NASCAR’s next big hopeful makes national series debut as teenager Zilisch races truck at COTA
Associated PressCHARLOTTE, 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 for America’s stock car racing series. “We are going to go slow with Connor and make sure he’s fully prepared as he advances in what we believe will be a long racing career.” He’ll run a variety of different series this year in the CARS Tour, ARCA, Trans-Am, IMSA, Trucks, and, when he turns 18 later this year, is expected to enter four Xfinity Series races for JR Motorsports. it’s definitely not going to be easy to show up without any experience at the place, but I feel confident in the team around me.” His motto for what will be a whirlwind season driving in just about every series is simple: “I’ve just got to show up and learn quickly.” Zilisch has so far done that at every step of his young career.
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Teen sensation Connor Zilisch wins at Watkins Glen in 1st career NASCAR Xfinity Series start
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