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NASCAR Xfinity Series Fans Respond To Connor Zilisch Claiming Nu Way 200 Sliced by Blues Hog At World Wide Technology Raceway

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
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NASCAR Xfinity Series Fans Respond To Connor Zilisch Claiming Nu Way 200 Sliced by Blues Hog At World Wide Technology Raceway

How about this for a typle NASCAR Xfinity Series outing for rookie Connor Zilisch, who visited Victory Lane in seven of the final eight regular-season races:

Saturday night at World Wide Technology Raceway, Zilisch, who became the fourth driver to win four straight races, led 121 of 160 after beginning on the pole. The regular-season champion never ran outside of the top five and finished with average running position of 1.48.

Ho-hum.

The playoffs open next weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Will Zilisch create more postseason excitement?

X (Twitter) users responded to the Xfinity Series’ first race at Gateway in 15 years. The 1.25-mile flat oval hosted circuit events from 1997-2015. The action returned …

Going green at Gateway …

Zilisch captured his third consecutive stage dating back to last week’s race at Darlington. Austin Hill earned three straight stage wins earlier this season. Zilisch posted his ninth stage win of the season, tying Justin Allgaier for tops in the series …

A caution was issued after the first stage ended when Jordan Anderson hit the wall between Turns 1 and 2 from P29 …

Rookie Carson Kvapil has an early evening …

Allgaier ended Zilisch’s stage streak with a second segment win …

Jeb Burton’s No. 27 Chevrolet looked like a July 4 sparkler …

Sheldon Creed, the 2020 Trucks Series champion, earned a right to go for the Xfinity title …

After absorbing Turn 2 contact from Brennan Poole on Lap 129, Harrison Burton spun out from P20 …

Zilisch again proved his veteran prowess by taking a hit, remaining composed and retaining the lead …

Impressive NASCAR Xfinity Series career so far, Mr. Zilisch …

 

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry, in both print and digital media. He joined the Sportscasting team in 2021 following a decade of freelancing. He spent his early career as a reporter for various newspapers in Illinois, New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan, with a particular emphasis as a beat reporter for the Chicago Blackhawks. Jeff earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Oakland University. Over the course of his career he earned several sports writing awards, including two national awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors for column writing and news reporting. One of the five prized columns included a commentary on NASCAR's increasing corporate influences, particularly in northern racetracks — commentary which you might find Jeff building on as part of the Motorsports writing team at Sportscasting now.  
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