Timmy Hill Bio
Timothy Grant Hill (born February 25, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He has competed part-time across all three of NASCAR’s national touring series, while also building his own team, Hill Motorsports. Hill is best known for capturing the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year award and for the longevity that has allowed him to remain active in the sport for more than two decades.
A versatile journeyman, Hill has made starts in the NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the ARCA Menards Series, and several regional touring divisions. He is also a respected virtual racer, having won an eNASCAR Pro Invitational Series event at the virtual Texas Motor Speedway during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Early Life and Background
Hill was born in Port Tobacco, Maryland, on February 25, 1993. He grew up in a family with deep motorsports roots, as the son of former NASCAR driver Jerry Hill and the older brother of current NASCAR driver Tyler Hill. That family connection gave him early access to short tracks and karting facilities across the Mid-Atlantic region.
He began his racing career in 2005 at the age of 12, when he first climbed aboard a go-kart. During his rookie karting season, Hill recorded more than 80 victories and collected two World Karting Association championships, two King George Speedway track championships, and the Concord Speedway Winter Championship. He also finished third in the World Karting Association National Championship that year.
After his initial karting success, Hill moved into Bandoleros in 2006, scoring ten wins, and then advanced to Legend cars and the Allison Legacy Series in 2007. By 2009, his development in those entry-level divisions was rewarded with the Allison Legacy Series championship, an early signal of the potential he would carry into NASCAR’s national series.
Path to NASCAR
Hill’s progression from karting and Legend cars into stock cars came through a steady climb up the short-track ladder. In 2010, he began racing in the ARCA Racing Series and the K&N Pro Series East, posting his first top-ten finishes in each series while still competing in Legend cars on weekends. That balance of regional touring races and local track events sharpened his race craft before he reached the top tier of the sport.
His big break arrived in 2011, when he was hired by Rick Ware Racing to run a full schedule in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Although he was too young to compete in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway, he made his series debut at Phoenix International Raceway and ran 33 of the 34 scheduled events. A best finish of eleventh at Road America and consistent top-twenty runs helped him edge Blake Koch by a single point at Homestead-Miami Speedway to claim Rookie of the Year honors.
Timmy Hill Career
Early Career (2005-2010)
Hill’s first chapter as a competitive racer unfolded on karting circuits and short ovals throughout the Mid-Atlantic. In 2007, he began racing Legend cars and the Allison Legacy Series, going winless that year before breaking through in 2008 with four Legend car victories and two in the Allison Legacy Series, where he finished fifth in points. The following year, he won ten Allison Legacy Series races to claim the series championship, the first major title of his career.
In 2010, Hill stepped up to the ARCA Racing Series and the K&N Pro Series East while still running Legend cars. He earned two top-ten finishes in the K&N Pro Series and one in ARCA that year, completing a development phase that prepared him to move into NASCAR’s national touring series in 2011.
NASCAR Nationwide Series Breakthrough (2011-2017)
Hill’s 2011 Nationwide Series campaign with Rick Ware Racing established him as a young prospect to watch. He finished seventeenth in the final standings and beat Blake Koch and Ryan Truex for Rookie of the Year by a single point at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He also produced a career-best seventh-place finish in the Nationwide race at Daytona that season, dodging a last-lap crash to record his strongest result to date.
Over the next several years, Hill split time between the Nationwide, Cup, and Truck Series, running partial schedules for teams such as Rick Ware Racing, FAS Lane Racing, NEMCO Motorsports, MBM Motorsports, and Premium Motorsports. A third-place finish in the 2020 Xfinity race at the Daytona road course, earned with a suspended crew chief, served as the high point of his long Nationwide/Xfinity career, and in 2022 he added a runner-up result in the Wawa 250 at Daytona driving the No. 13 Chevrolet for MBM.
NASCAR Cup Series (2012-Present)
Hill made his Cup Series debut in the 2012 Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, finishing 42nd after a crash in his first race for Max Q Motorsports. He declared for Cup Series Rookie of the Year that year and finished third in the rookie standings in 2013 behind Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Danica Patrick while running a part-time schedule for FAS Lane Racing in the No. 32.
From 2014 onward, Hill has been a familiar presence in the Cup garage, driving part-time entries for Circle Sport, Premium Motorsports, Rick Ware Racing, and MBM Motorsports in cars numbered 32, 33, 44, 49, 51, 62, 66, and 98. His most memorable Cup moment came at the 2020 Daytona 500, where he rolled off in 16th after the duels and went on to a top-twenty finish. In 2020, he also became one of only a handful of drivers in history to start all 36 Cup races in a single season.
Hill Motorsports Era (2019-Present)
During the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season, Hill formed his own team, Hill Motorsports, fielding the No. 56 Silverado part-time for himself and his brother Tyler. The number 56 was the same number their father Jerry Hill had used during his own driving career, giving the family-run operation an extra layer of meaning. The team debuted at Martinsville Speedway in the TruNorth Global 250 and later produced a fifth-place run in the NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 later that same year.
Today, Hill Motorsports runs the No. 56 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for Hill in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, with his brother Tyler also sharing seat time when the schedule allows. In the Cup Series, Hill has paired with Garage 66 to drive the No. 66 Ford Mustang on a part-time basis, balancing his own team duties with selected starts at the top level of the sport.
Driving Style and Strengths
Hill is best known for his plate-track and superspeedway instincts, his comfort inside a part-time ride, and his ability to turn up in unfamiliar equipment and still post competitive results. He is also an elite virtual racer, having logged more than 1,600 iRacing events and 673 wins, a background that translates into smooth, mistake-free driving in the cockpit. Crew chiefs have praised his communication, his mechanical sympathy, and his willingness to share feedback across teams when he is filling in for a practice session or a one-off start.
Notable Races and Milestones
Signature moments in Hill’s career include his 2011 Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year title, his seventh-place Nationwide run at Daytona in 2012, his 2020 Cup Series appearance in the Daytona 500, his third-place Xfinity finish at the Daytona road course in 2020, his victory in the eNASCAR Pro Invitational O’Reilly Auto Parts 125 at the virtual Texas Motor Speedway in 2020, and his runner-up Xfinity result in the 2022 Wawa 250 at Daytona. The 2020 season, in which he made 75 starts across Cup, Xfinity, and Trucks, ranks among the most demanding schedules in recent NASCAR history.
Timmy Hill Career Wins
Hill has never won a race in the NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, or the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. His most prominent victory came in 2020, when he won the eNASCAR Pro Invitational Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 125 at the virtual Texas Motor Speedway, one of the most heavily contested virtual events of that spring. On the real track, his top results have been a third-place Xfinity finish at the Daytona road course in 2020 and a runner-up result in the 2022 Wawa 250 at Daytona.
NASCAR Series Highlights
Across the Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series, Hill has accumulated zero wins, more than 17 top-ten finishes, and no pole positions. His best Cup finish is 38th, recorded in 2013, while his best Xfinity result is third at the Daytona road course in 2020, and his best Truck Series result is fifth at Martinsville in 2019. The 2011 Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year award remains the headline accolade of his NASCAR career.
Other Wins and Performances
Outside the national series, Hill is a former Allison Legacy Series champion, having captured the 2009 title, and a two-time World Karting Association champion. He has also posted top-ten finishes in the ARCA Menards Series, the ARCA Menards Series East, and the NASCAR Canada Series, and he has competed in the 24 Hours of Daytona with Rick Ware Racing.
| Series | Wins | Top Tens | Poles |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASCAR Cup Series | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NASCAR Xfinity Series | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| ARCA Menards Series | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| ARCA Menards Series East | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| ARCA Menards Series West | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NASCAR Canada Series | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Timmy Hill Family
Family Background and Racing Lineage
Hill is part of a multi-generational NASCAR family. His father, Jerry Hill, was a NASCAR veteran whose No. 56 inspired the same number now run by Hill Motorsports. His younger brother, Tyler Hill, races part-time in the ARCA Racing Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and co-owns the No. 56 truck with Timmy. The brothers have shared driving duties in 2023 and have built the family team into a steady Truck Series presence.
Personal Life
Hill became married in January 2018. He and his wife have two sons, Hudson and Hoover. Even with a busy schedule that spans team ownership, real-track racing, and virtual competition, Hill remains closely tied to his family and to his Port Tobacco, Maryland, roots.
2025 Season Performance
The 2025 season has been a busy and varied campaign for Hill. In the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, he has continued to pilot the No. 56 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for Hill Motorsports, posting a 29th-place ranking in the series standings while sharing the seat with his brother Tyler on selected weekends. In the NASCAR Cup Series, he has turned laps in the No. 66 Ford Mustang for Garage 66 and currently sits 59th in points.
Beyond the national tours, Hill returned to the ARCA Menards Series East in 2025, running the No. 56 Toyota full-time in a division he had not entered since 2011. He also made a one-off ARCA Menards Series start at Bristol in the Bush’s Beans 200, where he ran inside the top five for most of the race before a late crash ended his day.
With a Cup Series-best finish of 38th, a Truck Series best of 20th (set in 2022), and a long resume of clean, mistake-free runs across all three national series, Hill continues to be one of NASCAR’s most reliable part-time drivers. Looking ahead, his role as both a driver and a team owner at Hill Motorsports, combined with his work in the ARCA Menards Series East, suggests that 2025 will be another full year of activity on the track and in the garage.
