Who won NASCAR Xfinity race at Watkins Glen? Winner is Connor Zilisch, plus full results

The checkered flag has flown for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Mission 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International.

Connor Zilisch earned his first career win in his first career start on Saturday. The driver of the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet beat Sheldon Creed to the line to take the checkered flag. Zilisch led 45 of 90 laps in a race that went to double overtime and finished after 90 laps.

Zilisch also overcame a penalty with 34 laps to go for missing the inner loop, otherwise known as the “bus stop” corner, under caution and fought back to win the race.

Saturday’s race had seven cautions and featured 10 lead changes. The race was red-flagged for 22 minutes after an accident occurred in turn 1 including Austin Hill, Anthony Alfredo, William Byron, Ed Jones and Sammy Smith.

Here are the full results for Saturday’s race:

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Who won the NASCAR Xfinity Watkins Glen race? Winner, race results for Mission 200 at The Glen

Unofficial results from the NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Sept. 14, 2024 at Watkins Glen International

1. Connor Zilisch, No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet

2. Sheldon Creed, No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

3. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

4. Chandler Smith, No. 81 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

5. Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

6. Ross Chastain, No. 92 DGM Racing Chevrolet

7. Parker Kligerman, No. 48 Big Machine Racing Chevrolet

8. Jesse Love, No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

9. Joey Logano, No. 15 AM Racing Ford

10. Josh Bilicki, No. 91 DGM Racing Chevrolet

11. Austin Green, No. 32 Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet

12. William Byron, No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

13. Riley Herbst, No. 98 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

14. Parker Retzlaff, No. 31 Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet

15. Ryan Ellis, No. 43 Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet

16. Leland Honeyman Jr., No. 42 Young’s Motorsports Chevrolet

17. Justin Allgaier, No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet

18. Jeremy Clements, No. 51 Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet

19. Sammy Smith, No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet

20. Sam Mayer, No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet

21. Cole Custer, No. 00 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

22. Ryan Sieg, No. 39 RSS Racing Ford

23. Brennan Poole, No. 44 Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet

24. Ed Jones, No. 26 Sam Hunt Racing Toyota

25. Ty Gibbs, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

26. Aric Almirola, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

27. RC Enerson, No. 14 SS Green Light Racing Chevrolet

28. Brandon Jones, No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet

29. Thomas Annunziata, No. 35 Joey Gase Motorsports Toyota

30. Mike Skeen, No. 87 Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet

31. Jeb Burton, No. 27 Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet

32. Josh Williams, No. 11 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

33. Austin Hill, No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

34. Anthony Alfredo, No. 5 Our Motorsports Chevrolet

35. Matt DiBendetto, No. 38 RSS Racing Ford

36. Alon Day, No. 45 Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet

37. Kyle Sieg, No. 28 RSS Racing Ford

38. Kyle Weatherman, No. 36 DGM Racing Chevrolet

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