Timmy Hill

Timmy Hill
Hill at Road America in 2012
Born Timothy Hill
(1993-02-25) February 25, 1993
Port Tobacco, Maryland
Awards 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career
80 races run over 7 years
Car no., team No. 51 (Rick Ware Racing)
No. 66 (MBM Motorsports)
2017 position 52nd
Best finish 38th (2013)
First race 2012 Kobalt Tools 400 (Las Vegas)
Last race 2018 Gander Outdoors 400 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
157 races run over 7 years
Car no., team Nos. 13/66/72 (MBM Motorsports)
2017 position 32nd
Best finish 17th (2011)
First race 2011 Bashas' Supermarkets 200 (Phoenix)
Last race 2018 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
23 races run over 4 years
Truck no., team No. 50 (Beaver Motorsports)
No. 87 (NEMCO Motorsports)
No. 63 (Copp Motorsports)
2016 position 34th
Best finish 23rd (2015)
First race 2013 Fred's 250 (Talladega)
Last race 2018 Corrigan Oil 200 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Pinty's Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish 44th (2012)
First race 2012 NAPA Autopro 100 (Montreal)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of October 7, 2018.

Timothy Hill (born February 25, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. Son of former NASCAR driver Jerry Hill, he currently competes part-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 51 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Rick Ware Racing, and the No. 66 Toyota Camry and Camaro ZL1 for MBM Motorsports, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 13, 72, and 66 cars for MBM Motorsports, and part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 50 Chevrolet Silverado for Beaver Motorsports, the No. 87 Silverado for NEMCO Motorsports, and the No. 63 Silverado for Copp Motorsports.

Hill was born in Port Tobacco, Maryland, and began racing go-karts at the age of 12. In Karting, he won two World Karting Association championships, two King George Speedway track championships, the Concord Speedway Winter Championship. Afterward, Hill raced in Legend cars, the Allison Legacy Series, the K&N Pro Series East and the ARCA Racing Series. In 2011, Hill moved to Rick Ware Racing in the Nationwide Series, where he won Rookie of the Year honors.

Early career

Hill began his racing career in 2005 by karting at the age of 12.[1] During his first season, he recorded more than 80 victories, as well as winning two World Karting Association championships, two King George Speedway championships, the Concord Speedway Winter Championship.[2] He also finished third in the World Karting Association National Championship.[2] Once the 2005 season concluded, he began racing Bandoleros.[1] In 2006, he scored ten wins. One year later, Hill began racing Legend cars and in the Allison Legacy Series.[2] During the season, Hill failed to win a race. However, in 2008, he managed to win four Legend car races and two in the Allison Legacy Series. In the Allison Legacy Series, he finished fifth in the point standings.[2]

During the 2009 season, Hill won ten Allison Legacy Series races and finished first in the point standings.[2] In Legend cars, he won two races in the Winter Heat Series and won the Summer Shootout at Charlotte Motor Speedway.[1] In the following year, he began racing in the ARCA Racing Series and in the K&N Pro Series East, while continuing racing Legend cars.[2] In Legend cars, he won seven races, while recording two top-ten finishes in the K&N Pro Series and one in the ARCA Racing Series.[1]

NASCAR

Hill racing at Road America in 2011
Hill's 2013 Cup car

In 2011, Hill began racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Phoenix International Raceway,[3][4] having been too young to compete in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway, not yet having passed his eighteenth birthday.[5] During the season, he had a best finish of 11th at Road America and finished 17th in the point standings,[4] winning the Rookie of the Year award.[6] After a close battle with Blake Koch and Ryan Truex, Hill edged Koch by a single point at Homestead-Miami Speedway to take Rookie of the Year honors.[7][8] He competed in 33 of the 34 events scheduled for the season, and scored top-20 finishes in five.[4]

Hill returned to Rick Ware Racing for the 2012 season, also competing in the 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race for the team.[9] In February it was announced that Hill would move up to the Sprint Cup Series, to compete for Rookie of the Year.[10]

In the season-opening race of the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series season, Hill scored a career-best finish of seventh; he made his Sprint Cup Series debut at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the third race of the year, where he finished 42nd following a crash.[11] After failing to qualify for three of the four races he attempted, Hill and RWR abandoned the Rookie of the Year campaign and decided to return to the Nationwide Series for the remainder of 2012.[12] Hill later ran Cup races for Joe Nemechek and Frank Stoddard.

For 2013, Hill declared for Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year honors and ran 19 races for FAS Lane Racing.[13] He eventually finished third in the Rookie of the Year standings, behind Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Danica Patrick.[14]

Hill did not have a team for the start of the 2014 season and would later run part-time for Circle Sport. He was involved in a controversy at Bristol when, while running in last place, Hill failed to slow his Circle Sport Chevrolet under caution and crashed into the rear of the stopped Home Depot Toyota of Matt Kenseth who was running in second place at the time. Hill would later state that his spotter did not tell him the caution flag was out, and he did not see the safety lights around the track turn on. NASCAR on Fox analyst Darrell Waltrip famously called out Hill for a "rookie mistake" at the moment of the incident, though he recanted his harsh tone late in the broadcast. Hill was temporarily let go by Circle Sport, though he was brought back by the team two months later at Kansas. At Pocono in June, he drove for Identity Ventures Racing, a Michael Waltrip Racing R&D team. He would finish 36th in an effort with limited MWR support. He also qualified Landon Cassill's car at Sonoma, as part of his Circle Sport duties. At New Hampshire, Hill drove Joe Nemechek's No. 87 Toyota. In 2015, he was hired to drive the 62 and the 98 part-time for Premium Motorsports and in the Truck Series part-time for Premium in the 94.

Hill racing in Cup at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2015

In 2015, Hill made his first start of the season at the Texas in the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 13 for MBM Motorsports and Carl Long. Hill would make 6 more starts with Long but his best finish would come in his first of three starts with JGL Racing, where he finished 11th in the No. 26 Toyota at Daytona in July. In the Truck Series, Hill would run a total of 12 races for Premium Motorsports in the No. 49 Chevy Silverado. Nine races resulted in top 20 finishes with a best finish of 15th at Dover and Kentucky. Hill's 2015 Cup debut came in the July race at Loudon. His best finish came at Pocono, where he finished 36th. Hill would go on to run 11 more races for Premium Motorsports.

Hill's 2016 season started off in the season-opening Truck race at Daytona, driving the No. 49 for Premium. After running up front in the top 10 for most of the race, Hill was spun out while running in the top 5 on the last lap, relegating him to 14th. As of September, Hill had run 11 Xfinity races with a best finish of 22nd at Loudon in the No. 13 for MBM. Hill announced in August that he would be running the remainder of the 2016 Xfinity Series season for MBM.

In 2017, Hill returned to Rick Ware Racing to drive the No. 51 in the Cup Series starting at the Daytona 500, but failed to qualify. [15] Starting at Dover, Hill would drive for MBM Motorsports in the No. 66 as well at Kentucky and possibly more races.

Personal life

Hill became married in January 2018.[16]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Monster Energy Cup Series

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 MENCC Pts
2012 Rick Ware Racing 37 Ford DAY PHO
DNQ		 LVS
42		 BRI
DNQ		 CAL
DNQ		 MAR TEX KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV 63rd 02
NEMCO Motorsports 97 Toyota TAL
42
FAS Lane Racing 32 Ford CLT
36		 KAN
22		 MAR TEX PHO
29		 HOM
2013 DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL
39		 MAR TEX
36		 KAN
33		 RCH
34		 TAL
 DAR
33		 CLT
27		 DOV
35		 POC
35		 MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND
42		 POC
27		 GLN MCH
29		 BRI
 ATL
31		 RCH CHI
34		 NHA
36		 DOV
36		 KAN
28		 CLT
36		 TAL MAR TEX
41		 PHO
34		 HOM 38th 190
2014 Circle Sport 33 Chevy DAY PHO LVS
38		 BRI
43		 CAL MAR TEX DAR RCH TAL KAN
40		 CLT DOV KAN
33		 CLT
36		 TAL TEX
35		 PHO HOM 44th 62
Identity Ventures Racing 66 Toyota POC
36		 MCH
Hillman Racing 40 Chevy SON
QL†		 KEN DAY
Identity Ventures Racing 87 Toyota NHA
41		 IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI
Go FAS Racing 32 Ford NHA
35
Team Xtreme Racing 44 Chevy DOV
43		 MAR
42
2015 Premium Motorsports 98 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA
38		 IND
41		 BRI
39		 71st 01
62 POC
36		 NHA
36		 TAL
41
98 Chevy GLN
38		 MCH
43
62 DAR
DNQ		 RCH
DNQ		 CHI
41		 DOV
39		 CLT
DNQ		 KAN
DNQ		 MAR
36		 TEX PHO
43		 HOM
2016 98 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN DOV CLT POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN BRI MCH DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV
34		 CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 59th 01
2017 Rick Ware Racing 51 Chevy DAY
DNQ		 ATL LVS
37		 PHO
32		 CAL
35		 MAR
33		 TEX
39		 BRI
37		 RCH
34		 TAL KAN
28		 CLT
29		 52nd 01
MBM Motorsports 66 Chevy DOV
28		 POC MCH SON DAY KEN
31		 NHA IND
14		 POC GLN MCH BRI
DNQ		 DAR RCH CHI
39		 NHA DOV
40		 CLT
33		 TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM
2018 Rick Ware Racing 51 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO
33		 TAL
36		 DOV -* 01*
Toyota CAL
33		 MAR TEX BRI RCH
MBM Motorsports 66 Toyota KAN
32		 CLT
32		 POC MCH
35		 SON CHI
39		 DAY KEN
34		 NHA POC
36		 GLN BRI
28		 DAR
37		 IND
35		 LVS
33		 RCH
39		 CLT
38		 DOV
39		 TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM
Chevy MCH
37
† - Qualified for Landon Cassill
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2017 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet DNQ

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 NXSC Pts
2011 Rick Ware Racing 15 Ford DAY PHO
29		 LVS
24		 BRI
29		 CAL
32		 TEX
28		 TAL
14		 NSH
33		 RCH
26		 DAR
19		 DOV
22		 IOW
30		 CLT
23		 CHI
15		 MCH
27		 ROA
11		 DAY
23		 KEN
26		 NHA
23		 NSH
22		 IRP
23		 IOW
21		 GLN
31		 CGV
22		 BRI
22		 ATL
36		 RCH
17		 CHI
22		 DOV
22		 KAN
34		 CLT
21		 TEX
33		 PHO
18		 HOM
21		 17th 655
2012 DAY
7		 PHO LVS BRI CAL ATL
33		 CHI
33		 TEX
DNQ		 HOM
DNQ		 19th 4522
41 TEX
28		 RCH
26		 TAL
21		 DAR
16		 IOW
25		 CLT
19		 DOV
31		 MCH
26		 ROA
22		 KEN
32		 NHA
21		 CHI
18		 IND
23		 IOW
30		 GLN
35		 CGV
36		 RCH
31		 KEN
29		 DOV
24		 CLT
33
Chevy DAY
9
15 BRI
25
71 Ford KAN
38
75 TEX
39
70 Chevy PHO
27
2013 23 DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO
23		 HOM
23		 122nd 01
2014 DAY PHO LVS BRI
21		 CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV
21		 MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN DOV
25		 KAN
39		 110th 01
SS-Green Light Racing 55 Chevy MOH
37
Rick Ware Racing 87 Chevy BRI
34		 ATL RCH CHI KEN CLT
34		 TEX PHO HOM
2015 MBM Motorsports 13 Dodge DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX
35		 DOV
31		 MCH CHI 96th 01
Toyota BRI
34		 RCH
38		 TAL IOW
40 CLT
39
JGL Racing 26 Toyota DAY
11		 KEN
24		 NHA IND
27		 IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN
Rick Ware Racing 17 Chevy DOV
35
MBM Motorsports 40 Chevy CLT
39		 KAN
37		 TEX
Team Kapusta Racing 56 Chevy PHO
27		 HOM
2016 25 DAY ATL LVS PHO
32		 CAL TEX CLT
33		 POC MCH 116th 01
MBM Motorsports 13 Dodge BRI
32		 RCH
31		 TAL DOV
26		 NHA
22
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 15 Ford IOW
35		 DAY
MBM Motorsports 40 Dodge IND
39		 RCH
39
Toyota IOW
37		 GLN BRI
DNQ		 DAR
36		 CLT
40		 KAN
40		 TEX
38		 PHO
39		 HOM
39
Derrike Cope Racing 70 Chevy MOH
29		 ROA
23
MBM Motorsports 13 Toyota CHI
25		 KEN
34
72 Dodge KEN
DNQ
40 Chevy DOV
38
2017 Toyota DAY ATL
33		 LVS
33		 32nd 158
Dodge PHO
26		 BRI
24		 TAL
17		 IOW
28		 DAY
17		 NHA
28		 DAR
32
13 Chevy CAL
30		 DOV
33
40 TEX
31		 RCH
28		 POC
30		 TEX
30		 PHO
28
13 Toyota CLT
38		 DOV
39		 MCH
39		 KEN
38		 IND
36		 IOW
Dodge GLN
37		 MOH BRI
36		 ROA RCH
38		 CHI
36		 KEN
36		 CLT
35		 KAN
36		 HOM
37
2018 66 Toyota DAY
DNQ		 TAL
27		 DAY
7		 CLT
32		 -* -*
Dodge ATL
34		 LVS
33		 CAL
35		 TEX
36		 BRI
27		 RCH
38		 POC
39		 MCH
31		 KEN
37		 GLN
36		 MOH LVS
34		 DOV
27		 KAN TEX PHO HOM
Chevy PHO
34		 CLT
30
13 Toyota DOV
35		 IOW
37		 CHI
37		 NHA
38		 IOW BRI
38		 IND
DNQ		 RCH
38
Dodge ROA
35
72 Toyota DAR
35

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NCWTC Pts
2013 Rick Ware Racing 1 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL
6		 91st 01
81 MAR
31		 TEX PHO HOM
2015 Premium Motorsports 94 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV
15		 TEX
23		 GTW
18		 IOW
18		 KEN
15		 ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI
18		 NHA
20		 LVS TAL
20		 MAR
26		 TEX
20		 PHO
18		 HOM
21		 23rd 297
2016 49 DAY
14		 ATL
21		 MAR
23		 KAN
21		 DOV CLT
31		 TEX IOW GTW KEN
23		 ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 34th 65
2018 Beaver Motorsports 50 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT
28		 TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN
DNQ		 ELD -* 01*
NEMCO Motorsports 87 Chevy POC
28
Copp Motorsports 63 Chevy MCH
32		 BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NKNPSEC Pts
2010 Rick Ware Racing 99 Chevy GRE SBO IOW MAR NHA LRP LEE GRE NHA
10		 DOV 49th 134

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NKNPSWC Pts
2010 Rick Ware Racing 99 Chevy AAS PHO IOW DCS SON IRW
7		 PIR MRP CNS MMP AAS PHO
30		 46th 219

Canadian Tire Series

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2012 Derek White 10 Dodge MSP ICAR MSP DEL MPS EDM SAS CTR CGV
6		 BAR RIS KWA 44th 37

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
2 Hill started the 2012 season running for Sprint Cup Series points, but switched to the Nationwide Series starting at Texas in April.

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ARSC Pts
2010 Rick Ware Racing 47 Chevy DAY PBE SLM
19		 TEX TAL TOL POC MCH IOW
19		 MFD POC CAR
18		 26th 1055
Mark Gibson Racing 59 Dodge BLN
14		 NJE
14		 ISF CHI DSF TOL
10		 SLM
17		 KAN

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

24 Hours of Daytona

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona results
Year Class No Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class Pos.
2012 GT 15 United States Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang United States Chris Cook
United States Jeffrey Earnhardt
United States Doug Harrington
United States John Ware		 256 51 DNF 38 DNF

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Timmy Hill — Bio". Timmy Hill.com. Archived from the original on February 27, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Timmy Hill — NASCAR Nationwide Series Driver". NASCAR. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Timmy Hill Set To Run For Rookie Of The Year In NASCAR Nationwide Series With Rick Ware Racing; Todd Bodine To Drive at Daytona". Catch Fence. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 "Timmy Hill 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  5. ↑ Speedway Media (February 2, 2011). "Timmy Hill to run for Rookie of the Year in Nationwide for RWR". SpeedTV.com. SPEED Channel. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  6. ↑ "Keselowski wins, Stenhouse savors championship". November 19, 2011. NASCAR. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  7. ↑ Montgomery, Lee (September 16, 2011). "Hill, Koch battling hard for Nationwide rookie title". The Sporting News. Charlotte, North Carolina. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  8. ↑ Chiang, Anthony (November 16, 2011). "Palm Beach driver could win Nationwide's top rookie honors". The Sun-Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale, FL. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  9. ↑ Marquis, Andy (January 27, 2012). "Port Tobacco's Timmy Hill to Compete in Rolex 24 at Daytona". TheBayNet.com. Lexington Park, Maryland. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  10. ↑ "Hill to NASCAR Sprint Cup: Rick Ware Racing and Timmy Hill go for Back to Back Rookie of the Year Titles". Rick Ware Racing. February 15, 2012. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  11. ↑ Pearce, Al (March 12, 2012). "No luck for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in Las Vegas race". AutoWeek. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  12. ↑ "Timmy Hill Returns to NASCAR Nationwide Series at Texas Motor Speedway". Timmy Hill official site. April 3, 2012. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
  13. ↑ Timmy Hill to Run for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year with FAS Lane Racing Archived 2013-02-15 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑
  15. ↑ "RICK WARE RACING TO FIELD MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES TEAM". NASCAR. January 20, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  16. ↑ Gluck, Jeff. "12 Questions with Timmy Hill (2018)". www.jeffgluck.com. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Austin Hogue		 Allison Legacy Series Champion
2009		 Succeeded by
Justin Allison
Achievements
Preceded by
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.		 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year
2011		 Succeeded by
Austin Dillon
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