Connor Zilisch’s accident in victory lane that left him with a damaged collarbone stands as probably the most horrifying celebrations gone improper in NASCAR. The incident has rattled fellow drivers, a few of whom might now assume twice earlier than climbing onto their automobiles in victory lane. Amongst them is 2012 NASCAR Cup champion Brad Keselowski.
The Xfinity Sequence rookie Zilisch misplaced his stability whereas standing on the door and roof of his successful automotive, his foot tangled within the window netting, and he slammed to the bottom with nothing to interrupt the autumn. The 19-year-old was later taken to a neighborhood hospital, the place docs confirmed the collarbone fracture.
Zilisch rapidly underwent a surgical procedure to hurry his restoration and return to racing. However given it has already scared the NASCAR aces, Keselowski was requested earlier than Richmond if he would nonetheless scale his automotive after a win.
He replied, “In all probability not. I feel I’ll simply seize my American flag and stand outdoors of it. However man, that was positive scary. I known as Adam Alexander yesterday as a result of now that we all know Connor’s okay, it is without doubt one of the funniest rattling movies I’ve ever seen in my life. And we’ve all had our, you already know, moments.”
“The funniest half to me was Adam simply saying, ‘Oh my god, he fell.’ And my spouse and I, we’ve had quite a lot of enjoyable with that. However, you do that sport lengthy sufficient, you’re certain to have a second that you simply want you could possibly have again. And, I’ve obtained fairly a number of of them, and Connor obtained his first one,” Keselowski continued.
In the meantime, Christopher Bell admitted he was so shaken after listening to in regards to the accident that he couldn’t even carry himself to look at the video, leaving his stance on victory-lane celebrations unsure.
Chase Elliott will nonetheless have fun the identical approach
Whereas many drivers admitted Zilisch’s fall shook them, Chase Elliott stated it received’t alter his personal post-race celebrations. Empathetic to Zilisch’s ache however unfazed about his personal routine, Elliott defined on the 5 To Go podcast, that it doesn’t change something for him.
He stated, “It’s a type of issues the place you’ll be able to journey over your shoelace and also you bust your knee up and stroll into your home from a driveway. Stuff occurs. It’s life. The man was having fun with a fantastic day. After which an accident occurred.”
Elliott has stood on the door window body of his automotive many occasions throughout his profession, by no means as soon as getting his foot within the internet or taking a tumble like Zilisch. For that purpose, he welcomed NASCAR’s resolution to not change victory-lane celebration guidelines.
Nonetheless, NASCAR managing director of communications Mike Forde famous that Zilisch’s window internet was “flapping on the surface,” an element that contributed to the mishap. Talking on the Hauler Discuss podcast, Forde confirmed the sanctioning physique will deal with the difficulty to make sure nets stay tucked inside going ahead.
