Austin Hill earned his first top ten in the NASCAR Cup Series in yesterday's race at the Chicago Street Course. Although Richard Childress Racing has lacked speed most of this season, they have been very fast on road or street courses as Kyle Busch has earned both of his top fives this season on that track type while even Austin Dillon qualified in the top ten. Hill, who had proven to be a canny road racer in the Xfinity Series, skillfully weaved through the carnage of numerous crashes in Stage 3 to creep into the top ten with four laps remaining and eventually finish 9th. It remains to be seen whether he'll ever land a full-season ride in the Cup Series, but Hill made something of a case for it yesterday.
