{"id":134112,"date":"2025-08-10T10:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T10:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/134112\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T10:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T10:31:13","slug":"connor-zilisch-breaks-collarbone-in-fall-after-nascar-xfinity-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/134112\/","title":{"rendered":"Connor Zilisch breaks collarbone in fall after NASCAR Xfinity win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auto racers have had their share of injuries from high-speed crashes over the years, but for Connor Zilisch, danger struck him after a victory.<\/p>\n

The NASCAR Xfinity Series points leader broke his collarbone after a hard fall in victory lane at Watkins Glen International, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n

After his series-leading sixth victory, Zilisch was climbing onto the roof of his No. 88 Chevrolet to celebrate. He slipped after apparently getting his left foot caught in the driver\u2019s side window netting and tumbled awkwardly onto the asphalt.<\/p>\n

Zilisch, who turned 19 in July, was taken on a backboard to the trackside medical center and then transported to a hospital for further evaluation.<\/p>\n

He posted on X about two hours later that he had a broken collarbone, and that CT scans showed no head injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you everybody for reaching out today,\u201d posted Zilisch, who drives for Dale Earnhardt Jr.\u2019s JR Motorsports team.. \u201cI\u2019m out of the hospital and getting better already. Thankful for all the medics for quick attention and grateful it wasn\u2019t any worse.\u201d<\/p>\n

The scary incident capped an eventful day for Zilisch.<\/p>\n

After starting from the pole position, he wrecked teammate Shane van Gisbergen while battling for the lead on Lap 65. <\/p>\n

\"NASCARNASCAR Xfinity Series points Connor Zilisch leader broke his collarbone after a hard fall in victory lane at
Watkins Glen International on Aug. 9, 2025. @speedwaydigest \/ X<\/p>\n

After being bumped from the lead to fifth on a restart, Zilisch retook first and led the final four laps.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did such a great job of getting back through the field and getting the lead,\u201d crew chief Mardy Lindley told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio after the race. \u201cPraying for Connor right now that he\u2019s OK. I think he\u2019s going to be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zilisch, who picked up his sixth victory this season in the Xfinity Series and seventh overall in the series, was scheduled to race in Sunday afternoon\u2019s Go Bowling at The Glen Cup Series race, but there was no update if he would be to race, but it seems unlikely.<\/p>\n

\"ConnorConnor Zilisch walks back to his car after winning the Mission 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International. Later in his celebration, he broke his collarbone after falling out of his car. Matthew O’Haren-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

He has posted 11 consecutive top-five finishes and five wins since his return<\/p>\n

Zilisch\u2019s first win came last year at Watkins Glen in his series debut.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time this year that Zilisch was injured during a race.<\/p>\n

Earlier this season, he missed a race at Texas Motor Speedway after sustaining a back injury during a crash at Talladega Superspeedway.<\/p>\n

\u2014 with AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Auto racers have had their share of injuries from high-speed crashes over the years, but for Connor Zilisch,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":134113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1406,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-134112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-nascar","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115004013621036739","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}