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NASCAR XFINITY Series Driver Connor Zilisch celebrated a victory for New York’s Watkins Glen International on Saturday, his sixth victory of the 2025 season.
Zilisch climbed onto his roof No. 88 to celebrate the victory. His left foot grabbed the driver’s side window net and fell onto the asphalt.
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After winning the Mission 200, Connor Zilisch fell from his Registix Chevrolet and hit him in the head on August 9, 2025 at Watkins Glen International in Watkins, New York. (David Hahn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
He wrote on social media that his collarbone had a ruptured.
Zilisch posted on C: “Thank you for contacting today.
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Connor Zilisch won the Mission Post-200 celebration on August 9, 2025 at Glen of Watkins Glen International. (Memories of Matthew O’Haren/Imagn)
Zilisch will play in the NASCAR Cup Series on Sunday Watkins Glen. Trackhouse Racing withdraws No. 87, which he will be in the competition. His next Xfinity series starts on August 22 at Daytona International Speedway.
He suffered a back injury after missing a crash earlier this season at Texas Motor Speedway Talladega SuperSpeedway. Since his return, he has recorded 11 top five and five wins in a row, and won four of his final five games.
Connor Zilisch took over the checkered flag and won the Mission 200 on August 9, 2025. (Memories of Matthew O’Haren/Imagn)
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Currently, he is 7 points ahead of Justin Allgaier in the drivers’ standings. The 19-year-old is in the top five and 14 top ten this season.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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