There’s an old axiom that posits that it’s better to be lucky than good.
So, what happens when you have both factors in your favor?
Answer: You’re Austin Hill, and you win back-to-back NASCAR Xfinity Series races to start the 2024 season.
Hill won the rain-delayed United Auto Rentals 300 at Daytona on Feb. 19, taking the checkered flag in the season-opener for the third straight year.
Five days later, he won at Atlanta when Richard Childress Racing teammate and pole winner Jesse Love—and a host of others—ran out of fuel late in an event that went to overtime.
On Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Hill will try to win his third straight race in The LiUNA! (5 p.m. ET on FS1, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
There’s a streak on the line for Chevrolet, too. Chevrolet drivers have swept two straight Cup | Xfinity | Truck tripleheader weekends and are looking to extend that success in the three national series at Las Vegas.
Las Vegas native Riley Herbst looks to disrupt that string of victories in the No. 98 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford. Herbst got his breakout Xfinity Series win last year at his home track during a streak of five straight top-four finishes to end the season.
“I’m pumped,” Herbst said. “Not only am I going home, but I’m also going to a track that means the world to me. I started my racing career just next to the big track at the Las Vegas Bullring. That win last October meant everything. I had waited so long for it and, honestly, it just made it that much more meaningful to get it at my home track.
“There’s definitely confidence going into this race, not only from me, but from the entire No. 98 Monster Energy team. We’ve had speed at every race since then, and I know we can go out and contend for the win again. We still have to do everything right, but I’m confident in this team.”
Source: Reid Spencer | NASCAR Wire Service
