Important Update by Connor Zilisch as JRM issued a statement about his Playoff status


Good news for Connor Zilisch and JR Motorsports (JRM). On Thursday (May 1), Dale Earnhardt JRM JRM co -ownership. He announced that Nascar has granted Zilisch a renunciation of Playoff to stay qualified for the Playoffs of Nascar Xfinity Nascar.

The resignation approval took place after Zilisch, who was ruled out of this weekend's XFinity race at Texas Motor Speedway, suffered a lower back injury during a hard oscillation on the last tour of Talladega Superspeedway last week. Texas Xfinity may have been missing his regular season classification, but now a resignation allowed him to stay in the containment of playoff.

In a publication in X, JRM published a statement on the Playoff of Zilisch's Xfinity series.

JRM said in a statement:

“Connor has received a renunciation of the Playoff by Nascar and is still qualified for the 2025 NXS Playoffs.”

Champion of the NASCAR COPA 2021 Kyle Larson will fill Zilisch at number 88 JRM Chevrolet for Saturday (May 3) Andy's Frozen Custard 300 in Texas.

“Kyle Larson will be subject to Connor Zilisch behind the Chevrolet Flyer No.

Connor Zilisch has already closed its place in the Playoffs, thanks to its victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway. In addition to the second race, he has scored so far three first 10 and three posts in the first 11 races this season. It is sixth in the XFinity series drivers classification with 299 points.

“Grateful to be on foot and walk” – Connor Zilisch to your Talladega accident

Rookie Connor Zilisch directed the last weekend race in Talladega Superspeedway on the last lap when he turned while trying to block a race by Jesse Love and, therefore, his car #88 turned strong to the inner wall. The impact was huge. However, he was released from the Infield Care Center and, in the post -race interview, clarified that he was OK.

The Rookie of the Nascar Xfinity series said about The Hard Wreck (via motorsports.com):

“This was one of the wrecks when you move your legs and secure -you feel good afterwards. Very grateful for driving the safe jr motors race cars. We were in the right place. I didn't see it close enough to see what happened, but grateful for walking and walking.”

After the Texas race this Saturday, the Xfinity Series It has a two-week break, which means that Connor Zilisch will have additional time to recover from the injury before the series returns to Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 24.