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Loop Data Box Score : Watkins Glen International

Mission 200 at The Glen

Watkins Glen International , Watkins Glen, NY

Saturday, August 9th, 2025 Race 23 of 33 2025 Season
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It’s a highly-anticipated trip to upstate New York for 19-year-old JR Motorsports rookie Connor Zilisch. He returns to Watkins Glen International as the defending winner of Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Mission 200 at The Glen (3 p.m. ET on The CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) – claiming the very first NASCAR victory of his career in his first ever NASCAR national series start there last summer.

The driver of the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet boasts a series-best five wins in his first fulltime season and is tied with his teammate, reigning series champ Justin Allgaier atop the championship standings at 772 points each. Their JR Motorsports team has won all four road course events this season – with three different drivers, including Zilisch who won at Circuit of The Americas and Sonoma Raceway.

Sam Mayer, 22, delivered the Haas Factory Team its first victory last week at Iowa Speedway and has earned four of his eight career series trophies on road courses, including Watkins Glen in 2023. He’s only 16 points behind the JR Motorsports teammates Zilisch and Allgaier atop the standings.

With three races remaining to set the 12-driver Playoff field, eight drivers have now secured automatic shots at the big trophy via victory. With Mayer’s win, JR Motorsports driver Carson Kvapil now holds the top transfer position based on points – he’s 93 points above the Playoff cutoff line – but Mayer’s teammate Sheldon Creed is only 11 points off that mark.

Harrison Burton still holds onto the last points transfer spot with a 17-point margin over Ryan Sieg, and is 19-points up on his cousin Jeb Burton.

Of note, Richard Childress Racing driver Austin Hill – a two-time winner on the season – returns to competition after serving a one-race suspension last week. But if granted a Playoff waiver (as expected) he will not be able to take any Playoff points into the championship hunt.

The New Zealander van Gisbergen will drive the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet in his third Xfinity Series start of the year. He has three road course wins in the NASCAR Cup Series already in 2025 in addition to his Chicago win-from-pole in the Xfinity Series. A win at Watkins Glen would tie Van Gisbergen with Australian Marcos Ambrose for most victories (five) in the series by a foreign-born driver. He and his young teammate Zilisch have won seven of the last nine road course races.

  • Watkins Glen International
  • Mission 200 At The Glen
  • Pole Winner: Connor Zilisch
  • Age: 19
  • Team : No 88 - Registix Chevrolet
  • Owner: Dale Earnhardt, Jr
  • Crew Chief: Mardy Lindley
  • Connor Zilisch won the Pole Award for the Mission 200 At The Glen with a lap of 70884 seconds, 124429 mph
  • This is his sixth pole in 26 NASCAR Xfinity Series races
  • This is his fifth pole and 18th top-10 start in 2025
  • This is his second pole in two races at Watkins Glen International
  • Shane Van Gisbergen (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2025 and his first in two races at Watkins Glen International
  • Taylor Gray (third) posted his first top-10 start at Watkins Glen International It is his 14th in 23 races this season
  • Connor Zilisch (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 85
  • Laps Actual: 82 - Race Shortened
  • Margin of Victory: 02.326 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 26 Minutes 49 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 82.102
  • Cautions: 7 for 20 laps
  • Lead Changes: 17
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,538 (24.8 passes per green flag lap)

  • Watkins Glen International
  • Mission 200 At The Glen
  • Race Winner: Connor Zilisch
  • Age: 19
  • Team : No 88 - Registix Chevrolet
  • Owner: Dale Earnhardt, Jr
  • Crew Chief: Mardy Lindley
  • Connor Zilisch won the Mission 200 At The Glen, his seventh victory in 26 Xfinity Series races
  • This is his sixth victory and 14th top-10 finish in 2025
  • This is his second victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Watkins Glen International
  • Sam Mayer (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in five races at Watkins Glen International It is his 14th top-10 finish in 2025
  • Sammy Smith (third) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Watkins Glen International
  • Connor Zilisch (first) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Connor Zilisch leads the point standings by 7 points over Justin Allgaier
Cole Custer celebrates in victory lane
Avondale, Arizona - November 4, 2023 : Cole Custer, driver of the #00 Haas Automation Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway.
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Mission 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International : Loop Data Box Score results
DRIVER ST MID CLO FIN HI LOW ARP PL DIF GFP GFxP PD QPS % QPS FST % T15 LED % LED LAPS DR TOT PTS
Connor Zilisch 1 1 1 1 1 16 2.1 0 28 31 -3 20 71.43 40 100.0 60 73.2 82 140.70 51
Sam Mayer 4 3 5 2 2 23 5.7 2 24 32 -8 18 75.00 1 95.1 0 0.0 82 109.20 43
Sammy Smith 6 9 4 3 1 26 7.9 3 25 37 -12 20 80.00 0 92.7 1 1.2 82 98.80 36
Austin Hill 10 4 3 4 1 24 5.7 6 27 33 -6 21 77.78 1 95.1 3 3.7 82 105.70 40
Carson Kvapil 14 5 14 5 5 33 12.9 9 38 38 0 25 65.79 1 69.5 0 0.0 82 89.80 38
Justin Allgaier 9 8 9 6 1 16 8.8 3 41 24 17 36 87.80 0 96.3 3 3.7 82 96.80 44
Austin Green 18 10 8 7 5 33 13.5 11 45 52 -7 18 40.00 0 62.2 0 0.0 82 82.20 31
Christian Eckes 36 15 12 8 4 36 20.1 28 38 52 -14 11 28.95 0 31.7 0 0.0 82 69.00 29
Brandon Jones 13 26 13 9 7 31 13.9 4 31 61 -30 17 54.84 1 73.2 0 0.0 82 81.30 28
Harrison Burton 17 14 15 10 6 19 13.5 7 45 25 20 23 51.11 0 69.5 0 0.0 82 76.50 32
Kaz Grala 8 30 23 11 7 33 15.8 -3 38 69 -31 19 50.00 0 69.5 0 0.0 82 74.50 0
Brennan Poole 31 18 19 12 8 31 20.3 19 52 28 24 3 5.77 0 19.5 0 0.0 82 64.20 25
Dean Thompson 19 16 10 13 7 26 16.3 6 50 28 22 18 36.00 0 36.6 0 0.0 82 72.80 28
Jesse Love 15 12 16 14 1 24 14.6 1 45 43 2 13 28.89 0 52.4 1 1.2 82 75.50 29
Jeremy Clements 30 22 24 15 11 35 24.0 15 157 138 19 3 1.91 0 9.8 0 0.0 82 56.00 22
Jeb Burton 23 31 18 16 11 32 23.0 7 44 31 13 5 11.36 0 8.5 0 0.0 82 55.70 21
Daniel Dye 21 33 20 17 9 34 23.4 4 45 75 -30 4 8.89 0 13.4 0 0.0 82 61.30 20
Taylor Gray 3 27 7 18 2 34 10.5 -15 47 41 6 23 48.94 3 65.9 0 0.0 82 81.80 28
Stefan Parsons 26 24 27 19 13 34 25.7 7 60 41 19 3 5.00 0 11.0 0 0.0 82 46.80 0
Austin J Hill 38 28 28 20 14 38 28.4 18 51 32 19 0 0.00 0 4.9 0 0.0 82 40.80 17
Glen Reen 35 29 29 21 15 38 30.2 14 37 23 14 0 0.00 0 1.2 0 0.0 82 37.70 16
Parker Retzlaff 22 19 21 22 1 29 19.6 0 48 45 3 6 12.50 0 23.2 1 1.2 82 61.50 18
Blaine Perkins 32 35 30 23 16 35 30.7 9 41 26 15 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 80 38.80 14
Nicholas Sanchez 7 11 11 24 3 27 13.1 -17 32 38 -6 16 50.00 0 64.6 0 0.0 75 80.50 20
Michael McDowell 12 6 2 25 1 31 11.1 -13 20 57 -37 14 70.00 0 78.1 1 1.4 73 89.50 0
William Sawalich 5 23 6 26 1 27 9.3 -21 41 72 -31 18 43.90 0 75.6 1 1.4 73 94.80 11
Josh Bilicki 27 20 17 27 13 37 26.7 0 39 27 12 2 5.13 0 4.9 0 0.0 73 58.20 10
Ryan Sieg 29 17 22 28 8 36 22.8 1 69 31 38 4 5.80 0 11.0 0 0.0 73 62.50 11
Ryan Ellis 33 25 25 29 14 35 26.6 4 54 39 15 2 3.70 0 7.3 0 0.0 73 49.70 8
Kyle Sieg 28 21 26 30 12 32 25.4 -2 57 48 9 0 0.00 0 1.2 0 0.0 73 53.20 7
Shane van Gisbergen 2 2 31 31 1 26 10.7 -29 18 55 -37 7 38.89 6 68.3 11 17.2 64 105.60 0
Anthony Alfredo 20 32 32 32 15 34 28.9 -12 32 27 5 0 0.00 0 1.2 0 0.0 63 41.50 5
Matt DiBenedetto 24 13 33 33 9 32 25.3 -9 35 29 6 7 20.00 0 9.8 0 0.0 52 59.80 5
Preston Pardus 34 37 35 34 31 37 36.0 0 8 11 -3 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 52 28.20 3
Sheldon Creed 11 7 34 35 3 29 19.1 -24 20 28 -8 15 75.00 1 54.9 0 0.0 50 80.50 14
Riley Herbst 16 34 36 36 12 35 27.8 -20 29 30 -1 6 20.69 0 22.0 0 0.0 39 47.30 0
Thomas Annunziata 25 36 37 37 21 35 33.8 -12 25 32 -7 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 31.30 1
Garrett Smithley 37 38 38 38 36 38 38.0 -1 2 3 -1 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 23.20 1