Update: Connor Zilisch Transported to Infield Care Center After Falling Off Car in Victory Lane
What’s Happening? Connor Zilisch is being evaluated in NASCAR’s infield care center after falling off his car while celebrating his dominant…
NASCAR’s Mike Forde confirmed during Wednesday’s episode of NASCAR’s Hauler Talk podcast that, to his knowledge, NASCAR is not planning on “legislating” what drivers can and cannot do in victory lane following Connor Zilisch’s injury at Watkins Glen.
Following Saturday’s Mission 200 at The Glen NASCAR Xfinity Series race, Connor Zilisch, just as he did last year at Watkins Glen, stood atop his car to celebrate the No. 88 team’s sixth win of 2025 (as many drivers do).
However, the celebration came to an abrupt end when the 18-year-old’s foot snagged on something inside the car. Zilisch hit the ground headfirst before being stretchered out of victory lane and to the infield care center. While Zillisch is on the mend, suffering a broken collarbone from the incident, there is no timetable for his return.
What’s Happening? Connor Zilisch is being evaluated in NASCAR’s infield care center after falling off his car while celebrating his dominant…
Despite all the storylines of the past weekend, the NASCAR world is still reacting to this now viral accident, with rumors and speculation that NASCAR could try and prevent such incidents in the future. Something that NASCAR’s managing director of racing communications, Mike Forde, addressed on the latest episode of NASCAR’s Hauler Talk podcast.
Forde cleared the air, saying, “From my research, that has not happened. We haven’t said that we were going to tell drivers who have won not to step out onto their window and stand there and take the photo and all that.” Despite this, Forde said that he had received a text from a NASCR executive asking whether or not drivers were told to limit their celebrations.
Forde even went as far as to clarify that NASCAR has not told drivers there is a preferred way to conduct themselves in victory lane. “Right now, there’s no best practices. .. We’re not legislating it. . . We haven’t said that drivers aren’t allowed to do this or that or anything else.”
He does suggest that a NASCAR employee, as one is usually present in victory lane, should check “just make sure that the window net is on the inside of the car” rather than on the outside like Zilisch’s. However, this would not be a formal rule or policy on the part of NASCAR.
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