{"id":67050,"date":"2025-08-13T17:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/67050\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T17:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:58:10","slug":"nascar-will-not-curb-driver-celebrations-after-connor-zilischs-fall-in-victory-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/67050\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR will not curb driver celebrations after Connor Zilisch&#8217;s fall in victory lane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR will not make any changes with driver celebrations after Connor Zilisch\u2019s fall last weekend in victory lane at Watkins Glen.<\/p>\n<p>Zilisch, the Xfinity Series points leader, suffered a broken collarbone when he fell from his car in victory lane. He was standing on the door when he slipped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember, I got up on the car and I put my leg on the window net on the door and as soon as they started spraying water, it just kind of started to slide and I lost my footing,\u201d Zilisch told NBC Sports last weekend at Watkins Glen. \u201cI remember my legs split the door, I had one outside the door, one in the door and that\u2019s when I started to tumble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zilisch had surgery Tuesday to insert a plate and screws. No timetable has been announced for his return. The Xfinity Series is off until Aug. 22 at Daytona International Speedway.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Connor Zilisch has surgery on broken collarbone\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nascar\/news\/connor-zilisch-has-surgery-on-broken-collarbone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"NASCAR Xfinity Series Pennzoil 250 - Practice\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755107889_200_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Connor Zilisch was injured in a fall from his car in victory lane after winning last weekend\u2019s Xfinity race at Watkins Glen.<\/p>\n<p>Shane van Gisbergen, a teammate to Zilisch, stood on the roof of his car on the track after winning last weekend\u2019s Cup race at Watkins Glen but did not do so in victory lane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always have bad dreams of slipping over and doing at that in front of everyone,\u201d van Gisbergen said. \u201cBut I just got out like I normally did, but I definitely didn\u2019t get on the roof in victory lane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denny Hamlin, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtymomedia.com\/actionsdetrimental\/episode\/39ee11b7\/svg-strikes-again-can-anyone-stop-him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">on his \u201cActions Detrimental\u201d podcast<\/a> this week admitted that his victory lane celebrations could be impacted by Zilisch\u2019s fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to think about it from now on,\u201d Hamlin said. \u201cMaybe I should just, when I pop out, just sit my butt right on the top, just sit there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Trackhouse Racing owner Justin Marks addresses what\u2019s next for Connor Zilisch after injury\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nascar\/news\/trackhouse-racing-owner-justin-marks-addresses-whats-next-for-connor-zilisch-after-injury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at The Glen - Practice\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755107889_197_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to have to be a group decision,\u201d Justin Marks said of when Connor Zilisch will be back in a car.<\/p>\n<p>After winning at Las Vegas in March, Josh Berry stopped his car at the start\/finish line and climbed on to the roof of his car. When he went to victory lane, Berry stood on the door of his car.<\/p>\n<p>But that could change. Berry said he thinks every driver will look at how they celebrate a win after Zilisch\u2019s fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was just so frightening to see,\u201d Berry said Wednesday. \u201cYou take for granted how things can go. I think we\u2019ll think about it more when you see something like that. I think you\u2019re going to think about whether the \u2026 window net ends up on the door.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Richmond weekend schedule, TV, weather info for NASCAR Cup, Truck and Modified\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nascar\/news\/richmond-weekend-schedule-tv-weather-info-for-nascar-cup-truck-modified-august-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"NASCAR: Cook Out 400\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755107890_307_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the only NASCAR race weekend of the season for the 0.75-mile oval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes, it\u2019s hard to, I mean we\u2019ve been strapped in a car for three hours, four hours, you get out, it\u2019s no different than being on a plane or something and standing up for the first time. You\u2019re legs are a little shaky. Sometimes, I think, we take for granted some of that stuff. I think we\u2019ll all look at it a little differently. Obviously, you don\u2019t want to ruin the celebration element of it, but you\u2019ve got to watch something like that and learn from it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a scary deal. I\u2019m glad that he\u2019s relatively OK. Obviously, he\u2019s banged up a little bit, but I\u2019m glad it was not worse than it was and hope to never see that again because it was hard to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Good news, bad news for NASCAR Cup drivers ahead of Richmond race\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nascar\/news\/good-news-bad-news-for-nascar-cup-drivers-ahead-of-richmond-race\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"AUTO: MAR 29 NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755107890_94_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Denny Hamlin seeks to score his sixth Cup win at Richmond this weekend, but teammate Chase Briscoe will among the challengers.<\/p>\n<p>After winning Talladega earlier this season, Austin Cindric climbed to the roof of his car on the track and slammed the roof three times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think about what happened to Connor often,\u201d said the 6-foot-3 Cindric, who is among the taller Cup drivers. \u201cThe saying goes, big tree, fall hard.\u2019 That\u2019s a long way for a big tall guy to fall from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Cindric said his victory celebrations are not likely to change much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s probably not going to stop me from being overly excited when I get out of the race car,\u201d Cindric said Wednesday. \u201cIf you\u2019re going up on top, I guess the morale of the story is you might as well stand on the roof.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASCAR will not make any changes with driver celebrations after Connor Zilisch\u2019s fall last weekend in victory lane&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-67050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}