The announcement earlier immediately that Connor Zilisch will probably be racing full-time within the NASCAR Xfinity Sequence for JR Motorsports in 2025 continues a speedy climb up the professional racing passer for the 18-year-old.
Zilisch made his Trans Am Sequence offered by Pirelli debut at VIRginia Worldwide Raceway on the finish of the 2021 season, incomes the pole in his first begin within the CUBE 3 Structure TA2 Sequence. He went on to compete in TA2 full time in each 2022 and 2023, breaking by way of together with his first win at Street Atlanta in 2023. He went on to win 4 extra TA2 races that season — Detroit Race 2, Music Metropolis Grand Prix at Nashville, World Vast Expertise Raceway and VIR. The identical weekend as his TA2 victory from the pole at VIR, Zilisch additionally made his debut in Trans Am’s TA class, incomes the pole and the win for a weekend sweep.
Zilisch kicked off the 2024 TA2 season with a victory at Sebring Worldwide Raceway. Outdoors of the Trans Am paddock, he has been forging a reputation for himself in all types of motorsports. He began the yr with an LMP2 win within the Rolex 24 at Daytona and adopted that up with a victory in the identical class within the 12 Hours of Sebring. He has earned three ARCA Menards Sequence wins (Dover Motor Speedway, Iowa Speedway, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park), and one ARCA East win (Flat Rock Speedway), and earned a pole and top-five end in his NASCAR Truck Sequence debut at Circuit of The Americas.
Zilisch additionally tallied a victory within the CARS Late Mannequin Inventory Tour at Hickory Motor Speedway. He has a multi-year growth contract with Trackhouse Racing and Chevrolet, and is scheduled to make his NASCAR Xfinity Sequence debut with JR Motorsports at Watkins Glen Worldwide later this yr.
