Connor Zilisch has shared a further update following a violent wreck at Talladega yesterday.
The JR Motorsports driver looked to be heading straight for Victory Lane during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway yesterday. However, after a tap from Jesse Love on the final lap of the race sent him into a spin and into the barriers, his hopes of securing win slipped away.
Zilish was checked by the infield medical center following the race. He explained to the media at the time that he was “glad to be walking”:
“Yeah, I’m okay.
“That’s one of the wrecks where you move your legs and make sure everything feels okay afterwards. So, very grateful to drive safe JR Motorsports race cars.
“Our WeatherTech Chevrolet was as fast as Xfinity Mobile. We were in the right spot, just, yeah, I haven’t really watched it close enough to know what happened. But yeah, grateful to be up and walking.”
Today, he has shared a further update on his recovery while also reflecting on the lost victory. He posted to social media:
“Sore today but more than anything just upset that I couldn’t close that one out for my team. If we keep putting ourselves in position to win races, it will come. Thank you to everyone who reached out to make sure I was okay.”
Sore today but more than anything just upset that I couldn’t close that one out for my team. If we keep putting ourselves in position to win races, it will come. Thank you to everyone who reached out to make sure I was okay
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— Connor Zilisch (@ConnorZilisch) April 27, 2025
Love gave an quick comment to the media following the race in order to go and check on Zilisch.
“I just got really good pushes there at the end,” Love explained.
“I was able to lift enough off of [Turn] 2 to get big pushes. I kind of thought we made our bed and were not in a good spot to win, and then I was able to get Austin [Hill] connected to me and he was able to give me some good pushes down the backstretch for a few laps. It was definitely tough how that ended. I hope my friend is okay.
“I’m not going to comment on what I thought happened there yet. I just want to go check on him and make sure he’s alright. Looked like a really hard hit, and he really hasn’t taken many hard hits yet.”
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway results
- Austin Hill – Finished
- Jeb Burton – Finished
- Jesse Love – Finished
- Justin Allgaier – Finished
- Matt DiBenedetto – Finished
- Anthony Alfredo – Finished
- Blaine Perkins – Finished
- Harrison Burton – Finished
- Sheldon Creed – Finished
- Daniel Dye – Finished
- Taylor Gray – Finished
- Patrick Emerling – Finished
- Leland Honeyman – Finished
- Sam Mayer – Finished
- Nick Sanchez – Finished
- Ryan Ellis – Finished
- Carson Kvapil – Finished
- Dean Thompson – Finished
- Brennan Poole – Finished
- Jesse Iwuji – Finished
- Joey Gase – Finished
- Mason Maggio – Finished
- Kyle Sieg – Finished
- Kris Wright – Finished
- Christian Eckes – Finished
- Jeremy Clements – Finished
- Connor Zilisch – Finished
- Brandon Jones – Finished
- Josh Williams – Finished
- Caesar Bacarella – Finished
- Sammy Smith – Finished
- Jeffrey Earnhardt – Out
- Aric Almirola – Out
- Katherine Legge – Out
- Greg Van Alst – Out
- Ryan Sieg – Out
- William Sawalich – Out
- Parker Retzlaff – Out
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