HAMPTON — What do you get when you combine a Douglas County NASCAR driver and a Henry County-based transportation company? Success on the racetrack.
Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway was the latest chapter in their success story as Austin Hill drove the No. 21 Bennett Transportation Chevrolet to victory in the Focused Health 250 Xfinity Series race. It completed an AMS sweep this year for Hill as he also won February’s Xfinity race — and it was Hill’s fourth career Xfinity victory at his home track.
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