Austin Hill finished sixth in the e.p.t 200 at Kansas Speedway on Saturday.
The top-10 finish for Hill added 35 points to his season total. He now has 394 total points, good enough for first place in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series.
Hill started in 15th position and led 19 laps in the race, holding the lead a total of three times. The seventh-year driver has earned five career victories, with 13 top-five finishes and 29 results inside the top 10.
Victory Lane at Kansas Speedway is a familiar place for Hill, who has one career win at the track. He has also compiled two top-five finishes at Kansas and his sixth-place result marks the second top-10.
The Winston, Georgia native’s starting and finishing positions compared favorably to his career averages, starting one spot higher than his career mark of 15.9 and completing the race 11 places ahead of his 16.7 career average finish.
Hill took on 37 other drivers on the way to his sixth-place finish. The race endured nine cautions and 38 caution laps. Prior to the checkered flag there were 15 lead changes.
Matt Crafton earned the win in the race, and Christian Eckes finished second. Grant Enfinger placed third, Tanner Gray brought home fourth, and Ben Rhodes closed out the top five.
Zane Smith got off to a strong start in the race, winning the first two stages, but couldn’t hang on to end up in Victory Lane.