Austin Hill finished third in the CarShield 200 Presented by CK Power at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway on Sunday.
Hill’s top-five finish, the seventh time he has achieved that result this year, added 34 points to his season total. He is first in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series with 549 total points.
Hill started in fourth position. The seventh-year driver has piled up five career victories, with 14 top-five finishes and 32 results inside the top 10.
Sunday’s race was Hill’s third career start at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.
The Winston, Georgia native’s starting and finishing positions compared favorably to his career averages, starting 12 spots higher than his career mark of 15.8 and completing the race 14 places ahead of his 16.7 career average finish.
Hill took on 33 other drivers on the way to his third-place finish. The race endured five cautions and 23 caution laps. There were seven lead changes.
Sheldon Creed secured the win in the race, followed by Brett Moffitt in the No. 2 spot. After Hill’s third-place finish, Sam Mayer secured fourth, and Stewart Friesen came in fifth.
Todd Gilliland got off to a strong start in the race, winning both of the first two stages, but couldn’t hang on to secure the race victory.