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Connor Zilisch gives JR Motorsports its 100th Xfinity win with Indy triumph
Connor Zilisch gives JR Motorsports its 100th Xfinity win with Indy triumph

NBC Sports

time3 days ago

  • Automotive
  • NBC Sports

Connor Zilisch gives JR Motorsports its 100th Xfinity win with Indy triumph

INDIANAPOLIS — Connor Zilisch delivered JR Motorsports its 100th Xfinity Series victory after he capped a chaotic final 15 laps with his third consecutive win of the season. The final 15 laps saw three lead changes and NASCAR issue a five-lap penalty to one of the frontrunners for reckless driving. MORE: Xfinity results MORE: Xfinity driver points The result was that Zilisch became the first driver to win three races in a row since Noah Gragson won four in a row in 2022. Team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. was thrilled to witness JR Motorsports become the fourth team to win at least 100 Xfinity races. 'There's been some tough times and some hard times, but it's what you are willing to go through ...' Earnhardt said. Twenty-two drivers have contributed to JRM's 100 Xfinity wins. Zilisch's win gives JRM 12 victories in 21 races this season. The organization has had at least one car finish in the top five in a record 23 consecutive races. JR Motorsports is the second team in Xfinity history to have at least one car finish first or second in 10 consecutive races (Joe Gibbs Racing had an 11-race streak in 2009). It appeared that reigning series champion Justin Allgaier would give JRM its 100th win. He led 37 of the first 86 laps and won the second stage. Allgaier lost the lead on Lap 87 when Kyle Larson, slid up and made slight contact with Allgaier, which sent Allgaier into the wall. Zilisch took the lead. Dustin Long, The race was slowed when Austin Hill's contact with the right rear of Aric Almirola's car sent Almirola into the wall. NASCAR penalized Hill five laps for reckless driving. JGR's Taylor Gray passed Zilisch for the lead with five laps to go. Zilisch got by him with two laps to go and went on to earn his sixth career series win. Asked who Zilisch reminded him of, Earnhardt said Jeff Gordon or Jimmie Johnson and then added: "(Zilisch) might be even more of a comet. He might be even more rare than that. ... When it comes down to it, it's pretty impressive to see him work. I just feel like we're on the front end of witnessing this really incredible career.' Sam Mayer finished second. He was followed by Gray, Larson and Ryan Sieg. Stage 1 winner: Sam Mayer Stage 2 winner: Justin Allgaier Next: The series races at 4:30 p.m. ET Saturday, Aug. 2 at Iowa Speedway.

Connor Zilisch Delivers JR Motorsports 100th Win with Victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Connor Zilisch Delivers JR Motorsports 100th Win with Victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Yahoo

time3 days ago

  • Automotive
  • Yahoo

Connor Zilisch Delivers JR Motorsports 100th Win with Victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Rain in the second half of the final stage set up the Xfinity race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway into chaos, as rain cautions bred racing cautions. Ultimately, Connor Zilisch won his third race in a row and fifth of the season to help JR Motorsports cross the threshold and become a 100-win race team. On a restart following rain with 15 to go, Justin Allgaier took the outside lane, hoping to drive his way to JR Motorsports' 100th win, but instead, in a battle with Kyle Larson in the Hendricks' No. 17 on the restart, Allgaier was pushed up the track and ended up in the wall ending his race and collecting Brandon Jones who was running fourth. Zilisch had just worked his way back to third after losing three spots on a slow pitstop following the stage caution. The newly 19-year-old driver and Allgaier's teammate took advantage of the mayhem, taking the lead as Allgaier and Brandon Jones tumbled down the field with damage, and Larson lost the draft. Zilisch was leading in the second stage and narrowly lost the stage to Allgaier when the veteran teammate found the inside and took the stage checkers by a nose. With ten laps remaining, Aric Almirola and Austin Hill were battling for fourth when Almirola nearly saved it before getting spun out by Hill with a right rear hit in turn three. Hill went on the radio to say that he couldn't hang on to his car and didn't mean for the collision. Almirola does not agree. 'I couldn't hang onto it,' Hill said on his No. 21 radio. 'I was not trying to right rear him.' 'That was a cheap shot, 100%,' Almirola said on his No. 19 radio. The race was red-flagged as the cars were cleaned up, and Hill was handed a 5-lap penalty by NASCAR for reckless driving, with the possibility of a larger penalty pending. On the final restart, Taylor Gray, who lined up next to Zilisch, had a great launch and took the lead. With the pressure of a hundredth win with team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr in attendance at the Brickyard, Zilisch battled back. With three laps to go, Zilisch tried to move by on the inside of Gray but couldn't get a run as his teammate, Sam Mayer, decided to give a push to Gray on the outside line. Zilisch fell back into line and on the next lap attempted the same move, this time with Mayer deciding to push and follow his teammate through for second. "Those bricks look really kissable and I'm ready to kiss them," Zilisch told The CW Sports' Kim Coon. Zilisch added that he sees himself as the smallest part of the organization in bringing JR Motorsports to 100 wins, a sentiment not shared by his boss. "He's a hell of a driver," Earnhardt said. "He just went up there and got it back." Zilisch was not yet two years old when Mark Martin delivered Jr. Motorsports their first victory in March of 2008. He now joins the 21 other drivers to win under the organization and holds 6% of the wins. You Might Also Like You Need a Torque Wrench in Your Toolbox Tested: Best Car Interior Cleaners The Man Who Signs Every Car Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data

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