Parker Kligerman

Parker Kligerman
Kligerman being interviewed at the 2019 Daytona 500
Born	Parker L. Kligerman (1990-08-08) August 8, 1990 (age 31) Stamford, Connecticut
Awards	2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Rookie of the Year 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Bill France Four Crown
NASCAR Cup Series career
29 races run over 5 years
2021 position	52nd
Best finish	47th (2014, 2019)
First race	2013 AAA Texas 500 (Texas)
Last race	2021 Hollywood Casino 400 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
53 races run over 7 years
2017 position	102nd
Best finish	9th (2013)
First race	2009 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas)
Last race	2017 Johnsonville 180 (Road America)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 19 1
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
98 races run over 11 years
Truck no., team	No. 75 (Henderson Motorsports)
2020 position	28th
Best finish	5th (2012)
First race	2010 WinStar World Casino 350K (Texas)
Last race	2021 United Rentals 200 (Martinsville)
First win	2012 Fred's 250 Powered by Coca-Cola (Talladega)
Last win	2017 Fred's 250 Powered by Coca-Cola (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 44 2
Statistics current as of December 25, 2021.

Parker L. Kligerman (born August 8, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver and a pit reporter for NASCAR on NBC. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 75 Chevrolet Silverado for Henderson Motorsports. Kligerman is a former development driver for Penske Racing. He has worked for NBC since 2015 after he lost his last full-time ride in NASCAR with the closed Swan Racing team.

Racing career[]

As part of Penske's driver development program, in 2008 Kligerman drove the No. 77 Cunningham Motorsports Dodge in two races in the ARCA RE/MAX Series. He drove the car full-time in 2009, finishing second points in his rookie season. He made his Nationwide Series debut for Penske in their No. 22 car at Kansas Speedway that year and won the pole. He then drove in the season finale for Team 42 Racing.

He was slated to contest the first five races of the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series season with Team 42 with additional appearances possible.^[1] However, he failed to qualify at Daytona and Bristol. After missing the show at Bristol he was out of the car until returning for the eighth race of the season at Talladega where he crashed on lap 113. He earned his first Top 10 finish at Bristol's second race with a ninth-place finish. Kligerman also earned a top ten with an 8th-place finish at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.^[2]

Kligerman competed for Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2011, driving the No. 29 for Brad Keselowski Racing. He returned to the No. 29 truck in 2012, and also drove the Penske Racing No. 22 in the Nationwide Series on a limited schedule, sharing the seat with Brad Keselowski and Jacques Villeneuve.^[3]

After the first eleven races of the 2012 season, Kligerman was released from his ride at Brad Keselowski Racing.^[4] Shortly thereafter, Red Horse Racing announced that they had signed a contract with Kligerman to drive the No. 7 Toyota for the remainder of the season.^[5]

Kligerman practiced and qualified the No. 22 Dodge for Penske Racing at Michigan International Speedway in the Sprint Cup Series in August 2012, as regular driver Sam Hornish, Jr. competed in the Nationwide Series race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve that weekend, returning for the race.^[6]

Kligerman won his first Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on October 6, 2012.^[7] A fringe title contender late in the season, Kligerman was officially eliminated from championship contention after being involved in a crash at Phoenix and finishing in 27th place. The next week he would make his final start for Red Horse Racing in the 2012 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, winning his second career pole and finishing in 7th place.^[8] He finished 5th in the series points standings.

Announcing that he would not be returning to Red Horse Racing or the Camping World Truck Series in 2013, Kligerman signed with Kyle Busch Motorsports to drive their No. 77 Toyota Camry in the NASCAR Nationwide Series full-time in 2013.^[9] He disappointed at KBM, only finishing in the top 5 three times and ending the year 9th in points.

In November 2013, Kligerman made his Sprint Cup debut at Texas Motor Speedway in the AAA Texas 500, driving for Swan Racing.^[10] He finished 18th in the event, Swan's best result in 2013.^[11] Two weekends later, at the Ford 400, Kligerman impressed again by finishing 25th, on the lead lap.

For 2014, Swan Racing announced Kligerman's hiring for the full 2014 season, as part of an expansion to two full-time teams, alongside Cole Whitt.^[12] During a practice session for the 2014 Daytona 500, Kligerman was involved in an accident that saw his car overturned into the catch fencing, but was uninjured.^[13]

Due to sponsorship woes and on track struggles including many DNFs and wrecked race cars in the first eight races, Swan was forced to sell off both of its teams prior to Richmond, with the No. 30 points being bought by Xxxtreme Motorsport, who already had a driver in J. J. Yeley.^[14] Thus, Kligerman was without a ride. However, Swan continued to keep Kligerman under contract for the remainder of the year in the event they would resume operations.^[15] On May 14, Stewart-Haas Racing announced that Kligerman would serve as a practice and stand-by driver for Kurt Busch in the No. 41 at the Sprint All-Star Race and Coca-Cola 600 when Busch was attempting the 600-Indianapolis 500 "Double Duty".^[16] Kligerman began working with NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) as an analyst later in the 2014 season. In September, he announced that he would test an Indy Lights car for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.^[17]

In 2015, Kligerman continued his work with NBCSN, including commentary on tape-delayed broadcasts of the K&N Pro Series. At Darlington in September, he returned to competition, driving the No. 97 Chevrolet for Obaika Racing in the Xfinity Series.

On February 3, 2016, it was announced that Kligerman would drive the No. 92 Ford F-150 for RBR Enterprises at Daytona in the Truck Series.^[18] In July, Kligerman joined Athenian Motorsports for the Truck race at Kentucky, replacing an injured John Wes Townley.^[19] Before the Martinsville race, Kligerman and RBR mutually parted ways leaving Kligerman without a ride. Kligerman was called to drive the No. 75 truck for Henderson Motorsports to drive at Talladega. Kligerman would not make the race, after sustaining a brake issue during qualifying.

In 2017, Kligerman returned to Henderson Motorsports to run 8–10 races in addition to serving as a Cup Series and Xfinity Series pit reporter for NBC Sports.^[20] After starting the year with a DNQ at Daytona,^[21] Kligerman won at the schedule's second plate track Talladega in October.^[22]

After three years out of the series, in May 2018, Kligerman joined Gaunt Brothers Racing for his Cup Series return in the Coca-Cola 600.^[23] In 2019, he ran 14 races for GBR, recording a best finish of 15th in the Daytona 500 and 1000Bulbs.com 500. He did not return to the team in 2020.^[24]

Despite not returning the Cup series in 2020, Kligerman would rejoin Henderson for 10 Truck series starts that year in the no.75 Silverado, failing to qualify for his first two attempts, but successfully made the field at his other attempts. He would run well, with his worst finish being a 34th at Dover due to his engine giving out after 94 laps, and his best fishing being 4th at Bristol.

Kiligerman would increase his truck schedule from 10 races to 12 races in 2021. He would get two top fives at Watkins Glen and Darlington. He would also rejoin Gaunt Brothers Racing for the Fall Kansas Race, where he managed to bring the 96 to a 20th place finish. Kligerman said that the car was one of the best Cup cars he has ever drove. ^[25]

Personal life[]

Kligerman was born in Stamford and lived there until he was 11 then moved to neighboring Westport, Connecticut where he stayed there until his move to NASCAR. Kligerman is the co-founder and president of Focus Now Solutions, the manufacturer of focus-enhancing beverage product Focus7 Shot.^[26] Kligerman also is a writer at auto blog Jalopnik, as well as at NBCSports.com, and produced a weekly podcast called "Kickin’ it with Kligerman” March 2014 to January 2015. ^[27]

Since 2019, Kligerman has been represented professionally by Athelo Group, a sports agency based out of Stamford, Connecticut.^[28]

He graduated from Staples High School in his hometown of Westport, Connecticut in 2009.

Kligerman currently lives in Stamford.

Motorsports career results[]

NASCAR[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series[]

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	MENCC	Pts	Ref
2012	Penske Racing	22	Dodge	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	KAN	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH QL†	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	TAL	CLT	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	-	[29]
2013	Swan Racing Company	30	Toyota	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	KAN	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX 18	PHO	HOM 25	59th	01	[30]
2014	Swan Racing			DAY 29	PHO 42	LVS 40	BRI 34	CAL 42	MAR 41	TEX 40	DAR 30	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	47th	54	[31]
2018	Gaunt Brothers Racing	96	Toyota	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	KAN	CLT 27	POC	MCH	SON 23	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	POC	GLN 24	MCH	BRI	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	TAL	KAN	MAR	TEX 31	PHO	HOM	60th	01	[32]
2019				DAY 15	ATL 30	LVS 31	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX 27	BRI	RCH	TAL 27	DOV	KAN	CLT 26	POC	MCH	SON 30	CHI	DAY 31	KEN	NHA	POC	GLN 26	MCH	BRI	DAR	IND 36	LVS	RCH	CLT 26	DOV	TAL 15	KAN 29	MAR	TEX 22	PHO	HOM	47th	01	[33]
2021	Gaunt Brothers Racing	96	Toyota	DAY	DAY	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	BRI	MAR	RCH	TAL	KAN	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	SON	NSH	POC	POC	ROA	ATL	NHA	GLN	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN 20	MAR	PHO	52nd	01	[34]
† – Qualified for Sam Hornish Jr.

Daytona 500[]

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2014	Swan Racing	Toyota	41	29
2019	Gaunt Brothers Racing	Toyota	25	15

Xfinity Series[]

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2009	Penske Racing	22	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN 16	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM DNQ	95th	208	[35]
	Smith-Ganassi Racing	42	Dodge																																			HOM 25
2010				DAY Wth	CAL 22	LVS 35	BRI DNQ	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL 31	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT DNQ	NSH	KEN	ROA	NHA		CHI 13	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI 9					KAN 24	CAL			TEX 34	PHO	HOM 13	39th	1090	[36]
	Penske Racing	26	Dodge																	DAY 13								CGV 8	ATL	RCH 15	DOV			CLT 43
		22																																	GTY QL†
2011				DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	TAL	NSH	RCH	DAR	DOV	IOW	CLT	CHI	MCH	ROA	DAY	KEN	NHA	NSH	IRP	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI 9	ATL	RCH	CHI	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM		115th	01	[37]
2012				DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	IOW 8	CLT	DOV 12	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI 7	IND	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			120th	01	[38]
2013	Kyle Busch Motorsports	77	Toyota	DAY 5	PHO 19	LVS 30	BRI 9	CAL 4	TEX 12	RCH 11	TAL 6	DAR 15	CLT 9	DOV 11	IOW 14	MCH 25	ROA 3	KEN 16	DAY 18	NHA 20	CHI 6	IND 18	IOW 16	GLN 6	MOH 13	BRI 35	ATL 16	RCH 36	CHI 8	KEN 29	DOV 7	KAN 7	CLT 9	TEX 13	PHO 12	HOM 7			9th	993	[39]
2015	Obaika Racing	97	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR 21	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			68th	23	[40]
2017	Precision Performance Motorsports	46	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA 10	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			102nd	01	[41]
† – Qualified for Brad Keselowski

Camping World Truck Series[]

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2010	Brad Keselowski Racing	29	Ram	DAY	ATL	MAR	NSH	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	MCH	IOW	GTY	IRP	POC	NSH	DAR	BRI	CHI	KEN	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX 9	PHO	HOM	88th	138	[42]
2011				DAY 15	PHO 32	DAR 14	MAR 13	NSH 10	DOV 21	CLT 8	KAN 11	TEX 2	KEN 2	IOW 22	NSH 5	IRP 11	POC 13	MCH 23	BRI 10	ATL 12	CHI 4	NHA 18	KEN 29	LVS 10	TAL 28	MAR 21	TEX 28	HOM 14	11th	728	[43]
2012				DAY 11	MAR 11	CAR 9	KAN 8	CLT 11	DOV 2	TEX 10	KEN 19	IOW 10	CHI 5	POC 7															5th	778	[44]
	Red Horse Racing	7	Toyota												MCH 4	BRI 2	ATL 4	IOW 23*	KEN 2	LVS 19	TAL 1	MAR 9	TEX 2	PHO 27	HOM 7
2013		20	Toyota	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	IOW	CHI	LVS	TAL 4	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM				90th	01	[45]
2014		58		DAY 29	MAR	KAN	CHA	DOV	TEX	GTW	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM				107th	01	[46]
2016	RBR Enterprises	92	Ford	DAY 3	ATL 8	MAR 8	KAN 31	DOV 27	CLT 18	TEX 20	IOW 31	GTW				BRI 20	MCH	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS 14								24th	164	[47]
	Athenian Motorsports	05	Chevy										KEN 19	ELD	POC
	Henderson Motorsports	75	Toyota																			TAL DNQ	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM
2017				DAY DNQ	ATL 31	MAR	KAN	CLT 10	DOV 21	TEX	GTW	IOW	KEN 7	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI 8	MSP 8	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL 1	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM			26th	184	[48]
2018			Chevy	DAY 28	ATL 11	LVS	MAR	DOV 28	KAN	CLT 7	TEX	IOW	GTW	CHI	KEN 27	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI 4	MSP	LVS	TAL 28	MAR 16	TEX	PHO	HOM			24th	172	[49]
2019				DAY	ATL 20	LVS	MAR	TEX	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	CHI	KEN	POC	ELD	MCH	BRI 13	MSP	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO	HOM 10			41st	72	[50]
2020				DAY	LVS	CLT DNQ	ATL DNQ	HOM	POC 15	KEN 18	TEX	KAN	KAN	MCH 9	DAY 8	DOV 34	GTW	DAR	RCH	BRI 4	LVS	TAL	KAN 15	TEX	MAR 24	PHO			28th	175	[51]
2021				DAY DNQ	DAY	LVS 8	ATL 14	BRI 8	RCH	KAN	DAR 26	COA 13	CLT	TEX	NSH 17	POC	KNX	GLN 5	GTW	DAR 5			TAL 37						23rd	254	[52]
			Toyota																		BRI 21	LVS		MAR 6	PHO

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2008	Cunningham Motorsports	77	Dodge	DAY	SLM	IOW	KEN			TOL	POC	MCH		KEN	BLN	POC	NSH	ISF	DSF	CHI	SLM	6	TAL	TOL 9	47th	645	[53]
2009				DAY 7	SLM 3	CAR 5	TAL 7	KEN 17	TOL 1	POC 6	MCH 1	1*	IOW 1*	KEN 1*	BLN 6	POC 21	ISF 1	CHI 17	TOL 3*	DSF 1	NJE 2	2	KAN 1*	CAR 1*	2nd	5710	[54]
2016	Cunningham Motorsports	22	Dodge	DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	NJE 1*	POC		MAD	WIN	IOW											52nd	450	[55]
	Athenian Motorsports	05	Chevy												IRP 8		BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM	CHI	KEN	KAN

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Parker Kligerman driver statistics at Racing-Reference