Connor Zilisch Suffers Broken Collar Bone Following Watkins Glen Win

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Connor Zilisch picked up his sixth win of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, but a scary moment transpired in victory lane as the 19-year-old driver attempted to celebrate his latest triumph.

Following a dominant victory in Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity races, Zilisch climbed on the driver's door of his race-winning No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet in victory lane and raised his arms in the air. As he did, his left leg appeared to slip, which caused his leg to fall inside the race car. Zilisch fell from the car headfirst onto the ground and landed very hard.

The driver lay motionless on the ground as he spoke to medical personnel in victory lane. Dillon Welch confirmed that Zilisch was speaking to the medical team on The CW's television broadcast.

After several minutes, a stretcher was brought to victory lane, and the racer was transported directly from the winner's circle to the infield care center for further evaluation.

The driver was transported on a stretcher to the infield care center following a freak accident in victory lane. Following initial evaluation in the infield care center, Zilisch, who was awake and alert, was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation.

After his evaluation, Zilisch was released from the hospital on Saturday evening, according to an update from JR Motorsports. After the team released the update that Zilisch was released from the hospital, the driver took to social media, where he revealed that he suffered a broken collarbone in his fall in victory lane at Watkins Glen.

"Thank you, everybody, for reaching out today," Zilisch began his post on X, "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."

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.❤️

— Connor Zilisch (@ConnorZilisch) August 10, 2025

Earlier in the day, Zilisch qualified 25th for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at The Glen. There has been no indication from Trackhouse Racing whether his injuries sustained in the fall in victory lane will impact his availability for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series event at Watkins Glen International.

As updates on Zilisch's condition will be relayed by JR Motorsports and as they become available, this story will be updated.

Sam Mayer, Sammy Smith, Austin Hill and Carson Kvapil rounded out the top-five finishers in Sunday's race.