North Carolina native Austin Barnhill discovered his passion for racing at a young age after his father gifted him a go kart for Christmas at 5 years old. His naturally instilled racer attitude hit the ground running finding immediate success working alongside Michael Schumacher. Over the years of karting, Barnhill was crowned 9 championships over the course of various regional and national competitions.

 

In 2021, Austin moved up to National Midgets where he competes full-time with Dave Mac-Dalby Motorsports in the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series. When he’s not at the track, he works as a mechanic at JR Motorsports on their NASCAR Xfinity Series program and helps manage a new Micro Sprint team, Dave Mac-Barnhill Motorsports.