Austin Hill Peeved at RCR’s Alliance Teams After Atlanta

You could sense the disappointment oozing from Austin Hill after he climbed from his No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Camaro following Saturday night’s Alsco Uniforms 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

The 29-year-old, who has emerged as the best superspeedway racer in the NASCAR Xfinity Series over the last couple of seasons, was outnumbered by the field once his only drafting help — teammate Sheldon Creed — fell from the race on Lap 88.

As the race drew to a close, Hill was trying to single-handedly defeat three Kaulig Racing teammates, as virtually everybody else in the field seemed in no hurry to push Hill to the front, or even pull out and make a move themselves. Hill admitted that he was miffed that other drivers in the race seemed content to rest on a solid top-five or top-10 finish and seemed in no hurry to pull out of line to try to advance forward.

“It sucks because we still had a shot at winning the race. We just needed somebody to go with us,” Hill explained after the race. “Everybody just wanted to fall in line and follow the leader. I guess they were just going to let the three Kaulig cars finish 1-2-3. Everybody is just too scared to pull out of line. So, pretty pathetic that nobody wants to go out and race. They just want to sit there and follow each other. Pretty lame to me.”

Hill continued by saying, “Maybe one of these days, these people will start racing instead of following the leader around like they do.”

While he was fighting a losing battle against the Kaulig Racing cars, Hill was spun by the No. 48 Big Machine Racing car, which is driven by Parker Kligerman. Hill says that while he hasn’t seen a replay, he is baffled by what Kligerman was trying to accomplish at the time that he was sent spinning out of contention on Lap 162.

“I’d have to see the replay. [Kligerman] said that it just packed air on my left rear and got me loose. I don’t know,” Hill said. “I wasn’t even sure what he was doing driving up the racetrack like he was.  I don’t know if he was fighting a loose balance, or if he just trying to get behind me and if he misjudged it. I don’t really know. But ruined our day, obviously. Just have no friends out there. Everybody is my enemy.”

It’s hard driving with everyone as your enemy, but that’s how it goes when you build up a reputation of being unbeatable at superspeedway races. People absolutely refuse to push you to yet another win.

“I’ve noticed that, really all of this year. When we go into a superspeedway, nobody wants to work with me — the only person who does is my teammate Sheldon, other than that you have no Chevy alliances. Nobody. You’re just out on an island by yourself and trying to do all you can. It makes it tough. It doesn’t make it easy. You have to work extra hard.”

While it’s understandable that nobody wants to play second fiddle to Hill, and the No. 21 team,…