After profitable Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Sequence race at Watkins Glen, Connor Zilisch climbed from the automobile to have a good time, as he had carried out in his earlier 5 wins this yr. Nevertheless, this time, he slipped off the automobile and fell onto the bottom in a daunting second. He suffered a damaged collarbone within the fall, however there have been no different reported accidents.
As he recovers, there have been rumors swirling that NASCAR goes to vary its Victory Lane coverage and even ban drivers from standing on high of the automobile. However within the sanctioning physique’s weekly podcast, Hauler Discuss, NASCAR’s managing director of communications, Mike Forde, mentioned that there aren’t any such plans to restrict the celebrations.
Connor Zilisch falls, JR Motorsports Chevrolet
Photograph by: Chris Graythen – Getty Pictures
“We’ve not mentioned that we have been going to inform drivers who’ve gained to not step out onto their window, and stand there and take photographs and all that,” defined Forde. “Proper now, there aren’t any finest practices. We aren’t legislating it. We’ve not mentioned that drivers aren’t allowed to do that or anything. Nevertheless, I feel we did discover the window web … we do have NASCAR workers in Victory Lane, and simply make the window web is within the automobile.
“I feel that was a part of the issue — the window web was flapping on the skin. I feel Connor even mentioned that will have been an issue, and one in all our security guys really talked about the identical factor. He seen that as being one of many points. So, nothing so far as a coverage goes. Be certain that the window and test, (as a result of) if that is contained in the automobile, it is one much less factor you’ll be able to slip on.”
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