Austin Hill Maintains the ROY Lead
Through three this season the 2022 Sunoco Rookie of the Year standings are starting to tighten up.
Following his Daytona win to open the season Austin Hill still leads the rookie standings with 74 points, followed by Sheldon Creed with 66 points, Kyle Sieg with 21 points and Jesse Iwuji with 14 points.
Starting the season off on đ„ Congrats to @_AustinHill for taking home the win on Saturday. #TeamWileyX pic.twitter.com/tIsUpulbtE
— Wiley X Eyewear (@wileyx) February 21, 2022
For the driver of the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, things are starting look up. Sheldon Creed posted his second top-10 finish this season, finishing the ALSCO Uniforms 300 in seventh. His other top 10 was in Daytona where he placed sixth.
But for Creed’s RCR teammate Austin Hill, things haven’t gone as planned after his win in Daytona. This past weekend in Las Vegas, he was involved in an incident that left him in 31st place.
Jesse Iwuji also met the same fate in Las Vegas, finishing in 34th-place after an incident with 44 laps to go.
This year @Jesse_Iwuji is driving #34 to honor the late Wendell Scott. A WWII @USArmy #veteran, Scott drove #34 when he became the 1st Black driver to win a race at @NASCAR’s highest level. https://t.co/WIjD2nC1MR via @HenryHoward @EmmittSmith22 @NASCAR_Xfinity #BlackHistoryMonth
— The American Legion (@AmericanLegion) February 24, 2022
Heading into Phoenix, three of the four rookies made their NASCAR Xfinity Series track debut at Phoenix Raceway last November with Sheldon Creed putting up the best finish with a 10th, followed by Kyle Sieg’s 27th and Jesse Iwuji’s 30th. Austin Hill is the lone rookie this weekend making his series track debut.
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