zMAX CARS Tour Driver
Connor Zilisch
More About Connor
Birthdate: July 22, 2006
Hometown: Weddington, N.C.
Connor Zilisch has been around racing since the young age of 5 years old. Zilisch started out in a go-kart and won multiple national karting championships in the USA, as well as a world karting championship in Europe.
Connor began racing cars at the grassroots level at just 14 years old, and quickly found success in 2021 winning the Mazda MX-5 Cup Scholarship to fund a season in the Mazda MX-5 cup in 2022. There, Zilisch finished 2nd in the points standings and won rookie of the year honors.
In 2023, Zilisch won 5 of 13 Trans Am Series TA2 events, as well as a CARS Tour Pro Late Model win at Ace Speedway.
In 2024, Zilisch became the 2nd youngest driver to ever win the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona in the LMP2 class. Along with that, Connor signed a multi-year contract with NASCAR Cup Series organization, TrackHouse Racing.
2024 will see Zilisch making starts in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, CARS Tour, Trans-Am, IMSA, as well as a full-time ARCA Menards East schedule piloting the #28 for Pinnacle Racing Group.
