Austin Hill had championship hopes, but those hopes were dashed with a hard crash with 12 laps to go in Thursday’s NASCAR Truck Race at Bristol. Hill came down the track into Josh Berry on the frontstretch.
This sent Hill hard into the inside wall, which ricocheted the No. 16 truck back up the track right into Hailie Deegan.
It was a very hard crash.
Here is video of the accident that ended Austin Hill’s championship hopes:
Heartbreak for Austin Hill. His #NASCARPlayoffs run is over. https://t.co/mzXpdh43GM pic.twitter.com/pZIYXVuRNU
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) September 17, 2021
Here is another replay, which shows just how hard the hit for Hill was:
A huge hit for Austin Hill and Hailie Deegan at Bristol. (They're both okay) pic.twitter.com/2lN1AaG4s1
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) September 17, 2021
This crash will mark the first-career DNF (did not finish) for Deegan.
There were six trucks involved in total in this crash: Hill, Deegan, Berry, Lawless Alan, Derek Kraus and Austin Wayne Self.
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