{"id":58286,"date":"2025-08-10T19:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T19:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/58286\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T19:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T19:15:12","slug":"nascar-driver-connor-zilisch-addresses-concerns-after-horror-fall-following-race-win-as-broadcaster-cuts-feed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/58286\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR driver Connor Zilisch addresses concerns after horror fall following race win as broadcaster cuts feed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR driver Connor Zilisch\u2019s sixth win in the 2025 Xfinity Series season on Saturday in New York was overshadowed by a horrific fall which left viewers shocked.<\/p>\n<p>The CW Network, which broadcast the event, cut the feed to go to a commercial break following the horrendous fall which left Zilisch unconscious.<\/p>\n<p>The moment came when Zilisch climbed out of the window of his car and raised his arms in the air, spraying his drink in celebration on Victory Lane.<\/p>\n<p>As he maneuvered to face the crowd, his leg got caught in the window and he fell out of the car with nothing to hold onto for support.<\/p>\n<p>Zilisch, who was subsequently taken to hospital, hit the ground awkwardly before onlookers rushed over.<\/p>\n<p>The racing community, media and viewers who watched on were left stunned, with many considering Zilisch extremely lucky he did not sustain a lifechanging injury.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after the fall, the 19-year-old superstar broke his silence to clear up concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you everybody for reaching out today. I\u2019m out of the hospital and getting better already,\u201d <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ConnorZilisch\/status\/1954351856035197346\" rel=\"nofollow\">he wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThankfully, CT scans for my head are clear, I just have a broken collarbone. Thankful for all the medics for quick attention and grateful it wasn\u2019t any worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The day out at the Watkins Glen International racetrack was already loaded with action after Zilisch bumped out kiwi driver Shane van Gisbergen on the final stretch.<\/p>\n<p>In the climax of the race, Zilisch overdrove the turn and came into contact with van Gisbergen\u2019s Number 9 Chevrolet, sending the three-time champion into the wall.<\/p>\n<p>Van Gisbergen said he was \u201cpretty gutted\u201d after the \u201cpretty average\u201d end to the race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASCAR driver Connor Zilisch\u2019s sixth win in the 2025 Xfinity Series season on Saturday in New York was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,47715,46647,22138,806,805,803,804,955,3173,47714,85,15981],"class_list":["post-58286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-broken-collarbone","tag-connor-zilisch","tag-fall","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-nascar","tag-race","tag-sky-news","tag-sports","tag-xfinity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}