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Gulf Today
5 days ago
- Automotive
- Gulf Today
NASCAR won't curb celebrations after Connor Zilisch's fall in Victory Lane
Driver Connor Zilisch's head-first tumble from the roof of his car in Victory Lane last weekend resulted in a broken collarbone but no changes in the customary celebrations, NASCAR said. There will be more attention on the window net, which apparently tangled with Zilisch's left foot as he climbed out of his No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet after winning the Mission 200 at The Glen Xfinity Series race on Saturday night. Zilisch, 19, had one foot on the hood and one on the ledge of the window and was posing for photographs when he lost his balance and fell hard to the ground. The rookie was taken off the track on a backboard and to the hospital via ambulance. "I think that was part of the problem, that the window net was flapping on the outside," NASCAR managing director of communications Mike Forde said during the latest episode of the "Hauler Talk" podcast released on Wednesday. "I think Connor even said that may have been a problem, and one of our safety guys actually mentioned the same thing. So, we may do just sort of a check to make sure that if that's inside the car, it's one less thing you can slip on." Zilisch did not race on Sunday in the NASCAR Cup Series at Watkins Glen International Speedway. "First of all, I'm doing OK," Zilisch said during the USA broadcast of the race. "Very grateful to be able to walk away from that. I guess I didn't walk away, but I'm very grateful to be walking today and to just be all right. Thank you to all the medics who took care of me, and everybody who reached out and wished me well. I do appreciate it a lot." Zilisch said he knew he was in trouble just before the fall. "Yeah, I was climbing out of the car and obviously the window net was on the door, and as soon as they started spraying water, my foot slipped," Zilisch said. "The last thing I remember was being halfway down and falling, so I'm glad it wasn't any worse, and that the collarbone is the extent of the injuries, but hate I couldn't make it to the race today." Forde said on the podcast that NASCAR has not "put in any policies or best practices or anything like that," with regard to drivers climbing onto the doorsill while celebrating. Zilisch said he had surgery on his collarbone on Tuesday. The Xfinity Series points leader has not announced his status for the Aug. 22 race at Daytona International Speedway. He already used a playoff waiver for sitting out the May 2 event at Texas Motor Speedway because of a back injury. Forde said Zilisch must request another waiver to remain eligible for the series championship if he misses Daytona or other races. "He has to miss a race first, so we're probably a good two weeks away from even receiving a waiver request from Connor," Forde said. "We'll get with the doctors and find out where he is." Forde said that if Zilisch was medically cleared to race but chose to miss races while healing before the playoffs, NASCAR would consider it. Driver Alex Bowman, for example, missed a race in 2022 at Martinsville Speedway after being cleared during recovery from a concussion. "It's a case-by-case basis," Forde said. Reuters
TimesLIVE
5 days ago
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
NASCAR won't curb celebrations after Connor Zilisch's fall in Victory Lane
Driver Connor Zilisch's headfirst tumble from the roof of his car in Victory Lane last weekend resulted in a broken collarbone but no changes in the customary celebrations, NASCAR said. There will be more attention on the window net, which apparently tangled with Zilisch's left foot as he climbed out of his No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet after winning the Mission 200 at The Glen Xfinity Series race on Saturday night. Zilisch, 19, had one foot on the hood and one on the ledge of the window and was posing for photographs when he lost his balance and fell hard to the ground. The rookie was taken off the track on a backboard and to the hospital via ambulance. 'I think that was part of the problem, that the window net was flapping on the outside,' NASCAR MD of communications Mike Forde said during the latest episode of the Hauler Talk podcast released on Wednesday. 'I think Connor even said that may have been a problem, and one of our safety guys actually mentioned the same thing. So, we may do just sort of a check to make sure that if that's inside the car, it's one less thing you can slip on.' Zilisch did not race on Sunday in the NASCAR Cup Series at Watkins Glen International Speedway. 'First of all, I'm doing OK,' Zilisch said during the US broadcast of the race. 'Very grateful to be able to walk away from that. I guess I didn't walk away, but I'm very grateful to be walking today and to just be all right. Thank you to all the medics who took care of me, and everybody who reached out and wished me well. I do appreciate it a lot.' Zilisch said he knew he was in trouble just before the fall. 'Yeah, I was climbing out of the car and obviously the window net was on the door, and as soon as they started spraying water, my foot slipped,' Zilisch said. 'The last thing I remember was being halfway down and falling, so I'm glad it wasn't any worse, and that the collarbone is the extent of the injuries, but hate I couldn't make it to the race today.' Forde said on the podcast that NASCAR has not 'put in any policies or best practices or anything like that,' with regard to drivers climbing onto the doorsill while celebrating. Zilisch said he had surgery on his collarbone on Tuesday. The Xfinity Series points leader has not announced his status for the August 22 race at Daytona International Speedway. He already used a playoff waiver for sitting out the May 2 event at Texas Motor Speedway because of a back injury. Forde said Zilisch must request another waiver to remain eligible for the series championship if he misses Daytona or other races. 'He has to miss a race first, so we're probably a good two weeks away from even receiving a waiver request from Connor,' Forde said. 'We'll get with the doctors and find out where he is.' Forde said that if Zilisch was medically cleared to race but chose to miss races while healing before the playoffs, NASCAR would consider it. Driver Alex Bowman, for example, missed a race in 2022 at Martinsville Speedway after being cleared during recovery from a concussion. 'It's a case-by-case basis,' Forde said.
Epoch Times
11-08-2025
- Automotive
- Epoch Times
NASCAR's Connor Zilisch Falls Off Car, Breaks Collarbone
NASCAR rookie Connor Zilisch will not drive Sunday in the Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International after breaking his collarbone when he fell off his car on Saturday. The 19-year-old won the Mission 200 at The Glen Xfinity Series race and climbed out of his No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet to celebrate. He had one foot on the hood and one on the ledge of the window and was posing for photographs when he lost his balance and tumbled to the ground, head-first.
Irish Independent
10-08-2025
- Automotive
- Irish Independent
Watch: Nascar driver Connor Zilisch breaks collarbone in fall celebrating race win
The 19-year-old had been lapping up the cheers as he climbed out of the driver's window after coming in first in the Xfinity Series race. He later reassured racing fans that he had escaped a head injury in the heavy fall to the tarmac, but had suffered a broken collarbone. Zilisch had been holding a can of drink when he lost his grip while trying to climb on top of his car roof after victory at Watkins Glen, New York. We need your consent to load this Social Media content. We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review your details and accept them to load the content His leg appeared to get caught in the window of his No 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet and he tumbled to the ground head first. Zilisch, from North Carolina, sparked alarm among the crowd as he was initially motionless on the ground after a heavy blow to his head. Medics immediately arrived to tend to him and transported him on a stretcher to the trackside medical centre. Nascar authorities said he was later transported to a local hospital for further evaluations but was awake and alert. Zilisch led 60 of the 82 laps to win Saturday's Xfinity Series race. He was released from hospital and later wrote on social media: 'Thank you everybody for reaching out today. I'm out of the hospital and getting better already. 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.'
Time of India
10-08-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Breaking News Live Updates: "Will not allow second partition of Ukraine": Zelenskyy ahead of Trump-Putin meet in Alaska
10 Aug 2025 | 06:41:17 AM IST Breaking News Live Updates: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Ukraine will not allow "a second attempt to partition" the country, stressing that peace must come through a "just end to the war" rather than territorial concessions to Russia. Breaking News Live Updates: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Ukraine will not allow "a second attempt to partition" the country, stressing that peace must come through a "just end to the war" rather than territorial concessions to Russia."We will not allow this second attempt to partition Ukraine. Knowing Russia, where there is a second, there will be a third. That is why we stand firm on clear Ukrainian positions. We must end the war with a dignified peace, based on a clear and reliable security architecture," Zelenskyy remarks come days before US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet in Alaska next Ukrainian leader accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of attempting to "legalise" occupied territories in exchange for halting the fighting. Show more Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday underscored the significance of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) responsibly to protect the rights of indigenous communities while inaugurating the state-level celebrations of the golden jubilee of the Kerala Scheduled Tribes Development Department. The occasion also coincided with the International Day of the World's Indigenous said, "Today, we are celebrating the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. Alongside, we are also inaugurating the state-level celebrations of the golden jubilee of the Kerala Scheduled Tribes Development Department. Various development projects for the Scheduled Tribes are also being launched here today. This year's theme, 'Artificial Intelligence and the Protection of Indigenous Peoples' Rights, ' is especially relevant in today's era of advanced technology." It was as hard-earned a victory as the 19-year-old Connor Zilisch has claimed in his brief NASCAR career -- answering his win from pole position a year ago in his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at the historic Watkins Glen International road course with a second consecutive victory Saturday afternoon in a crash-heavy Mission 200 at The Zilisch climbed out of the cockpit and onto the door ledge of his No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet to celebrate his series-best sixth trophy of the season, he slipped and fell to the ground. Medical teams arrived immediately to tend to Zilisch, who had removed his helmet before falling, and transported him on a backboard to the trackside medical confirmed Zilisch was "awake and alert" and that he was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation. His father posted on social media that his son is "conscious and back to himself .. off to the hospital for further evaluation but is not in any danger," according to President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was nominating State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce as the next U.S. deputy representative to the United has been the State Department spokesperson since Trump took office in a post on social media in which Trump announced her nomination, the president said she did a "fantastic job" as State Department spokesperson. Bruce will need to be confirmed for the role by the U.S. Senate, where Trump's Republican Party holds a press briefings, she has defended the Trump administration's foreign policy decisions ranging from an immigration crackdown and visa revocations to U.S. responses to Russia's war in Ukraine and Israel's war in Gaza, including a widely condemned armed private aid operation in the Palestinian territory. At least nine passengers were injured when a Bangkok-bound special express train derailed in Thailand's Kui Buri district early on Saturday, The Bangkok Post to The Bangkok Post, the special express train No. 38/46, consisting of 12 carriages, was travelling from Su-ngai Kolok district in Narathiwat province to Krungthep Aphiwat (Bang Sue) station in Bangkok when the accident incident happened around 5 am near the Kui Buri railway station, when three of the rear carriages numbers 10, 11 and 12, came off the track but did not overturn, The Bangkok Post reported. China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters has issued a Level IV emergency flood response in several provinces as heavy rains continue to batter large parts of the country, Global Times to Global Times, the emergency response was activated for Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, and Chongqing at 3:00 pm (local time) on Saturday, with work teams dispatched to Anhui and Hubei to assist local authorities in flood China's Ministry of Water Resources also initiated a Level IV flood-control emergency response in Henan, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, and Shaanxi, while maintaining the same response for Anhui and Gansu provinces, Global Times reported. Bo Hines, who headed Republican President Donald Trump's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets, said on Saturday he was leaving his current role and returning to the private last month, a cryptocurrency working group led by Hines and including several administration officials outlined the Trump administration's stance on market-defining crypto legislation and called on the U.S. securities regulator to create new rules specific to digital after taking office in January, Trump had ordered the creation of the crypto working group and tasked it with proposing new regulations, making good on his campaign promise to overhaul U.S. crypto policy. Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, has welcomed the agreement reached between Armenia and Azerbaijan, brokered by the United States and signed by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Secretary General commended the commitment of President Aliyev and Prime Minister Pashinyan to dialogue and confidence-building, and praised the efforts made by US President Donald Trump in facilitating the agreement. European leaders on Saturday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the war in Ukraine, while stressing the need to keep pressure on Moscow and protect Ukrainian and European security plans to meet Putin in Alaska on August 15, saying the parties, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, were close to a deal that could resolve the three-and-a-half-year conflict. A Georgia man who opened fire on the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, shooting dozens of rounds into the sprawling complex and killing a police officer, had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on 30-year-old shooter also tried to get into the CDC's headquarters in Atlanta but was stopped by guards before driving to a pharmacy across the street and opening fire late on Friday afternoon, the official said. He was armed with five guns, including at least one long gun, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to publicly discuss the investigation. California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Saturday that a $1 billion settlement offer by President Donald Trump's administration for UCLA amounted to political extortion to which the state will not bow. Israeli leaders on Saturday night praised the Azerbaijan-Armenia peace accords signed in Washington. Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed an agreement brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump to end a decades-long conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region."Congratulations to President Trump! Your bold leadership and global vision have made another peace agreement possible," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted. "I also congratulate President Aliyev, Prime Minister Pashinyan, and the peoples of Azerbaijan and Armenia on signing this historic agreement."Netanyahu added, "May you all enjoy a new era of reconciliation and shared prosperity." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Ukraine will not allow "a second attempt to partition" the country, stressing that peace must come through a "just end to the war" rather than territorial concessions to Russia."We will not allow this second attempt to partition Ukraine. Knowing Russia, where there is a second, there will be a third. That is why we stand firm on clear Ukrainian positions. We must end the war with a dignified peace, based on a clear and reliable security architecture," Zelenskyy remarks come days before US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet in Alaska next Ukrainian leader accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of attempting to "legalise" occupied territories in exchange for halting the fighting.
