AUSTIN, Texas Eighteen-year-old Connor Zilisch will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut Sunday at Circuit of The Americas driving the No. 87 Red Bull Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing.

Zilisch competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series full time with JR Motorsports.

Zilisch made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut last fall at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) Intl and won in his debut.

With a background in road racing, Zilisch could be a contender in his Cup Series debut.

Going into my first Cup race at COTA, its going to be a big challenge for me, Zilisch said. A lot of question marks, but I just want to go in and enjoy it and have fun. You only get to make your debut in the Cup Series once.

I feel like its going to be a good experience for me to go learn and run all the laps. I think thats what Im honestly looking forward to the most, just running all the laps and making the most of the experience.

23XI Racing announced a multi-year expansion of its relationship with Upper Deck, the worldwide leader in sports and entertainment collectibles.

Last year, the collaboration debuted with Upper Deck featured on the No. 45 Toyota Camry at Darlington Raceway, as Tyler Reddick raced his way to the regular season championship. The expanded collaboration will continue to see Upper Deck highlighted on-track with 23XIs drivers and feature Upper Deck Authenticated memorabilia and race-used collectibles.

Upper Decks first race will be this coming weekend at Circuit of The Americas with Corey Heim in the No. 24 Toyota GR Supra for the NASCAR Xfinity Series race.

Heim, who was recently announced as 23XIs first development driver, will be making his first start at COTA in the Xfinity Series. Later in the summer, Upper Deck will be featured on the No. 45 Toyota Camry XSE when Tyler Reddick competes at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

For the third consecutive year, Kaulig Racing has teamed with Blacks Tire Service to celebrate grassroots racing in NASCAR.  BTS, a longtime partner in NASCAR, will be the primary sponsor onboard Kaulig Racings No. 16 Chevrolet with driver Christian Eckes for the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) races at Darlington Raceway and Rockingham Speedway.

Michael McDowell made up seven laps in the process of posting a 13^th-place finish in the Spire Motorsports Chevrolet at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

That was an eventful day for the No. 71 Group 1001 Chevy team. We had an issue early on with the power steering pump. We actually lost the hose; came in the garage and went down seven laps, McDowell explained. We got all of our laps back, nothing short of miraculous, and capitalized there at the end.

The NASCAR Cup Series will utilize the venues shorter track layout, the National Course as opposed to the Full Course, which had been used in previous years. The new layout will consist of 20 turns with a total track length of 2.4 miles. Additionally, 27 laps will be added, making the total number of laps 95, 27 more than in previous years.

Officials from Track Enterprises and FirstHealth of the Carolinas, the private, not-for-profit health care system, headquartered in Pinehurst, N.C., announced FirstHealth will serve as the Official Health Care Provider for NASCARs highly awaited return to Rockingham Speedway.

The worlds top-ranked decathlete and Olympic medalist Leo Neugebauer, who starred at the University of Texas at Austin, will serve as Honorary Starter for Sundays Cup Series race at Circuit of The Americas.

-Rebel Bourbon the Official Bourbon of Richard Childress Racing announced the limited-edition release of Kyle Busch 108 Single Barrel Bourbon. Every barrel was selected by two-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion Kyle Rowdy Busch and bottled at 108 proof (54% ABV) in honor of Rebels sponsorship of RCR.