Timmy Hill is looking to check off the next thing on his bucket list: competing in a Daytona 500. He’ll have the opportunity come February with MBM Motorsports. Hill, 26, attempted to qualify for the Great American Race just one other time in 2017. That year, running for Rick Ware …
Read More »2019 Xfinity Series Review, Pt. 2: Midpack Improvements
While the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff drivers were the center of attention for most of the season (the same 12 drivers were top 12 in points from the third race on), some of the best racing came in the middle of the pack. And quite honestly, a lot of the …
Read More »Eyes on Xfinity: Timmy Hill, A Jack of All Trades
Timmy Hill has been lingering around the top three NASCAR national touring series since 2011. But 2019 has been a special year for the driver. Hill, 26, is happiest when he’s strapped in behind the wheel, but he’s not afraid to get down and dirty. He recently started his own …
Read More »Timmy Hill Records Career-Best NASCAR Finish at Martinsville
Timmy Hill has been around NASCAR for the past decade, but a little beatin’ and bangin’ on the paperclip of Martinsville Speedway in Saturday’s NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 allowed him to score his career-best finish in the top three national touring series. Hill began the race from 22nd position. …
Read More »NASCAR 101: Related Drivers in NASCAR
This column was all set. Perfect, even — the idea, that is. It was timely, fitting, whatever. Then Carson Ware dropped off the Gander Outdoors Truck Series entry list for this weekend at Martinsville Speedway. But you know what? Screw it. Doing it anyway. In the event that Ware returns …
Read More »Timmy Hill Talks Hattori Partnership, Life as an Owner/Driver
Timmy Hill has been in NASCAR since 2011, but this season may be one of the most important ones in his career. Hill has driven for Carl Long‘s MBM Motorsports since 2016, competing in both the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup and Xfinity series. MBM cut back on its Cup schedule …
Read More »Timmy Hill Matches Career Best in MBM’s & Hattori’s Collaboration Debut
When the checkered flag waived for the Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday night (Aug. 16), no one expected to see Timmy Hill in the top 10. And yet, there he was. Hill survived the carnage of the night and finished seventh, matching his career-best finish in …
Read More »Xfinity Breakdown: Kaulig Racing Finds Very Different Daytona Race to Its Liking
What a difference a few months can make. The NASCAR Xfinity Series season opener in Daytona was one of the dullest superspeedway races in recent memory, notable mostly for Michael Annett breaking his long streak of career futility. Anyone who tried stepping out of line immediately got shuffled back, meaning …
Read More »Friday Faceoff: Will the Summer Showdown At Daytona Be Mild or Wild?
The traditional-style plate races so far this year in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series have been varied from wild (Daytona International Speedway) to tame (Talladega Superspeedway). What scenario is more likely this week? Frank Velat: Talladega became notorious for having one crash-marred race after another to the point that …
Read More »NASCAR 101: Active Drivers Without a Cup Top 5
156 races. That’s how many starts it took for Matt DiBenedetto to have a top five in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series competition. After a Cup career that began in 2015 and yielded four top 10s prior to 2019, DiBenedetto wheeled his No. 95 to a fourth-place run at Sonoma …
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