Zilisch, who owns LMP2 class victories within the Daytona 24 and Sebring 12 this yr, took the lead for the primary time on lap 108 of 150 after entering into William Sawalich whereas the 2 raced side-by-side for the lead.
Sawalich, who began on the pole and led 67 laps, hit the wall onerous and was knocked out of the race.
A late-race warning arrange a restart with eight laps remaining, however the 17-yeaar-old Zilisch bought a superb bounce on Gio Ruggiero and held him off by 0.986 seconds to say his first collection win.
The victory counts each as a nationwide collection win and in ARCA East, the place Zilisch is competing for the collection title.
“I can’t even lie, these first 70 laps I used to be fairly intimidated,” Zilisch stated. “I used to be saying, ‘Oh the automobile’s free, the automobile’s free.’ We have been sitting underneath the crimson (flag) on the backstretch and I used to be like, ‘Rattling, I simply have to get on the fuel.’
“I used to be getting down on myself there. I used to be working fifth, sixth and wasn’t making up any floor. Simply so grateful for this whole staff. These restarts have been hectic, however we stored it up entrance and bought ourselves a win right here at The Mile.”
Carson Kvapil completed third, Lavar Scott was fourth and Andres Perez rounded out the highest 5.
The race was halted for practically eight minutes following a wreck on lap 75 which began when Christian Rose, the collection factors chief going into the race, had a tire go down and slammed onerous into the wall off Flip 4.
Amber Balcaen tried to keep away from Rose’s broken No. 32 automobile, which was briefly trailing flames, and spun and hit the within wall. After exiting the automobile, she walked gingerly with assist earlier than getting on a stretcher and was transported to the infield care middle.
Balcaen was launched from the care middle along with her left foot and ankle wrapped closely. She stated she was “high-quality” however could be searching for additional analysis of her foot.
