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Austin Hill Dominates Daytona to Win United Rentals 300 Opener

Richard Childress Racing extends its season-opening run at the track to five consecutive victories.

Overview

  • Hill swept both stages and led 78 of 120 laps before fending off Justin Allgaier at the finish, with Ryan Sieg taking third.
  • Qualifying set the tone as Hill earned the pole by 0.001 seconds over teammate Jesse Love, giving RCR a front-row sweep.
  • Multiple multi-car crashes, including a lap-89 incident that prompted a red flag and another major wreck near lap 100, thinned the field and produced numerous DNFs.
  • Love led 27 laps but slipped to ninth late, while Jordan Anderson finished fourth, Ryan Ellis earned a career-best sixth, Blaine Perkins took eighth, and Anthony Alfredo salvaged 11th after a last-minute ride change.
  • The race marked the debut of the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series branding, and the series heads next to Atlanta on Feb. 21 with coverage on The CW, PRN and SiriusXM.