As Friday’s 150-lap race wound to a detailed Zilisch, a 17-year-old improvement driver for Trackhouse Racing, discovered himself making an attempt to carry off fellow 17-year-old William Sawalich, a improvement driver for Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing.
Thrice within the last 23 laps, Zilisch and Sawalich raced side-by-side and banged fenders on restarts with Zilisch capable of keep out entrance every time.
The ultimate restart with three laps to go was the least dramatic for Zilisch, who bought an ideal begin and held off Sawalich by 0.513 seconds – his second sequence win of the 2024 season in as many begins.
Zilisch, a sports activities automobile ace, has the least expertise on oval tracks. Simply this season he owns LMP2 class victories within the Daytona 24 and Sebring 12 hours.
“I can’t say about this staff. They’ve labored actually onerous to convey quick automobiles to the race monitor and get these wins,” Zilisch mentioned. “It means loads to me to come back out and right here and win these races. I wouldn’t have the ability to do it with out them.”
Giovanni Ruggiero completed third, Iowa native and former ARCA champion Mason Mitchell was fourth and Andy Jankowiak rounded out the highest 5.
The race was marred by a number of accidents.
A 3-car incident on lap 24 knocked out the automobiles of Amber Balcaen and Greg van Alst and former IndyCar driver Marco Andretti bought swept into the incident. He was finally pressured to take his automobile to the storage for repairs.
Van Alst and Balcaen had been second and third, respectively, within the sequence standings getting into the race.2
