Mark Hillman

Mark Hillman (born September 24, 1979) is a American NASCAR crew chief. He is currently employed at Bill McAnally Racing as a crew chief for Derek Kraus.

Biography
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing today announced Mark Hillman as the crew chief for Derek Kraus and the No. 19 MHR Toyota Tundra team in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Hillman has worked as a crew chief in all three of NASCAR’s national series levels, most recently serving in that role this season with Carl Long’s MBM Motorsports team in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

“We’re pleased to welcome Mark to the team,” said MHR co-owner Bill McAnally. “We’re confident he will be a great addition and we expect to have a strong year with him leading the way. Derek and the team had a great rookie season in 2020 and we want to build on that success as we move forward.”

Hillman, 41, is from New York state. He worked for teams competing in the Camping World Truck Series early in his career, serving as the truck chief with Germain Racing when they won two championships – in 2006 and 2010. He was the crew chief for his dad’s Mike Hillman Racing team in the series in 2013.

He went on to call the shots as the crew chief for multiple teams in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2014 to 2019 – including Hillman-Circle Sport, Premium Motorsports, HScott Motorsports and Gaunt Brothers Racing.

“I’m excited to get this opportunity with McAnally-Hilgemann Racing” Hillman said. “Derek is a talented young driver and as a team, we will work hard to put him in position to contend for the win at each event.”

Bill McAnally partnered with Bill and Mona Hilgemann in forming McAnally-Hilgemann Racing at the beginning of 2020. MHR operates in an alliance with Hattori Racing Enterprises, which is led by general manager, Mike Greci, and crew chief, Scott Zipadelli.

During this personnel change, MHR is seeking qualified people interested in joining the team. Applicants should contact Greci at the HRE office.

Replacement
Hillman replaced Matt Noyce, who served as the team’s crew chief for the first five races of the season, after moving over from ThorSport Racing at the beginning of the 2021 campaign.

“We’re pleased to welcome Mark to the team,” said MHR co-owner Bill McAnally. “We’re confident he will be a great addition and we expect to have a strong year with him leading the way. Derek and the team had a great rookie season in 2020 and we want to build on that success as we move forward.”

Earlier in his NASCAR career, Hillman worked in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series garage, serving as the truck chief for Germain Racing when the organization won their two championships in 2006 and 2010. From 2012 to 2015, Hillman served as the crew chief for Hillman Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and NASCAR Cup Series, before moving to various different teams between 2016 and 2019.

Most recently, Hillman served as a crew chief for MBM Motorsports in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, working with Timmy Hill and the No. 66 team in five of the series’ six events this year.

“I’m excited to get this opportunity with McAnally-Hilgemann Racing” Hillman said. “Derek is a talented young driver and as a team, we will work hard to put him in position to contend for the win at each event.”

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Hillman has added responsibilities as Germain Racing fielded three cars in the race. Besides Mears, the No. 50 Green Smoke Chevrolet driven by T. J. Bell and the No. 60 Big Red Toyota driven by NASCAR veteran Mike Skinner were in 90-lap joust.

"We're starting to do a little program here with T. J. Bell and the Green Smoke team to help them get started and use some of our employees and pit crews from our truck teams," said Hillman.

"It helps us to keep more people employed and we get to have more fun. We have somewhere around 62 employees working for us here at the track this weekend."

As Germain's racing general manager, Hillman Sr. was busy Sunday morning here booking hotel rooms and taking care of matters when a race gets rain-delayed. It will add more unplanned dollars to the team's budget.

Hillman teamed up with Derek Kraus. in their first race together as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was in Virginia’s Richmond Raceway for the ToyotaCare 250 in April.

Kraus and Hillman are focused on having a strong performance at Richmond with the No. 19 IncredibleBank Toyota Tundra, as they work to start building similar momentum to contend for a spot in this year’s playoffs.