Hill competes for Earnhardt Jr.’s Xfinity Series team, JR Motorsports, in the series where the driver has drawn criticism for his role in collisions. After Hill’s victory in Martinsville, Denny Hamlin was among those who criticized his win-or-bust approach, saying that as a NASCAR Cup Series team owner, his attitude did not impress him. Earnhardt Jr. agreed with the owner of 23XI Racing when he said that racers like Hill’s degree of contact showed “immaturity.” Earnhardt Jr. criticizes Hill ‘In my mind this is what it’s like when Austin Hill’s behind you,’ the Xfinity Series team owner wrote in response to a social media image that showed a creature from Jurassic Park chasing a car.
“To hear he spoke up in the Xfinity all drivers meeting to suggest he could be one to mentor the kids was the best laugh I had all week,” Earnhardt Jr. wrote on X after he couldn’t help but make a cheeky joke. Earnhardt Jr.’s shot follows a meeting between NASCAR officials and drivers at Martinsville to address driving rules. Hill told reporters following the meeting that “the tone of the meeting was firm, but they got their point across, and they did it in a really good way.” This is something I truly stated during our recent meeting. They let it fall to the ground. Justin [Allgaier] talked first, and I followed him in discussing some areas where we need to improve or where we believe we are at.
