NASCAR announced it suspended Austin Hill for this weekend’s upcoming Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway after he wrecked Aric Almirola at Indianapolis.

Hill will also need a waiver in order to be eligible for the Xfinity Series Playoffs given he is missing a regular-season race. Additionally, he loses all 21 of the playoff points that he previously earned throughout the season and is ineligible to collect any more.

With nine laps left in the race at Indianapolis, Almirola got a really good run and got right to the back of Hill coming out of turn 3. Hill put on a world class piece of driving by saving and straightening the car out. However, he then appeared to turn down into Almirola in retaliation and made contact with his right rear. Almirola went nose first into the outside wall while Hill spun down into the infield and then back across the track and into the outside wall.

The yellow flag is out at @IMS following this incident involving multiple cars.@Aric_Almirola exited the No. 19 under his own power. pic.twitter.com/tOaYGsLFJw

— NASCAR Xfinity (@NASCAR_Xfinity) July 26, 2025

Hill was initially penalized five laps during the race and he was not happy about it saying over the radio, “They can go f**k themselves. F**k NASCAR. That is f***ing bullshit. I’m f***ing sideways. I go to correct it back to the left. It gets locked to the left. I f***ing run into the 19.”

#AustinHill is digging his own grave! Keep talking! 🙄

“They can go f*** themselves! F*** NASCAR!”#NASCAR #AricAlmirola #Indy #Indianapolis pic.twitter.com/hHRHpPjaSb

— Last Lap Insider. (@LastLapInsider) July 26, 2025

Almirola told NBC Sports Dustin Long that the wreck was one of the worst he’s been involved in and was comparable to the one he broke his back on. He called the contact “uncalled for. I got him a little bit loose to get him under him because it was time to go. I would have never done that 5 laps into the race, but when you’re coming down to the end of the race at Indianapolis and he’s already blocked him three times. I certainly got him loose, but I didn’t feel like that was, what he did was necessary. I felt like he could have easily fell back in line. He was damaged anyways. We were losing times to the leaders. So it wasn’t like we were on pace with them. He was holding me up, clearly. So it’s just unfortunate that he obviously lost his mind right there. That was really bad judgement in my opinion.”

#NASCAR … Here is what Aric Almirola said about that impact and Austin Hill’s actions … pic.twitter.com/aeqjuO0gVO

— Dustin Long (@dustinlong) July 26, 2025

Hill’s team Richard Childress Racing announced they will not appeal the penalty and that Hill will be replaced by Austin Dillon in its No. 21 Chevrolet at Iowa.

Richard Childress Racing will not appeal the penalty NASCAR issued to the No. 21 team following the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. We remain focused on winning a championship with Austin Hill in 2025.

Austin Dillon will race the No. 21 Chevrolet at…

— RCR (@RCRracing) July 29, 2025

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