Timmy Hill Returns to Garage 66's No. 66 Ford at Charlotte
timmy hill is set to make his second start of 2026 in Garage 66's No. 66 Ford at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Coca-Cola 600. The move gives Carl Long's open team a different driver after Josh Bilicki delivered the group's worst result of the year at Watkins Glen International.
Hill is locked into the Charlotte race because only two other open cars are locked in, keeping him in the field for the second crown jewel race of the year. Garage 66, the team formerly known as MBM Motorsports, has used four drivers in the No. 66 Ford in 2026.
Watkins Glen Changes Garage 66
Bilicki became the fourth different driver to race the No. 66 Ford in 2026 when he took it at Watkins Glen. His 35th-place finish stood as Garage 66's worst result of the season, and it pushed the team back into another lineup change before Charlotte.
That kind of turnover has already defined the year for Long's outfit. Casey Mears finished 32nd in the Daytona 500, Chad Finchum posted finishes of 28th at Talladega Superspeedway and 33rd at Texas Motor Speedway, and Finchum also had a DNF at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Hill's Charlotte Return
Hill's return carries its own history. His three most recent Cup Series starts in 2024, 2025 and 2026 all came at Darlington, and his only other Cup start since the 2021 season ended came at Circuit of the Americas in 2024.
He has not competed in a non-Darlington oval race since the 2021 season finale at Phoenix Raceway. His most recent Cup start at Charlotte came on the Roval in October 2021, while his last Coca-Cola 600 start came in May 2020 when the team ran the full schedule and he was its full-time driver.
Charlotte's Open-Entry Spot
Charlotte offers a cleaner path back into a major race for Hill, but the car still arrives with recent mileage and a narrow margin for error. Timmy Hill had a DNF at Darlington Raceway in 2026, and Garage 66 did not compete in this past weekend's exhibition All-Star Race at Dover Motor Speedway.
For readers tracking the No. 66 Ford, the practical change is simple: Hill gets the seat for the Coca-Cola 600, and the team is betting on a driver with Cup experience at Charlotte to steady a car that has already cycled through four drivers this season. In an open team, that kind of switch is the whole story.
