Austin Hill crashes at Chicagoland after Stage 1 contact from SVG

Austin Hill crashed on Lap 48 in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway (TNT Sports, truTV, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) after contact from Shane van Gisbergen, which he believed was intentional. Battling for 28th, van Gisbergen drove deep into Turn 3 and contacted Hill, resulting in the Richard Childress Racing driver backing into the outside wall. Hill immediately radioed to his No. 33 team, claiming SVG's ill intent, dating back to the Naval Base Coronado race in June. RELATED: Live leaderboard | At-track photos: Chicagoland  On a restart in San Diego, Hill slid into Connor Zilisch while battling for the lead, causing a multicar crash that took out van Gisbergen and threw a significant wrench into the Trackhouse Racing driver's postseason hopes. Additionally, a week earlier at Pocono Raceway, both Hill and SVG were involved in a crash exiting Turn 3 after Hill inadvertently slid up from the bottom racing groove. Hill, who's in the No. 33 Chevrolet for the seventh consecutive week after the sudden passing of Kyle Busch, was evaluated and released from the infield care center. SVG continued in Sunday's 400-miler and entered the race 14th in points -- 36 markers above the provisional Chase cutline. This story will be updated.