The three-time Supercars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, led 49 of 450 laps and accumulated 15 stage points en route to his fifth top-five result of the 2026 Cup season in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
The 19-year-old Zilisch from Charlotte, North Carolina, achieved a career-best seventh-place result amid a difficult Cup Series rookie campaign in Sonoma, California.
Shane van Gisbergen will lead the field to the start of the NASCAR Cup Series’ inaugural running of the Anduril 250 at San Diego’s Naval Base Coronado from pole position
The three-time Supercars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 123.937 mph in 71.165 seconds for his first Cup pole of 2026 at The Glen.
Zilisch was originally scheduled to race at Texas Motor Speedway in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race last year, but sat out due to the late-race Talladega crash, which resulted in a back injury.
