18-year-old Connor Zilisch made history Saturday by winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Mission 200 at The Glen, becoming just the seventh driver to win on debut in the series. He overcame a late race error and nearly running out of fuel to take the checkered flag.
What a dream weekend it's been for Connor Zilisch , an 18-year-old Trackhouse Racing development driver. Driving the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro in his series debut, Zilisch took the race win in dramatic fashion in Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series Mission 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International. With the win, Zilisch became just the seventh driver in the history of the NASCAR Xfinity Series , which was established in 1982, to win on debut..
Zilisch would take the win over Joe Gibbs Racing's Sheldon Creed, who picked up his 12th runner-up finish in his 95th career NASCAR Xfinity Series start. Creed, who is still searching for his elusive first-career win, says he wasn't even upset about coming up short this time because of a mad dash that he made at the end to put himself in a position to capitalize if Zilisch ran out of fuel.
"I don’t know if he makes it or not, but I’m not mad at the second today because I thought we overachieved a bit for how we ran, so days like that are always really good. Just another top-five. We will keep clicking away. It is a great time to be starting to get consistent for the Playoffs.” Zilisch would claw his way back through the field to finish third in Stage 2, and as it looked like he was about to make his move to dominate the final Stage of the race, the driver, along with Ty Gibbs and Sam Mayer in front of him, blasted through the access road in the bus stop under the caution. This is a no-no, as NASCAR requires drivers to run the entire course even under yellow flag conditions. As a result, all three drivers were sent to the rear of the field.
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