NASCAR XFINITY SERIES: PLAYOFFS | CHAMPIONSHIP 4

November 1, 2025

Connor Zilisch

Pit Lane Interview

Q. A third-place finish in the race today, second in the championship for Connor. I know the emotions were high. How do you evaluate tonight and ultimately just this season?

CONNOR ZILISCH: Yeah, I mean, I came into the weekend, I told my entire team we got to give it our 100% this week. As long as we walk out of this place knowing we did that, I'll be proud of us.

We did that today, and we fought all day long, threw everything we had at it. Unfortunately our WeatherTech Chevrolet, we just didn't quite have what we needed.

It doesn't take away from anything we've done this year. Our car has been as fast as Xfinity Mobile all year long. I'm so proud of these guys.

Yeah, I guess the lights were too bright.

Q. Experiencing the highs and lows of this moment, there were a lot of both. How much did all of that play into the emotion that you felt at the end of the day today?

CONNOR ZILISCH: Yeah, you just work all year long, you bust your ass for 33 weeks. I feel like we've done the best job we could all year long. Yeah, we just didn't have it today.

I'm so proud of this team. We have nothing to hang our heads about. Yeah, this one's going to sting.