{"id":92376,"date":"2025-08-24T00:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T00:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/92376\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T00:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T00:22:10","slug":"nascar-insider-reveals-potential-connor-zilisch-number-issues-with-shane-van-gisbergen-after-trackhouse-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/92376\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR insider reveals potential Connor Zilisch number issues with Shane van Gisbergen after Trackhouse promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s what we know: Connor Zilisch will drive full-time for Trackhouse Racing<\/a> in the NASCAR<\/a> Cup Series in 2026. Here\u2019s what we don\u2019t know: which number will be on the sides of Zilisch\u2019s Chevrolet and who will sit atop the pit box as crew chief. <\/p>\n

Trackhouse said in a release Saturday that Zilisch\u2019s car number and crew chief will be announced \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What could make things interesting is that Zilisch has used the No. 88 this season for JR Motorsports in the Xfinity Series. Shane van Gisbergen currently drives the No. 88 Chevrolet for Trackhouse in Cup. Trackhouse owner Justin Marks will have some decisions to make.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team didn\u2019t announce a number for Zilisch,\u201d Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports<\/a> wrote on X. \u201cWould think they have to decide whether he should carry the 88 after being with JRM and change SVG\u2019s number or have Zilisch in the 99 or the 87 or another. Justin Marks says those announcements will come in future weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Pockrass mentioned, Daniel Su\u00e1rez, who will leave Trackhouse after the season, has piloted the No. 99 car since 2021. Zilisch has made three Cup starts this season, all coming in the No. 87 car. Trackhouse did confirm that Red Bull and WeatherTech will continue to serve as anchor sponsors for Zilisch next season. <\/p>\n

While the announcement of Zilisch making the jump to Cup was hardly a surprise, it\u2019s still notable in that the 19-year-old hasn\u2019t even completed one full-time season in the Xfinity Series. But against Xfinity competition, Zilisch has been dominant. <\/p>\n

Zilisch has eight wins in 27 starts, including a series-leading seven in 2025. The latest came Friday night at Daytona International Speedway when Zilisch, coming off surgery to repair his broken collarbone, made way for Parker Kligerman, who drove the car to Victory Lane in relief. <\/p>\n

Zilisch is special; Trackhouse knew that before Zilisch stepped into the NASCAR world, signing him to multi-year developmental deal in January 2024. Now, Trackhouse will head into 2026 at its strongest with Zilisch joining playoff drivers\u00a0Ross Chastain\u00a0and\u00a0van Gisbergen.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be an incredible journey,\u201d Zilisch said, via\u00a0Zack Albert\u00a0of\u00a0NASCAR.com<\/a>. \u201cYou know, I\u2019m so excited for the next 10, 15, 20 years, hopefully in this world of NASCAR racing. I\u2019ve enjoyed my time so far, but I really do hope there\u2019s a long, long journey left ahead of me. I really am having a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s what we know: Connor Zilisch will drive full-time for Trackhouse Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-92376","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\/92376","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=92376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}