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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