hill was held for 5 laps through the race for reckless driving, and at one level, he started throwing expletives at NASCAR over the radio.

This suspension can even severely hinder Hill’s probabilities of profitable a championship later this yr. Per NASCAR’s new waiver coverage for 2025 (which RCR will certainly request, or Hill will turn out to be ineligible for the playoffs), lacking a race attributable to a suspension will outcome within the lack of all playoff factors — each current and future. Hill had 21 bonus factors however they’ll all be misplaced now and he’ll begin the postseason with zero factors.

Hill, who drives for Richard Childress Racing, denied that the contact was intentional, however the staff has chosen to not attraction. Austin Dillon, who competes full-time within the NASCAR Cup Collection for RCR, will pilot the No. 21 automotive at Iowa.

“Richard Childress Racing won’t attraction the penalty NASCAR issued to the No. 21 staff following the NASCAR Xfinity Collection race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway,” an official assertion learn. “We stay targeted on profitable a championship with Austin Hill in 2025.”

NASCAR described this as a behavioral penalty, citing Sections 4.3.A; 4.4.B & D of the NASCAR Member Code of Conduct.