Overview
- Cooper Flagg served as the honorary pace car driver at Texas Motor Speedway after a high-speed ride with Cup rookie Connor Zilisch.
- Zilisch, 19, drove a Chevrolet Corvette well over 100 mph to give Flagg a close look at the 1.5-mile track.
- Flagg said the ride felt very fast and at times scary for someone who had never been in a car moving that quickly.
- The visit doubled as his first trip to any NASCAR track, with his parents meeting Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Denny Hamlin.
- Flagg recently won NBA Rookie of the Year and became the first since Michael Jordan to lead his team in points, rebounds, assists and steals, which helped spotlight the cross-sport cameo.