Polewinner Connor Zilisch Leads Every Lap for the Second Race in a Row At High Point, North Carolina-based Team’s Beloved Home Track – VIR
Zilisch started on the pole for the fourth time this season and the third race in a row and led all 30 laps of the race. He duplicated his feat from the series’ prior race Sept. 24 at World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis, where he led all 61 TA2-class laps from pole to checkered flag.
● This was Zilisch’s fifth win of the season and his second straight. His victory tally began March 26 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta and continued June 4 on the downtown streets of Detroit, Aug. 5 in downtown Nashville, Sept. 24 at St. Louis and today at VIR.
● Zilisch’s lap of 1 minute, 49.934 seconds around VIR’s 3.27-mile, 17-turn layout earned him the Omalagato Fastest Lap of the Race Award.
● Saturday, Zilisch made his TA-class debut at VIR driving the No. 7 Franklin Road Apparel/Silver Hare Racing Chevrolet Camaro for Showtime Motorsports. He also qualified on the pole and led every lap of that race to become the youngest winner in TA-class history.
● Zilisch’s sweep of the VIR race weekend put the 17-year-old in a class of his own. Prior to today, no driver in Trans Am history had won two races in different classes in a single weekend.
| About Silver Hare Racing: |
| Silver Hare Racing is a fulltime competitor in the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli’s newly renamed Big Machine Vodka Spiked Coolers TA2 Series. The multicar team has won the TA2 Masters class championship three times (2018, 2019 and 2020) with driver and team co-owner Maurice Hull. Under the leadership of Hull’s wife, co-owner and team manager Laura Hull, Silver Hare Racing provides a variety of services that includes private testing and arrive-and-drive programs. The team offers six professionally built and maintained TA2 chassis from Howe Racing and operates from a state-of-the-art facility in High Point, North Carolina. For more information, visit SilverHareRacing.com. |
