Chalk up a ninth victory for NASCAR Xfinity Sequence rookie Connor Zilisch within the 2025 season.
Zilisch, a 19-year-old phenom who will probably be a full-time competitor within the NASCAR Cup Sequence in 2026, held off William Sawalich and gained Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Sequence common season finale at Gateway after main 121 of 160 laps.
Plenty of momentum
The victory is Zilisch’s fourth consecutive win and offers him loads of momentum going into the postseason. Zilisch additionally locked up the common season championship on Saturday, giving him 15 extra playoff factors.
Harrison Burton clinched the twelfth and ultimate Xfinity Sequence playoff spot after his cousin and challenger Jeb Burton crashed.
Sawalich, Christian Eckes, Brandon Jones and Jesse Love rounded out the highest 5, with Aric Almirola, Daniel Hemric, Parker Retzlaff, Corey Day and Daniel Dye finishing the highest 10.
Different notable finishers included Austin Hill in twelfth, Taylor Grey — who additionally clinched a playoff spot on Saturday — in seventeenth, Harrison Burton in twenty second, defending sequence champion Justin Allgaier in twenty eighth and Jeb Burton in thirty sixth.
The NASCAR Xfinity Sequence playoffs will start at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sept. 12. The Meals Metropolis 300 will go inexperienced shortly after 7:30 p.m. ET, with protection on the CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
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