If you name a NASCAR Xfinity Series record, there’s a solid chance that Xfinity Series rookie Connor Zilisch has broken it.
Most wins by a rookie? Check. Most consecutive top-five finishes? Check.
With four races left in the 2025 Xfinity Series campaign, a 19-year-old Zilisch, a 10-time winner this season, is still chasing Kyle Busch’s record for the most wins in a single season (13). He’s also chasing an Xfinity Series championship before he makes the jump to full-time Cup Series competition with Trackhouse Racing in 2026.
Zilisch now faces a penultimate round of the Xfinity Series playoffs that features three wildly different tracks in Las Vegas, Talladega and Martinsville. He has a 57-point advantage over the cut line going into the opening race of the round at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but nothing is guaranteed in NASCAR’s current postseason format.
With that in mind, Zilisch knows that whether or not he makes the Championship 4 and whether or not he wins the championship, he’s still had a very successful season.