Overview
- Before the NASCAR Cup race in Fort Worth, Cooper Flagg rode as a passenger with 19-year-old Connor Zilisch in a 2026 Chevrolet Corvette that topped 100 mph.
- Hours later he led the 38-car field as the honorary pace car driver at the 1.5-mile Texas track.
- Flagg said the lap felt very fast and that he was scared for part of it because he had never been in a car at that speed.
- Zilisch is in his first full Cup season with Trackhouse Racing after winning 10 races last year in NASCAR’s second-tier series.
- Flagg made the visit days after winning NBA Rookie of the Year, a season in which he became the first rookie since Michael Jordan in 1984–85 to lead his team in points, rebounds, assists and steals.