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By now a lot of people have seen the video of NASCAR driver Connor Zilisch falling off his car on Victory Lane. After biffing it headfirst into the ground, it seems like he knocked himself out as people rushed to his aid in what should have been a moment of revelry.
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In the footage, you can see his foot slipped, maybe from the champagne spraying around or maybe from the netting he was standing on, with that foot falling inside his car. The result was he fell and was unable to get a foot under him.
The impact broke his collar bone. But the driver said CT scans of his head showed no damage there, which is the bigger concern by far.
Now, the big question is will the broken collarbone keep Zilisch from racing for a time?
With six victories under his belt so far this season, the young driver is red hot, so we’d hate to see him lose a beat.
The last time Zilisch missed a race was after his big crash at Talladega when he suffered a back injury. He has two weeks to get healthy enough for Daytona on August 22, so perhaps he will continue vying for the championship.
This whole incident is a great metaphor for life. Oftentimes your big victories, your highest highs, are followed by some catastrophic lows. But we think this isn’t going to be the only high in Zilisch’s career, so he better be careful in the future.
We fear this incident might lead to NASCR overreacting and banning some of the celebratory traditions of the motorsport. Hopefully that isn’t what happens, but with how things have been going the past several years, or maybe about two decades, we just wouldn’t be surprised.
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