NASCAR driver Connor Zilisch suffered a broken collarbone after falling from his vehicle in victory lane on Saturday, he said on social media. The Xfinity Series points leader had won his sixth race of the season at the Watkins Glen International race track in New York when the accident occurred.
After his victory, Zilisch was climbing onto the roof of his No. 88 Chevrolet to celebrate. A video of the moment shared by the racing news outlet Speedway Digest showed Zilisch slipping from the driver's side window where he'd placed his left foot, apparently after catching it in window netting, before tumbling headfirst onto the ground below.
The 19-year-old Zilisch was taken on a backboard to the trackside medical center and then transported to a hospital for further evaluation, NASCAR sai