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NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Austin Hill sparked a massive wreck at Watkins Glen International on Saturday afternoon and took heat from others over it.

The incident came with nine laps to go in the race. Hill, Michael McDowell, Zane Smith and Sam Mayer were among those chasing down the leader Connor Zilisch. Hill and the rest of the pack were coming out of Turn 5 when he got into the back of McDowell.

The crash involved multiple drivers as Hill took the blame for running into the back of McDowell.

“Just two guys going for it. Nothing malicious, as much as everybody wants to sit there and try to make it more than it is,” Hill said, via Frontstretch. “It was just two guys racing it out. I was trying to get by the 88 (Connor Zilisch) as quickly

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