WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Feeling pretty good on a Saturday night, Connor Zilisch acted like so many teenagers when he slammed an energy drink on a table and started scrolling through his phone. Yeah, Dale Earnhardt Jr. the Hall of Fame driver who now fields a ride for Zilisch in NASCAR’s second-tier Xfinity Series. Zilisch raced to victory in his …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A promising young driver who might just be one of NASCAR’s budding new stars will make his national series debut this Saturday in the Truck Series race at Circuit of the Americas. Born and raised in Charlotte and go-karting before he started school, Zilisch never had any interest in NASCAR despite living in the de facto homebase …