Connor Zilisch is hyped, and for good reason. He won the regular season championship, totaling 9 race wins so far. He even delivered JR Motorsports its 100th win. But in the last two races, his winning streak has come to an end. Brandon Jones clinched victory at Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 and became the only driver in the field with a prior Xfinity win at the 1.5-mile intermediate track. Crossing the finish line 2.787 seconds after Jones, Connor Zilisch has now set his gaze on something far more important.

Speaking to Bob Pockrass, Zilisch dusts himself off, refusing to look back at Kansas: “ Yeah, it’s nice. It’s a relief not having to worry about going into next week with not only a target on my head, but having to worry about getting out alive, so yeah, I’m excited to go to Roval n

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