NASCAR Xfinity Series regular-season champion Connor Zilisch remains poised to pull double-duty at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, while eying a move to the top ranks next season.
Zilisch, who, along with Justin Allgaier, earned a trip to the Xfinity Series’ third round of the playoffs based on points, plans to compete in Friday’s Truck Series event.
The 19-year-old rookie has yet to compete at the 17-turn, 2.28-mile course and the extra laps could pay dividends. Zilisch competed in seven previous Truck races, including a P8 at Watkins Glen, piloting the No. 7 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports.
“Putting a winner in the truck,” Spire posted on X (Twitter).
Zilisch compiled nine wins and 19 top-five finishes in 27 Xfinity circuit starts this season. He will drive full-time in the Cup Series with Trackhouse Racing next season.
“Cup racing has been the goal since joining with Chevrolet and Trackhouse and while I didn’t know it would come this soon, I feel like I’m ready,” Zilisch told Newsweek Sports. “I know the challenge that awaits entering the Cup Series as a full-time driver, but I feel that with the support of Trackhouse and Chevrolet, this is the right situation for me.”
🔧⛽️ @ConnorZilisch brings the @JRMotorsports @RaceWeatherTech No.88 for a late race pit stop. Finished @NASCAR_Xfinity Kansas Lottory 300 in 2nd place | @TeamChevy
🎥 : Bob Francis / GFT Digital pic.twitter.com/aS8GK7PQJh— Go Full Throttle (@BobFullThrottle) September 27, 2025
NASCAR National Series Weekend Schedule
Here is a list of NASCAR National Series events this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course (All Times ET):
Friday
- 11:05 a.m.: Truck Series practice
- 12:10 p.m.: Truck Series qualifying
- 3:30 p.m.: Truck Series EcoSave 250 race
Saturday
- 11:30 a.m.: Xfinity Series practice
- 12:40 p.m.: Xfinity Series qualifying
- 2 p.m.: Cup Series practice
- 3:10 p.m.: Cup Series qualifying
- 5 p.m.: Xfinity Series Blue Cross NC 250 race
Sunday
- 3 p.m.: Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 race
Coming together real nice. 👌🎨 #BofAROVAL pic.twitter.com/kDBrxENBMm
— Charlotte Motor Speedway (@CLTMotorSpdwy) September 29, 2025
NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Blue Cross NC 250 Entry List
NASCAR Xfinity Series officials released the entry list for Saturday’s Blue Cross NC 250 and Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course:
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, Alex Labbe, No. 07 Chevrolet
- 6, Justin Allgaier, No. 7 Chevrolet
- 7, Sammy Smith, No. 8 Chevrolet
- 8, Connor Mosack, No. 9 Chevrolet
- 9, Daniel Dye, No. 10 Chevrolet
- 10, Daniel Hemric, No. 11 Chevrolet
- 11, Garrett Smithley, No. 14 Chevrolet
- 12, Christian Eckes, No. 16 Chevrolet
- 13, Corey Day, No. 17 Chevrolet
- 14, William Sawalich, No. 18 Toyota
- 15, Aric Almirola, No. 19 Toyota
- 16, Brandon Jones, No. 20 Toyota
- 17, Austin Hill, No. 21 Chevrolet
- 18, Kaz Grala, No. 24 Toyota
- 19, Harrison Burton, No. 25 Ford
- 20, Dean Thompson, No. 26 Toyota
- 21, Jeb Burton, No. 27 Chevrolet
- 22, Kyle Sieg, No. 28 Ford
- 23, Blaine Perkins, No. 31 Chevrolet
- 24, Andrew Patterson, No. 32 Chevrolet
- 25, Austin J. Hill, No. 35 Toyota
- 26, Kyle Sieg, No. 39 Ford
- 27, Sam Mayer, No. 41 Ford
- 28, Anthony Alfredo, No. 42 Chevrolet
- 29, Brennan Poole, No. 44 Chevrolet
- 30, Josh Williams, No. 45 Chevrolet
- 31, Nick Sanchez, No. 48 Chevrolet
- 32, Preston Pardus, No. 50 Chevrolet
- 33, Jeremy Clements, No. 51 Chevrolet
- 34, Sage Karam, No. 53 Toyota
- 35, Taylor Gray, No. 54 Toyota
- 36, Thomas Annunziata, No. 70 Chevrolet
- 37, Ryan Ellis, No. 71 Chevrolet
- 38, Austin Green, No. 87 Chevrolet
- 39, Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Chevrolet
- 40, Josh Bilicki, No. 91 Chevrolet
- 41, Leland Honeyman Jr., No. 92 Chevrolet
- 42, Matt DiBenedetto, No. 99 Chevrolet
Made a statement in the final stage.@BrandonJonesRac picked up his 2nd #XfinitySeries #FastestLap to go with his 2nd 🏁 of 2025. pic.twitter.com/tvodGaxqb3
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) September 27, 2025
