A wild flip of occasions in Watkins Glen. Toni Breidinger has been changed by her crew chief, Cayden Lapcevich attributable to damage. Lapcevich is the 2016 NASCAR Canada Collection champion, and he’s solely 24 years outdated.
Toni Breidinger burned her foot in a current race. Coping with that damage, the Venturini Motorsports driver tried her finest to drive at The Glen at this time. On the midway break, she received out of the automobile and was changed by Lapcevich.
Cayden is a younger crew chief. His youthful brother Treyten races within the CARS Tour and can be a NASCAR Canada champ. Regulate that No. 25 automobile because it now has a brand new driver.
This season has not gone the way in which Toni Breidinger had hoped it might. She hoped to compete for the factors lead and be in competition to perhaps even win a race sooner or later. Nonetheless, unhealthy luck, wrecks, and at instances, an absence of velocity have held her again.
Right now at Watkins Glen, she held her personal with the damage. Racing with a foul burn in your foot just isn’t ideally suited. Cayden Lapcevich is greater than able to racing this factor out and attending to the tip of the race with a clear automobile.
In the meanwhile, Lapcevich is the primary automobile a lap down. With how a lot inexperienced flag racing we’ve had, I doubt he will get the fortunate canine to get again on the lead lap.
Toni Breidinger out of the automobile, Connor Zilisch dominates
Whereas Toni Breidinger needed to get out of the race automobile early, it was fairly a present on the monitor. Connor Zilisch was placing up lap instances that no different driver might match. It was lap after lap of velocity and consistency.
Zilisch has blown up this 12 months. He’s seen as the way forward for NASCAR and with a brand new sponsorship from Purple Bull, in addition to race wins to again it up, he’s properly on his method. He makes his Xfinity Collection debut tomorrow afternoon.
There actually isn’t a lot else to say. He was excellent. Even with a automobile that was wheel-hopping, he was simply quicker than everybody else. William Sawalich had no reply for Zilisch this week.
Toni Breidinger had a tough day at this time. The remainder of the season might go properly for her, although. It’s by no means too late to have a fantastic race, so long as there are dates on the schedule left, she has alternatives transferring ahead.
