Connor Zilisch is the new discourse of the NASCAR community. The young prodigy of the race has just compensated for his ninth victory of the season at the World Wide Technology Raceway, and with that, he packed the championship of the regular season points.
The victory was special for several reasons, one being that it came on the day of the birthday of Zilisch’s mom, that is to say on September 6. While speaking with the journalist of CW Pit Kim Coon after the race, the recruit of the Xfinity series wished his mother the special day.
“It’s great,” exclaimed Zilisch. “Four consequences, I think it’s seven in the last eight for our team from Chevrolet de Weatherch. It’s my mother’s birthday, so happy birthday, mom.” I love you. “
With his consecutive victories during the last four weekends, Connor Zilisch has equaled the series record for the consecutive victories of the double champion of the sports series of Nascar Budweiser Sam Ard and the current pilot of the CUP Noah Gragson series. In addition, his victory in Nu Way 200 Sauted by Blues Hog on Saturday evening was the 16th this year for JR Motorsports, also a record for the outfit based in Mooresville.
Connor Zilisch will enter the race next week at the Bristol Motor Speedway with 59 eliminatory points in his name. Appointed Food City 300, the 300 rpm race will be a television on CW (September 12, 7:30 p.m. he) with live radio updates on PRN and Siriusxm Nascar Radio.
While things clashed well for Zilisch, his teammate and the former champion of the XFINITY Justin Allgaier series for the regular season championship ended when he was caught in an 11 cars after the restart of Tour 135. Allgaier was able to recover a P28 finish.
Connor Zilisch to replace Daniel Suarez at Trackhouse Racing in 2026
With the pilot of the CUP series, Daniel Suarez, who left his headquarters at Trackhouse Racing, the Chevy team hit Connor Zilisch as his last addition to his list of the CUP series in 2026. Thus finished the five years of Suarez with Trackhouse.
For Zilisch, it is a dream come true. Visibly emotional when it appeared at Daytona Media Center, said Young Racing Phenom,
“It’s cool. I knew that the whole world already knew it already, but always being able to say it and having my name alongside the word ‘` series” is really cool. So, I was not going to try to hide, but it is just a day that I had dreamed for a long time and I will not leave this kind of idea that everyone already knows the moment. “
Currently, there is no information on Daniel Suarez’s plans for the 2026 season. As planned by the veteran journalist Jordan Bianchi, the 2016 XFINITY series champion could go to a full year in the NASCAR XFINITY series with KAULIG RACING or JR MOTORSPORTS or stay in the CUP series with Spire Motorsports.
Edited by Tashhita Barua
