19-year-old Connor Zilisch will be racing at Daytona next year a few weeks before his Daytona 500 debut. The Trackhouse star will take part in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona for the third time in his young career,
Zilisch will drive the No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R as a co-drier to Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber, and Frederik Vesti.
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The teenager won in his very first Rolex 24 start at the age of 17, driving an LMP2 entry for Era Motorsport in 2024. They went on to earn a class win in the Sebring 12 Hours that year as well. In 2025, he drove a Trackhouse-prepared GTD Pro entry, finishing ninth in class while behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R.
However, 2026 will mark Zilisch’s first appearance in the main GTP class, giving him a shot at the overall win. He took part in the November test with Cadillac as well, where he got his first official laps in the car.
Zilisch joins AJ Allmendinger as the only full-time Cup drivers taking part in the 64th running of the endurance racing classic at Daytona.
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Zilisch, who won ten races but narrowly lost out on the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series title, it was one of the brightest prospects in NASCAR. He will pilot the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Trackhouse in 2026 as he embarks on his first full-time season at the Cup level.
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