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Kyle Larson surprisingly passed over for NASCAR replacement drive at Kansas

Chris Deeley Thursday 8 May 2025 00:00

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Connor Zilisch has been ruled out of this week's NASCAR Truck Series race at Kansas, but will be replaced by an unexpected driver.

The teenager's heavy wreck at Talladega put him out of last weekend's Xfinity Series race at Texas, with Kyle Larson winning the race as his replacement, and he'll be out of action again this Saturday.

Zilisch will replaced for the race by William Byron, despite expectations that Larson would be in his #7 car for the Heart of Health 200.

The 18-year-old is unlikely to miss any more Xfinity Series action this season though, with no more races scheduled until Saturday, 24th May at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Zilisch replaced by Cup Series star at Kansas

The full entry list for Saturday's Truck Series race is as follows.

Entry No.	Driver	Car No.	Team
1	Brandon Jones (i)	#1	TRICON Garage
2	Nathan Byrd	#02	Young's Motorsports
3	Cody Dennison	#2	Reaume Brothers Racing
4	Toni Breidinger (R)	#5	TRICON Garage
5	William Byron (i)	#07	Spire Motorsports
6	Carson Hocevar (i)	#7	Spire Motorsports
7	Grant Enfinger	#9	CR7 Motorsports
8	Corey Heim	#11	TRICON Garage
9	Jake Garcia	#13	ThorSport Racing
10	Tanner Gray	#15	TRICON Garage
11	Giovanni Ruggiero (R)	#17	TRICON Garage
12	Tyler Ankrum	#18	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing
13	Daniel Hemric	#19	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing
14	Morgen Baird	#22	Reaume Brothers Racing
15	Dawson Sutton (R)	#26	Rackley W.A.R.
16	Frankie Muniz (R)	#33	Reaume Brothers Racing
17	Layne Riggs	#34	Front Row Motorsports
18	Chandler Smith	#38	Front Row Motorsports
19	Matt Mills	#42	Niece Motorsports
20	Bayley Currey	#44	Niece Motorsports
21	Kaden Honeycutt	#45	Niece Motorsports
22	Stewart Friesen	#52	Halmar Friesen Racing
23	Luke Baldwin	#66	ThorSport Racing
24	Rajah Caruth	#71	Spire Motorsports
25	Spencer Boyd	#76	Freedom Racing Enterprises
26	Andrés Pérez de Lara (R)	#77	Spire Motorsports
27	Connor Mosack (R)	#81	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing
28	Matt Crafton	#88	ThorSport Racing
29	Jack Wood	#91	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing
30	Ty Majeski	#98	ThorSport Racing
31	Ben Rhodes	#99	ThorSport Racing

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