Jesse Love was unable to hold off his best friend, Connor Zilisch, who got around him in the final corner on the final lap for the race win in Saturday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Mission 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International.
As Love missed the final turn, Zilisch crossed the finish line ahead of Love by 0.262 seconds. This is Zilisch’s third consecutive NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series win at Watkins Glen.
Taylor Gray, Ross Chastain, and Brandon Jones rounded out the top-five finishers in Saturday’s race.
Photo Credit: Rebecca Eisele | TobyChristie.com
Mission 200 At The Glen Race Results
| Fin | St | Car | Driver | Team | Laps | Diff | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | 1 | Connor Zilisch | JR Motorsports Jockey 150 Years Chevrolet | 82 | --- | Running |
| 2 | 8 | 2 | Jesse Love | Richard Childress Racing Whelen Chevrolet | 82 | 0.262 | Running |
| 3 | 25 | 54 | Taylor Gray | Joe Gibbs Racing Operation 300 Toyota | 82 | 13.601 | Running |
| 4 | 29 | 32 | Ross Chastain | Jordan Anderson Racing T-M-T Gravel & Contracting Inc. Chevrolet | 82 | 15.190 | Running |
| 5 | 7 | 20 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing Menards/Pelonis Toyota | 82 | 16.680 | Running |
| 6 | 4 | 19 | Brent Crews | Joe Gibbs Racing Mobil 1 Toyota | 82 | 20.038 | Running |
| 7 | 6 | 99 | Parker Retzlaff | Viking Motorsports US Environmental Chevrolet | 82 | 20.186 | Running |
| 8 | 12 | 9 | Shane van Gisbergen | JR Motorsports Kubota Chevrolet | 82 | 21.216 | Running |
| 9 | 35 | 87 | Austin Green | Peterson Racing Group Chevrolet | 82 | 21.897 | Running |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet | 82 | 21.922 | Running |
| 11 | 9 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing Bennett Transportation Chevrolet | 82 | 23.874 | Running |
| 12 | 1 | 88 | Rajah Caruth | JR Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 82 | 25.904 | Running |
| 13 | 5 | 41 | Sam Mayer | Haas Factory Team Audibel Chevrolet | 82 | 31.481 | Running |
| 14 | 34 | 91 | Carson Kvapil | DGM Racing Clarience Technologies Chevrolet | 82 | 32.936 | Running |
| 15 | 27 | 17 | Corey Day | Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet | 82 | 35.480 | Running |
| 16 | 10 | 8 | Sammy Smith | JR Motorsports Arby's BBQ Chevrolet | 82 | 37.945 | Running |
| 17 | 22 | 24 | Harrison Burton | Sam Hunt Racing DEX / Sharp Toyota | 82 | 38.316 | Running |
| 18 | 18 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Alpha Prime Racing Midas Chevrolet | 82 | 49.959 | Running |
| 19 | 30 | 0 | Alex Labbe | SS-GreenLight Racing Chevrolet | 82 | 54.223 | Running |
| 20 | 36 | 42 | Will Rodgers | Young's Motorsports Drydene Chevrolet | 82 | 58.839 | Running |
| 21 | 38 | 50 | Preston Pardus | Pardus Racing Inc. Chinchor Electric Inc. Chevrolet | 82 | 62.970 | Running |
| 22 | 26 | 07 | Josh Bilicki | SS-GreenLight Racing Chevrolet | 82 | 65.432 | Running |
| 23 | 13 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing aperam Recycling Chevrolet | 82 | 67.727 | Running |
| 24 | 15 | 96 | Anthony Alfredo | Viking Motorsports Metalico Chevrolet | 82 | 74.870 | Running |
| 25 | 23 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Jordan Anderson Racing FVP Verified. Proven. Chevrolet | 82 | 86.154 | Running |
| 26 | 24 | 31 | Blaine Perkins | Jordan Anderson Racing Davidson Buick/GMC Chevrolet | 81 | 1 lap | Running |
| 27 | 20 | 45 | Lavar Scott | Alpha Prime Racing Sunoco Chevrolet | 81 | 1 lap | Running |
| 28 | 21 | 92 | Alex Guenette | DGM Racing Chevrolet | 81 | 1 lap | Running |
| 29 | 3 | 00 | Sheldon Creed | Haas Factory Team Ollie's Chevrolet | 81 | 1 lap | Running |
| 30 | 32 | 55 | Glen Reen | Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet | 81 | 1 lap | Running |
| 31 | 33 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing MONROE EXTINGUISHER Chevrolet | 81 | 1 lap | Running |
| 32 | 31 | 53 | Derek White | Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet | 78 | 4 laps | Running |
| 33 | 11 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing All Weather Power Equipment Chevrolet | 74 | 8 laps | Running |
| 34 | 28 | 02 | Ryan Ellis | Young's Motorsports Tablo TV Chevrolet | 72 | 10 laps | Out |
| 35 | 16 | 26 | Dean Thompson | Sam Hunt Racing Thompson Pipe Group Toyota | 54 | 28 laps | Out |
| 36 | 14 | 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing Starkey Toyota | 15 | 67 laps | Out |
| 37 | 37 | 35 | Matt Wilson | Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet | 5 | 77 laps | Out |
| 38 | 19 | 48 | Patrick Staropoli | Big Machine Racing Syfovre Chevrolet | 4 | 78 laps | Out |
