NASCAR Cup Series team will field additional car at Daytona with Xfinity driver
Richard Childress Racing will once again expand its lineup to three cars at the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway next weekend.
For five races this season, Richard Childress Racing has fielded the No. 33 Chevrolet to add it to the team’s full-time drivers: The No. 3 will be driven by Austin Dillon, the No. 8 by Kyle Busch.
Xfinity Series driver Austin Hill, who will drive the No. 33 at Daytona, also competed at Texas Motor Speedway, Kansas Speedway and the Chicago Street Course. Will Brown took the wheel for his debut at Sonoma Raceway, while Ty Dillon made a familiar return at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Hill is known for his impressive performance at Daytona in the Xfinity Series, where he scored three wins, and is eager to translate that success to the Cup Series.
Hill currently sits third in the Xfinity Series driver standings with 698 points behind Cole Custer, who leads with 768 points, and Justin Allgaier, who sits second with 756 points.
Current status of the NASCAR Xfinity Series
- Cole Custer – 768 points
- Justin Allgaier – 756 points
- Austin Hill – 698 points
- Chandler Smith – 684 points
- AJ Allmendinger – 646 points
- Riley Herbst – 623 points
- Sheldon Creed – 614 points
- Jesse Love – 604 points
- Parker Kligerman – 560 points
- Sammy Smith – 545 points
- Ryan Victory – 544 points
- Shane Van Gisbergen – 520 points
- Sam Mayer – 503 points
- Brandon Jones – 451 points
- Anthony Alfredo – 430 points
- Brennan Poole – 357 points
- Parker Retzlaff – 334 points
- Josh Williams – 327 points
- Jeb Burton – 309 points
- Leland Honeyman – 302 points
- Jeremy Clements – 296 points
- Ryan Ellis – 275 points
- Kyle Weatherman – 271 points
- Kyle Victory – 265 points
- Matt DiBenedetto – 249 points
- Aric Almirola – 248 points
- Blaine Perkins – 217 points
- Carson Kvapil – 194 points
- Ryan Truex – 181 points
- Hailie Deegan – 174 points
- Josh Bilicki – 164 points
- Garrett Smithley – 149 points
- Austin Green – 112 points
- Patrick Emerling – 101 points
- Joey Gase – 93 points
- BJ McLeod – 78 points
- David Starr – 77 points
- JJ Yeley – 61 points
- Caesar Bacarella – 58 points
- Ed Jones – 57 points
- Sage Karam – 49 points
- Logan Bearden – 48 points
- Alex Labbe – 46 points
- Nick Leitz – 41 points
- Jordan Anderson – 40 points
- Brad Perez – 32 points
- Bubba Pollard – 31 points
- Natalie Decker – 27 points
- Justin Bonsignore – 25 points
- Patrick Gallagher – 25 points
- Conor Daly – 23 points
- Joe Graf Jr. – 20 points
- Myatt Snider – 18 points
- Preston Pardus – 18 points
- Dexter Bean – 17 points
- Nathan Byrd – 17 points
- Daniil Kvyat – 16 points
- Andre Castro – 16 points
- Chad Finchum – 15 points
- Thomas Annunziata – 12 points
- Glen Reen – 10 points
- RC Enerson – 9 points
- Boris Said – 9 points
- CJ McLaughlin – 6 points
- Greg Van Alst – 5 points
- Armani Williams – 4 points
- Ryan Vargas – 2 points
NASCAR Cup Series standings
- Tyler Reddick – 23XI Racing
- Chase Elliott – Hendrick Motorsports
- Denny Hamlin – Joe Gibbs Racing
- Kyle Larson – Hendrick Motorsports
- Ryan Blaney – Team Penske
- William Byron – Hendrick Motorsports
- Christopher Bell – Joe Gibbs Racing
- Martin Truex Jr. – Joe Gibbs Racing
- Brad Keselowski – RFK Racing
- Ty Gibbs – Joe Gibbs Racing
- Alex Bowman – Hendrick Motorsports
- Chris Buescher – RFK Racing
- Ross Chastain – Trackhouse Racing
- Bubba Wallace – 23XI Racing
- Joey Logano – Team Penske
- Daniel Suarez – Trackhouse Racing
- Kyle Busch-Richard Childress Racing
- Chase Briscoe – Stewart Haas Racing
- Austin Cindric – Team Penske
- Todd Gilliland – Front Row Motorsports
- Michael McDowell – Front Row Motorsports
- Carson Hocevar – Spire Motorsports
- Josh Berry – Stewart Haas Racing
- Noah Gragson – Stewart Haas Racing
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr – JTG Daugherty Racing
- Ryan Preece – Stewart Haas Racing
- Erik Jones – Legacy Motor Club
- Justin Haley-Rick Ware Racing
- Austin Dillon – Richard Childress Racing
- Daniel Hemric – Kaulig Racing
- Corey LaJoie – Spire Motorsports
- John H. Nemechek – Legacy Motor Club
- Zane Smith – Spire Motorsports
- Harrison Burton – Wood Brothers Racing
- Kaz Grala – Rick Ware Racing
- Cody Ware – Rick Ware Racing
- Joey Hand – Rick Ware Racing
- Jimmie Johnson – Legacy Motor Club
- Derek Kraus – Kaulig Racing
- David Ragan-Rick Ware Racing
- Kamui Kobayashi – 23XI Racing
- Will Brown – Richard Childress Racing
- Cam Waters – Rick Ware Racing