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5 days ago
- Automotive
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Connor Zilisch Falls Out of Car after Winning NASCAR Xfinity Race at Watkins Glen, Leaves in Ambulance
Xfinity Series driver Connor Zilisch was injured immediately after his win at Watkins Glen International, slipping out of the No. 88 car while trying to get out and falling on his side. Zilisch, age 19, had just recorded his sixth win of the Xfinity season. As he got out of his car on victory lane, surrounded by his team, he climbed partially onto the roof to celebrate. His foot seemed to get caught in the window netting and then he lost his balance while trying to get out of the car, immediately falling and hitting the ground. Related: He remained down on the ground for several minutes, with cameras for the CW Network cutting away from the scene. Medical personnel immediately arrived on the scene, attending to him as the broadcast went to commercial break. As noted by Steven Taranto of CBS Sports, the CW Network noted that Zilisch was conscious and speaking with medical personnel at Victory Lane. He was then put on a backboard and later loaded into am ambulance to be transported to the care center. Fortunately, per Dustin Long, Zilisch sat up in the ambulance. Saturday's Xfinity Series race had a 45-minute delay after driver Austin Hill, who was returning from a one-race suspension, caused a 16-car wreck with 9 laps to go in the final stage. Zilisch was scheduled to pull off triple duty on the NASCAR schedule this weekend, racing in the Truck Series (Friday), Xfinity Series (Saturday), and Cup Series (Sunday). Trackhouse Racing is also expected to formally announce this month that Zilisch will race full-time in Cup next season as the replacement for Daniel Suarez. The next Xfinity Series race is on Friday, August 22, at Daytona International Speedway. Also Read: Related Headlines Recent Patriots misses the cut in latest 53-man roster projection after preseason opener NASCAR Xfinity Results Today: Mission 200 Winner, Xfinity Stage Results and Points WATCH: Austin Hill Causes Massive Wreck in First Race Back from Suspension, NASCAR Reactions Morice Norris Update: Detroit Lions Get Positive News on Safety After Scary Injury
Sky News AU
5 days ago
- Automotive
- Sky News AU
NASCAR driver Connor Zilisch addresses concerns after horror fall following race win as broadcaster cuts feed
NASCAR driver Connor Zilisch's sixth win in the 2025 Xfinity Series season on Saturday in New York was overshadowed by a horrific fall which left viewers shocked. The CW Network, which broadcast the event, cut the feed to go to a commercial break following the horrendous fall which left Zilisch unconscious. The moment came when Zilisch climbed out of the window of his car and raised his arms in the air, spraying his drink in celebration on Victory Lane. As he maneuvered to face the crowd, his leg got caught in the window and he fell out of the car with nothing to hold onto for support. Zilisch, who was subsequently taken to hospital, hit the ground awkwardly before onlookers rushed over. The racing community, media and viewers who watched on were left stunned, with many considering Zilisch extremely lucky he did not sustain a lifechanging injury. Hours after the fall, the 19-year-old superstar broke his silence to clear up concerns. 'Thank you everybody for reaching out today. I'm out of the hospital and getting better already,' he wrote on X. 'Thankfully, CT scans for my head are clear, I just have a broken collarbone. Thankful for all the medics for quick attention and grateful it wasn't any worse.' The day out at the Watkins Glen International racetrack was already loaded with action after Zilisch bumped out kiwi driver Shane van Gisbergen on the final stretch. In the climax of the race, Zilisch overdrove the turn and came into contact with van Gisbergen's Number 9 Chevrolet, sending the three-time champion into the wall. Van Gisbergen said he was 'pretty gutted' after the 'pretty average' end to the race.
Yahoo
06-08-2025
- Automotive
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NASCAR TV ratings from Iowa race weekend
NASCAR TV ratings from Iowa race weekend originally appeared on The Sporting News The NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday at Iowa Speedway drew 2.174 million viewers on USA Network according to Adam Stern of Sports Business Journal. That represents an 18 percent decrease in viewership from the same inaugural race last season. It was still the most viewed sports event of the day. On the other hand, the Xfinity Series race on Saturday drew 1.008 overall viewers on the CW Network. Every Xfinity Series race that ran on time this year has drawn over a million viewers on the over-the-air channel. Some superlatives offered by the channel have been listed below: Most-watched Xfinity Series race from Iowa since June 2018 Viewership up +23% compared to last year's 22nd race from Daytona (8/23/24 on USA) Audience up +16% compared to last Xfinity Series Iowa race (6/15/24 on USA) Race peaked at 1,181,000 total viewers from 7:15-7:30pm ET
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29-07-2025
- Automotive
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Austin Hill suspended for 1 NASCAR Xfinity race for wrecking Aric Almirola at Indianapolis
Austin Hill is suspended for one NASCAR Xfinity Series race after the contact between he and Aric Almirola that produced a late-race crash in the July 26 race at Indianapolis, NASCAR announced July 29. The suspension also takes away Hill's 21 playoff points earned across the 2025 season and any playoff points earned throughout the rest of the regular season. That condition is a part of a NASCAR rule change made before the 2025 season. Hill will have to apply for a waiver to retain his playoff eligibility. Richard Childress Racing has not announced its decision regarding an appeal. The Xfinity Series is next on the track on Aug. 2 at Iowa Speedway. Hill and Almirola were racing inside the top five late in last weekend's Pennzoil 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Almirola made initial contact to move Hill up the race track into turn 3, and Hill was out of shape through the corner. After correcting the car in the short chute, Hill turned to the left and made contact with Almirola in the right rear. Almirola spun and made significant contact with the outside wall heading into turn 4, with Hill also suffering damage. Hill pleaded his case over the radio, saying he was not trying to make intentional contact with Almirola. NASCAR (and Almirola) disagreed, issuing a five-lap penalty to Hill, who had an expletive-filled tirade after being informed about the penalty. Almirola told CW Network after being released from the infield care center that the contact from Hill was clearly intentional. Hill finished 34th, five laps down, while Almirola finished 35th. Hill left Indy with the third-most playoff points accrued this season, behind Connor Zilisch (29) and Justin Allgaier (22). But that count resets to zero, making his margin of error during the first playoff round virtually none. NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff picture after Austin Hill suspension, penalty Top 12 make playoffs; drivers with wins are locked into playoffs Connor Zilisch (29 playoff points; 5 wins) Justin Allgaier (22 playoff points; 3 wins) Brandon Jones (8 playoff points; 1 win) Sammy Smith (7 playoff points; 1 win) Jesse Love (6 playoff points; 1 win) Nick Sanchez (6 playoff points; 1 win) (Pending playoff waiver) Austin Hill (0 playoff points; 3 wins) Sam Mayer +193 ahead of 13th Carson Kvapil +78 Sheldon Creed +67 Taylor Gray +59 Jeb Burton +10 Harrison Burton -10 behind 12th Ryan Sieg -20 Dean Thompson -57 Christian Eckes -69 Daniel Dye -78 This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Austin Hill suspended for 1 NASCAR Xfinity race for wrecking Aric Almirola
New York Post
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘The Summer I Turned Pretty' isn't the first to explore love triangles — Why do these romantic trysts endure in pop culture?
Love is a battlefield. Buffy was torn between Angel and Spike. 'Twilight' had warring camps of 'Team Edward' and 'Team Jacob.' Now, the popular Prime Video show, 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' is back for its third and final season, following Isabel 'Belly' Conklin (Lola Tung), a teen girl torn between brothers Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) and Conrad (Christopher Briney). Trends come and go, but love triangles are a pop culture staple. Jennifer Prokop, a romance expert who analyzes the genre on 'Fated Mates' podcast, told The Post that most love triangles are about the main character – usually a young woman – deciding on a life path. Often, she explained, the choice between love interests is, ''I could go to a place of safety and security, or risk.' Especially when we're talking about young people, the work of young adult romance is identity development. And so, you're deciding who you want to be.' 13 Christopher Briney, Lola Tung, and Gavin Casalegno in 'The Summer I Turned Pretty.' Prime 13 Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner in 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.' Summit Entertainment Prokop added, 'A really important thing about identity development is learning how to take risks.' So, when a heroine ends up with the love interest who seemed like 'the bad boy,' that message might be, 'It's okay to take a risk. Like, yeah, you might break your heart. But so what – you'll live,' she said. That's why the trope is most common in stories about young adults coming of age, such as 'The Vampire Diaries,' 'The Summer I Turned Pretty,' 'The Hunger Games,' 'Twilight,' 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' and 'Dawson's Creek.' 13 Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder on 'The Vampire Diaries.' ©CW Network/Courtesy Everett Collection 13 Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder on 'The Vampire Diaries.' ©CW Network/Courtesy Everett Collection 'The Vampire Diaries' creator Julie Plec, who presided over an iconic love triangle – Elena (Nina Dobrev), who was torn between brooding good guy vampire Stefan (Paul Wesley) and his snarky bad boy brother, Damon (Ian Somerhalder) – told The Post that the most challenging part of a love triangle is, 'its almost impossible to predict at the casting stage what you're going to get, in terms of chemistry.' Plec said that a good love triangle shouldn't be set in stone, especially in a TV show. 'When you're dealing with a show that has an infinite amount of years ahead of it, your best bet is to keep your options open,' she explained. 'You can have all the intentions in the world for a relationship, but that just doesn't show up onscreen.' 13 Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley in 'The Vampire Diaries.' ©CW Network/Courtesy Everett Collection Citing another 'Vampire Diaries' love triangle of Caroline (Candice King), who was torn between her werewolf boyfriend, Tyler (Michael Trevino), and the sparks she felt with the villainous Klaus (Joseph Morgan), Plec said that Caroline's chemistry with Klaus was unplanned. 'There can be surprises where something hits you out of nowhere. As a storyteller, you want to be prepared for all those things,' she said. In a love triangle plot, 'best laid plans can be fluid – if something works that you didn't expect, or if, frankly, it doesn't work that you really were hoping would work,' said Plec. Because most love triangles are about teens and twentysomethings, audiences have less patience when stories are about older characters, Prokop said. 13 Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley in 'The Vampire Diaries.' ©CW Network/Courtesy Everett Collection 13 Katherine Heigl as Stephanie Plum in 'One For the Money.' ©Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection For example, she cited the 'Stephanie Plum' book series, which was adapted into the 2012 movie 'One For The Money' starring Katherine Heigl. In that story, the 30-year-old heroine is torn between two men. The love triangle in the book series is drawn out across more than twenty books, and 'people tire of that,' Prokop told The Post. 'I think [love triangles] are really hard [for older characters], because adult viewers will see that as a stalling technique, rather than an identity development kind of technique. It could be dangerous,' said Prokop. 13 David Boreanaz as Angel and Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.' ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection 13 Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy and James Marsters as Spike on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.' ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection Bridget Chun, who hosts the podcast 'Romance at a Glance,' told The Post that in most fandoms with a love triangle, some viewers 'will always latch onto one character.' 'Now, there might be something where they cheat on [their love interest] in Season 3. Or, you have to do something devastating to get someone who's rooting for someone to change their mind,' she said. 'I think the important thing is that both [options in a love triangle] be feasible options — especially in the beginning.' Plec had firsthand experience with trying to orchestrate audience expectations. 'When you're planning a long-running show and a long-running love triangle, you want to wait as long as humanly possible before you get the second half of the couple together,' she explained. 13 James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, and Joshua Jackson on 'Dawson's Creek.' Courtesy Everett Collection However, 'TVD' fans who were rooting for Elena and Damon to be together had such 'powerful intensity….we kept having to make choices trying to change their minds about wanting it so quickly.' But, it didn't work, because, 'Each choice we made just further cemented their desire to have it.' 'We were having Damon do really terrible things that had catastrophic consequences for all the other characters,' she explained. 'In our efforts to slow down the freight train of Elena and Damon…a lot of people had to die.' Chun, meanwhile, recalled watching the 'Dawson's Creek' finale in high school with her soccer team. On that show, the ending resolved the love triangle between Joey (Katie Holmes), Dawson (James Van Der Beek) and Pacey (Joshua Jackson). 13 Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence in 'The Hunger Games.' Lionsgate/Kobal/Shutterstock 'I was like, 'If she doesn't choose Pacey at the end of this episode, I'm going to flip a ping pong table over!'' she recalled. Years after 'Dawson's Creek,' Chun is now a fan of 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' — and is rooting for Belly to end up with Jeremiah. 'I think you can find 'evidence' for your side, especially in a good show.…having that chat is so fun,' she told The Post. 'I mean, it can be so toxic. It can be crazy. People [in fandoms] go way too far, I think.' Case in point: the official social media accounts for 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' put out a message imploring fans to be 'kind' and reminding them against 'bullying,' ahead of the Season 3 premiere (now streaming). 13 Lola Tung, Christopher Briney and Gavin Casalegno in 'The Summer I Turned Pretty.' ©Amazon/Courtesy Everett Collection Plec recalled that at the height of 'The Vampire Diaries' popularity, some of the 'volume of response' of the fandom feedback on social media could get, 'legitimately scary.' But, Chun said there's an upside to the fandoms rooting for different 'teams' of a love triangle, too. 'It can definitely bond you together,' Chun noted. 'If you find a group of friends and you're like, 'Oh my God, you guys love [this relationship] too?' I have one friend where, we're going to watch the show together when it premieres. But she's rooting for Conrad. So it'll be fun for us to both be like, 'No! That's terrible!'' 13 Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth in 'The Hunger Games.' Lionsgate/Kobal/Shutterstock Prokop suggested that love triangles are especially rooted in American culture. 'There's nothing more American than the idea that if you make the right series of choices, things will turn out right for you. And, for a lot of people, that includes who they marry or [end up with].' 'So I think maybe it has to do with a very particular kind of belief that we're a series of choices,' as opposed to how some other cultures believe, 'we're a series of coincidences. Or, we're a series of community building activities.' When asked if creators of love triangles feel stressed out about the possibility of disappointing half the audience, Plec laughed and said, 'Yes – exclamation point!'
