19-year-old Connor Zilisch can be racing at Daytona subsequent 12 months a couple of weeks earlier than his Daytona 500 debut. The Trackhouse star will participate within the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona for the third time in his younger profession,
Zilisch will drive the No. 31 Motion Categorical Racing Cadillac V-Sequence.R as a co-drier to Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber, and Frederik Vesti.
{The teenager} gained in his very first Rolex 24 begin on the age of 17, driving an LMP2 entry for Period Motorsport in 2024. They went on to earn a category win within the Sebring 12 Hours that 12 months as nicely. In 2025, he drove a Trackhouse-prepared GTD Professional entry, ending ninth at school whereas behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R.
Nevertheless, 2026 will mark Zilisch’s first look in the principle GTP class, giving him a shot on the general win. He took half within the November take a look at with Cadillac as nicely, the place he received his first official laps within the automobile.
Zilisch joins AJ Allmendinger as the one full-time Cup drivers collaborating within the sixty fourth working of the endurance racing traditional at Daytona.
Zilisch, who gained ten races however narrowly misplaced out on the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Sequence title, it was one of many brightest prospects in NASCAR. He’ll pilot the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Trackhouse in 2026 as he embarks on his first full-time season on the Cup degree.
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