The
21-year-old driver, who finished third in the 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series
East championship standings, will kick-off his part-time Truck Series schedule
at Daytona International Speedway in the ARCO Design/Build
Ford F-150 for Empire Racing Group. He will then
move over to his own race team – Austin Hill Racing – for the remainder of his
season.
“I’m
very excited about this season and transitioning Austin Hill Racing into a
Camping World Truck Series team,” said Hill. “We are going to be doing it
like we did the K&N Series with the guys that we used last year. We’re just
trying to step up the ranks. I feel like this move will be a good
stepping stone for us as a team, and I want to go out there and prove that we
belong in this series.”
Hill,
a Winston, Ga. native, is set to enter the field at tracks including Atlanta,
Dover, Kentucky, Bristol, Texas.
“My
goal has always been to run up front and hopefully get a couple of wins,” said
Hill. “To get one win this season in the Truck Series would be awesome,
with it being a top-three series in NASCAR. I’m looking to at least get
one win and a good Top-10 finish week-in and week-out as long as we don’t have
any big problems. We have a good truck. Now, we just have to have the right
setup under us to make it happen.”
Veteran
crew chief Doug Chouinard, who previously partnered with Hill in the K&N
Pro Series, will guide the rookie competitor in this next level of his career.
“Doug
has been in the sport for a long time,” said Hill. “He ran with Todd
Bodine when he ran the No. 30 Toyota Tundra. He’s got a lot of knowledge and
I’ve already learned a lot from him.”
Hill
has competed in six NCWTS races over the past two years. In his first start,
Hill led 21 of 200 laps at Martinsville in 2014.
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