{"id":24862,"date":"2025-08-14T05:25:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T09:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/connor-zilisch-suffers-broken-collarbone-in-celebration-after-watkins-glen-victory\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T05:25:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T09:25:20","slug":"connor-zilisch-suffers-broken-collarbone-in-celebration-after-watkins-glen-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nascar\/connor-zilisch-suffers-broken-collarbone-in-celebration-after-watkins-glen-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Connor Zilisch Suffers Broken Collarbone in Celebration After Watkins Glen Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Connor Zilisch Suffers Injury After Celebrating Watkins Glen Victory<\/h2>\n\n\nThe points leader in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Connor Zilisch, suffered a broken collarbone after an accident in Victory Lane at Watkins Glen International.\n\nAfter securing his sixth win of the season, Zilisch attempted to celebrate by climbing onto the roof of his No. 88 Chevrolet. However, he slipped, apparently getting his left foot caught in the driver&#8217;s side window net, and fell onto the asphalt.\n\nZilisch, 19, was taken on a stretcher to the track&#8217;s medical center and then to a hospital for a more complete evaluation. Two hours later, through social media, he reported that he had a fractured clavicle and that the CT scans showed no head injury.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cThanks everyone for reaching out today,\u201d Zilisch posted. \u201cI\u2019m out of the hospital and already improving. Grateful to all the doctors for their quick care and grateful that it wasn\u2019t worse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<cite>Connor Zilisch<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you everybody for reaching out today. I\u2019m 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\u2019t any worse.\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>&mdash; Connor Zilisch (@ConnorZilisch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConnorZilisch\/status\/1954351856035197346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 10, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\nZilisch will not be able to participate in Sunday&#8217;s Cup race at Watkins Glen. After competing in the Truck and Xfinity series in the last two days at the circuit, he was scheduled to complete a tripleheader by making his fourth Cup start this season for Trackhouse Racing.\n\nTrackhouse Racing announced that it would withdraw Zilisch&#8217;s No. 87 car from Sunday&#8217;s race.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0810%2Fr1529846_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Connor Zilisch celebrando su victoria en Xfinity en Watkins Glen, resbal\u00f3 y cay\u00f3 al suelo. Fue trasladado a un hospital local, donde las pruebas revelaron que se fractur\u00f3 la clav\u00edcula.\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nThe incident occurred on an eventful day for Zilisch, who races for Dale Earnhardt Jr.&#8217;s JR Motorsports team.\n\nAfter starting from the pole position, Zilisch collided with teammate Shane van Gisbergen&#8217;s car while battling for the lead on lap 65. After being pushed from the lead to fifth place on a restart, Zilisch regained first place and led the final four laps.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;He did a great job to come back and take the lead,&#8221; team principal Mardy Lindley told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio after the race. &#8220;Praying for Connor right now, that he&#8217;s okay. I think he&#8217;ll be okay.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<cite>Mardy Lindley<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nZilisch missed a race earlier this season at Texas Motor Speedway after suffering a back injury during a crash at Talladega Superspeedway. Since his return, he has achieved 11 consecutive top-five finishes and five victories.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connor Zilisch Suffers Injury After Celebrating Watkins Glen Victory The points leader in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Connor Zilisch, suffered a broken collarbone after an accident in Victory Lane at Watkins Glen International. After securing his sixth win of the season, Zilisch attempted to celebrate by climbing onto the roof of his No. 88 Chevrolet. 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