Austin Hill captures emotional win at Naval Base Coronado

Austin Hill won his first career road course race in NASCAR’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Series at Naval Base Coronado, delivering an emotional result for Richard Childress Racing. The veteran captured victory Saturday with a last-lap pass in the inaugural United Rentals Driven to Serve 250, held on a 3.4-mile, 16-turn circuit. The win also ended a long stretch without victories for RCR following the unexpected death of Cup Series driver Kyle Busch four weeks earlier, and Hill’s triumph came as the team remembered Busch in Victory Lane. Hill’s No. 21 RCR Chevrolet was towed to Victory Lane after rear wheels were flattened following a long burnout around Busch’s No. 8 logo painted on the track. Hill had won the opening stage and navigated two red flags totaling more than an hour. With five laps remaining, JR Motorsports’ Carson Kvapil led before race order shifted near the end, setting up the final battle with Taylor Gray, who finished second.