Overview
- Austin Hill finished 25th at Daytona after starting on the front row for the final restart and getting caught in a race-ending multi-car crash.
- Hill said JR Motorsports Chevrolets refuse to work with his RCR cars and claimed they often choose partners from other manufacturers.
- He praised the Haas Factory Team Fords of Sheldon Creed and Sam Mayer as reliable drafting allies and noted Toyotas offered no help.
- JRM’s Justin Allgaier said the remark was unwarranted, citing situational lane placement, while teammate Sammy Smith dismissed the critique.
- Hill recently served a one-race suspension for his Indianapolis clash with Aric Almirola and returned to trigger a Watkins Glen wreck that drew no further penalty, with Denny Hamlin calling it a misjudgment in a spotter blind zone.