19-year-old Connor Zilisch can be racing at Daytona subsequent 12 months a number 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 Specific Racing Cadillac V-Collection.R as a co-drier to Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber, and Frederik Vesti.
{The teenager} received 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 properly. In 2025, he drove a Trackhouse-prepared GTD Professional entry, ending ninth in 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 check with Cadillac as properly, the place he obtained his first official laps within the automobile.
Zilisch joins AJ Allmendinger as the one full-time Cup drivers participating within the sixty fourth working of the endurance racing basic at Daytona.
Zilisch, who received ten races however narrowly misplaced out on the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Collection 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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