Connor Zilisch Shares Injury Update A Day After Nasty Talladega Wreck With Jesse Love

Connor Zilisch has shared a further update following a violent wreck at Talladega yesterday.

The JR Motorsports driver looked to be heading straight for Victory Lane during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway yesterday. However, after a tap from Jesse Love on the final lap of the race sent him into a spin and into the barriers, his hopes of securing win slipped away.

Zilish was checked by the infield medical center following the race. He explained to the media at the time that he was “glad to be walking”:

“Yeah, I’m okay.

“That’s one of the wrecks where you move your legs and make sure everything feels okay afterwards. So, very grateful to drive safe JR Motorsports race cars.

“Our WeatherTech Chevrolet was as fast as Xfinity Mobile. We were in the right spot, just, yeah, I haven’t really watched it close enough to know what happened. But yeah, grateful to be up and walking.”

Today, he has shared a further update on his recovery while also reflecting on the lost victory. He posted to social media:

“Sore today but more than anything just upset that I couldn’t close that one out for my team. If we keep putting ourselves in position to win races, it will come. Thank you to everyone who reached out to make sure I was okay.”

Love gave an quick comment to the media following the race in order to go and check on Zilisch.

“I just got really good pushes there at the end,” Love explained.

“I was able to lift enough off of [Turn] 2 to get big pushes. I kind of thought we made our bed and were not in a good spot to win, and then I was able to get Austin [Hill] connected to me and he was able to give me some good pushes down the backstretch for a few laps. It was definitely tough how that ended. I hope my friend is okay.

“I’m not going to comment on what I thought happened there yet. I just want to go check on him and make sure he’s alright. Looked like a really hard hit, and he really hasn’t taken many hard hits yet.”

NASCAR Xfinity Series: Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway results

1. Austin Hill – Finished
2. Jeb Burton – Finished
3. Jesse Love – Finished
4. Justin Allgaier – Finished
5. Matt DiBenedetto – Finished
6. Anthony Alfredo – Finished
7. Blaine Perkins – Finished
8. Harrison Burton – Finished
9. Sheldon Creed – Finished
10. Daniel Dye – Finished
11. Taylor Gray – Finished
12. Patrick Emerling – Finished
13. Leland Honeyman – Finished
14. Sam Mayer – Finished
15. Nick Sanchez – Finished
16. Ryan Ellis – Finished
17. Carson Kvapil – Finished
18. Dean Thompson – Finished
19. Brennan Poole – Finished
20. Jesse Iwuji – Finished
21. Joey Gase – Finished
22. Mason Maggio – Finished
23. Kyle Sieg – Finished
24. Kris Wright – Finished
25. Christian Eckes – Finished
26. Jeremy Clements – Finished
27. Connor Zilisch – Finished
28. Brandon Jones – Finished
29. Josh Williams – Finished
30. Caesar Bacarella – Finished
31. Sammy Smith – Finished
32. Jeffrey Earnhardt – Out
33. Aric Almirola – Out
34. Katherine Legge – Out
35. Greg Van Alst – Out
36. Ryan Sieg – Out
37. William Sawalich – Out
38. Parker Retzlaff – Out