Austin Hill dominates, wins third consecutive Xfinity Series race at Atlanta
Richard Childress Racing's Austin Hill won his third consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in another dominant performance on a drafting-style track in the Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250.
The driver of the No. 21 Chevrolet led 146 of 163 laps at the 1.54-mile Georgia track. Hill also made history, passing Dale Earnhardt Jr. (691) for most laps led at drafting tracks in Xfinity Series history as Hill reached 734 circuts led on Saturday.
Justin Allgaier, Aric Almirola, Sammy Smith and Nick Sanchez rounded out the top five.
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Jeb Burton, Daniel Dye, Leland Honeyman, William Sawalich and Harrison Burton completed the top 1o.
The Xfinity Series will go road-course racing at Circuit of The Americas next Saturday, March 1, for the Focused Health 250 (2:30 p.m. ET, The CW, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
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