During back-to-back NASCAR Xfinity Series events, rookie Connor Zilisch battled international veteran Shane van Gisbergen for a road-course win. At Chicago Street Race on July 5, van Gisbergen moved his JR Motorsports teammate, allowing him to claim the event from the pole.
On Saturday at Sonoma Raceway, Zilisch showed he learned some lessons, outdueling the three-time Supercars titleholder and claiming his third circuit win this season.
“We did such an awesome job all weekend long, just executing,” Zilisch told CW after the race. “We made all the right adjustments, and here we are in victory lane. It feels good.”
With Zilisch leading on the last lap, van Gisbergen, 36, remain aggressive, but declined to push the 18-year-old out of the way and win by wrecking his teammate.
“Yeah … I didn’t want to,” van Gisbergen said. “Congrats to those guys, what an awesome race.
“I hope everyone enjoyed that. Yeah, I gave him a bump into (Turn) 7, wheel-hopped, and probably could have taken it, but I just waited. I didn’t want to do it like that. And then we just raced down the hill. But what an awesome race.
“I had a blast all day, really, really fun.”
Entering next Saturday’s race at Dover Motor Speedway, Zilisch moved up one spot in the drivers’ standings to No. 4, 69 points behind leader Justin Allgaier (686 points). Sam Mayer (627) ranks second, but has yet to visit Victory Lane.
What an awesome race! 👍 I hope everyone enjoyed that. Congrats to @ConnorZilisch, thank you to @QuadLockCase & @JRMotorsports, I had a blast all day, really, really fun 😀 Looking forward to the Cup race tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/qDm7Q2g38a
— Shane van Gisbergen (@shanevg97) July 13, 2025
NASCAR National Series, ARCA Menards Series Weekend Schedule
Here is a list of NASCAR National Series and ARCA Menards Series events this weekend at Dover Motor Speedway (All Times ET):
Friday
- 1:40 p.m.: ARCA Series practice
- 2:40 p.m.: ARCA Series qualifying
- 5 p.m.: ARCA Series General Tire 150 race
Saturday
- 11 a.m.: Xfinity Series practice
- 12:05 p.m.: Xfinity Series qualifying
- 1:35 p.m.: Cup Series practice
- 2:45 p.m.: Cup Series qualifying
- 4:30 p.m.: Xfinity Series BetRivers 200 race
Sunday
- 2 p.m.: Cup Series AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 race
…and so it begins! Merch trailers are in the house! See you soon @MonsterMile July 18-20! pic.twitter.com/Gk4oZpQO7j
— MIKE TATOIAN🇦🇲🇺🇸 (@MTatoian) July 11, 2025
NASCAR Xfinity Series BetRivers 200 Entry List
NASCAR Xfinity Series officials released the entry list for Saturday’s BetRivers 200 at Dover Motor Speedway:
Entry, Driver, Car No.
- 1, Sheldon Creed, No. 00 Ford
- 2, Carson Kvapil, No. 1 Chevrolet
- 3, Jesse Love, No. 2 Chevrolet
- 4, Parker Retzlaff, No. 4 Chevrolet
- 5, Kris Wright, No. 5 Chevrolet
- 6, Nick Leitz, No. 07 Chevrolet
- 7, Justin Allgaier, No. 7 Chevrolet
- 8, Sammy Smith, No. 8 Chevrolet
- 9, Ross Chastain, No. 9 Chevrolet
- 10, Daniel Dye, No. 10 Chevrolet
- 11, Josh Williams, No. 11 Chevrolet
- 12, Garrett Smithley, No. 14 Chevrolet
- 13, Christian Eckes, No. 16 Chevrolet
- 14, Jake Finch, No. 17 Chevrolet
- 15, William Sawalich, No. 18 Toyota
- 16, Aric Almirola, No. 19 Toyota
- 17, Brandon Jones, No. 20 Toyota
- 18, Austin Hill, No. 21 Chevrolet
- 19, Ryan Truex, No. 24 Toyota
- 20, Harrison Burton, No. 25 Ford
- 21, Dean Thompson, No. 26 Toyota
- 22, Jeb Burton, No. 27 Chevrolet
- 23, Kyle Sieg, No. 28 Ford
- 24, Blaine Perkins, No. 31 Chevrolet
- 25, Rajah Caruth, No. 32 Chevrolet
- 26, TBA, No. 35 Toyota
- 27, Ryan Sieg, No. 39 Ford
- 28, Sam Mayer, No. 41 Ford
- 29, Anthony Alfredo, No. 42 Chevrolet
- 30, Brennan Poole, No. 44 Chevrolet
- 31, TBD, No. 45 Chevrolet
- 32, Nick Sanchez, No. 48 Chevrolet
- 33, Jeremy Clements, No. 51 Chevrolet
- 34, TBD, No. 53 Ford
- 35, Taylor Gray, No. 54 Toyota
- 36, Leland Honeyman Jr., No. 70 Chevrolet
- 37, Ryan Ellis, No. 71 Chevrolet
- 38, Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Chevrolet
- 39, Josh Bilicki, No. 91 Chevrolet
- 40, Matt DiBenedetto, No. 99 Chevrolet
The No. 9 was fine on speed.@shanevg97 had the #XfinitySeries #FastestLap around @RaceSonoma. pic.twitter.com/U7RyxZ7aGX
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) July 12, 2025