Austin Hill is trying to make history this weekend as the one NASCAR Xfinity Series driver to ever win the primary three races of a season, and he has a terrific probability to take action.
Several drivers have gained the primary two races of the Xfinity Series season, together with Dale Earnhardt in 1986, Chad Little in 1995, and Tony Stewart in 2008, however Hill is trying to go the additional mile because the Xfinity Series heads to Las Vegas.
Hill would not be the primary driver to win three races in a row in NASCAR’s second-tier sequence, as Mark Martin (1997) Kyle Busch (2016) each gained three consecutive in some unspecified time in the future in the 12 months, however no driver has ever began the season with three consecutive victories.
While Hill is named a superspeedway ace, it is price noting his first non-superspeedway win in the Xfinity Series was at Las Vegas Motor Speedway — the identical monitor the sequence is heading to this weekend as Hill is on the verge of history.
While Hill did not dominate final 12 months’s race, profitable on a last-lap move, he proved in this previous weekend’s race at Atlanta that every one he must do is put himself in place to go to victory lane. As dramatic as final 12 months’s end was, he’d most likely want a calmer race on Saturday.
Regardless of how wild or tame Saturday’s race is, making history will not be a straightforward process for Hill. Chandler Smith, who fell sufferer to Hill’s late race cost in Las Vegas a 12 months in the past is bound to be a contender on Saturday, as is Hill’s former teammate Sheldon Creed, who has completed second and fourth respectively in the primary two races of the season. Riley Herbst will probably be in the combo as properly, as he is recent off of his first profession win on the monitor final October.
Even if Hill’s bid for history comes up brief, garnering 11 playoff factors in the primary two races is an unimaginable start to the season. But a 3rd win in three races would give Hill 16 playoff factors, a mark that is laborious to succeed in for many of the playoff area via a 26-event common season, a lot much less three races.
Hill will get his shot at history in Las Vegas at 5 p.m. ET on Saturday. The race will air on FS1, PRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
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