| Parker Kligerman | |||||||
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_(cropped).jpg) Kligerman atMartinsville Speedway in 2024 | |||||||
| Born | Parker Lindsley Kligerman (1990-08-08)August 8, 1990 (age 35) Westport, Connecticut, U.S. | ||||||
| Awards | 2009ARCA Re/Max Series Rookie of the Year 2009ARCA Re/Max Series Bill France Four Crown | ||||||
| NASCARCup Series career | |||||||
| 30 races run over 6 years | |||||||
| 2022 position | 58th | ||||||
| Best finish | 47th (2014,2019) | ||||||
| First race | 2013AAA Texas 500 (Texas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2022Enjoy Illinois 300 (Gateway) | ||||||
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| NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 122 races run over 10 years | |||||||
| 2024 position | 10th | ||||||
| Best finish | 9th (2013) | ||||||
| First race | 2009Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 122 races run over 14 years | |||||||
| 2025 position | 31st | ||||||
| Best finish | 5th (2012) | ||||||
| First race | 2010WinStar World Casino 350K (Texas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025Ecosave 250 (Charlotte Roval) | ||||||
| First win | 2012Fred's 250 Powered by Coca-Cola (Talladega) | ||||||
| Last win | 2022O'Reilly Auto Parts 150 (Mid-Ohio) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 25 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 2nd (2009) | ||||||
| First race | 2008 Loud Energy Drink 150 (Millville) | ||||||
| Last race | 2016Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 (IRP) | ||||||
| First win | 2009Menards 200 (Toledo) | ||||||
| Last win | 2016Twilight 150 Presented by Unique Pretzels (Millville) | ||||||
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| IMSA SportsCar Championship career | |||||||
| Debut season | 2025 | ||||||
| Current team | Forte Racing | ||||||
| Car number | 78 | ||||||
| Starts | 2 | ||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||
| Podiums | 0 | ||||||
| Poles | 0 | ||||||
| Fastest laps | 0 | ||||||
| Best finish | TBD in2025 | ||||||
| Statistics up to date as of October 31, 2025. | |||||||
Parker Lindsley Kligerman (born August 8, 1990) is an American semi-retired professionalstock car racing driver, color commentator forNASCAR on The CW, studio talent forNASCAR on TNT Sports, and pit reporter forNASCAR on NBC. He last competed part-time in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 75Chevrolet Silverado RST forHenderson Motorsports, and in theIMSA SportsCar Championship driving the No. 78Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 for Forte Racing in theGTD class. Kligerman is a formerdevelopment driver forTeam Penske. He has worked for NBC since 2015 as a TV analyst and pit reporter.[1] In 2023, Parker co-founded the motorsports media company "The Money Lap" withLandon Cassill.[2]
As part of Penske's driver development program, in 2008, Kligerman drove the No. 77Cunningham Motorsports Dodge in two races in theARCA RE/MAX Series. He drove the car full-time in 2009, finishing second in points in his rookie season. He made hisNationwide Series debut for Penske in their No. 22 car atKansas Speedway that year and won the pole. He then drove in the season finale forTeam 42 Racing.
He was slated to contest the first five races of the2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series season with Team 42, with additional appearances possible.[3] However, he failed to qualify atDaytona andBristol. After missing the show at Bristol, he was out of the car until returning for the eighth race of the season atTalladega, where he crashed on lap 113. He earned his first top-ten finish at Bristol's second race with a ninth-place finish. Kligerman also earned a top ten with an eighth place finish atCircuit Gilles Villeneuve.[4]
Kligerman competed forRookie of the Year in the NASCARCamping World Truck Series in 2011, driving the No. 29Ram forBrad Keselowski Racing. He returned to the No. 29 truck in 2012, and also drove thePenske Racing No. 22 in theNationwide Series on a limited schedule, sharing the seat withBrad Keselowski andJacques Villeneuve.[5]
After the first eleven races of the 2012 season, Kligerman was released from his ride at Brad Keselowski Racing.[6] Shortly thereafter,Red Horse Racing announced that they had signed a contract with Kligerman to drive the No. 7Toyota for the remainder of the season.[7]
Kligerman practiced and qualified the No. 22 Dodge for Penske Racing atMichigan International Speedway in theSprint Cup Series in August 2012, as regular driverSam Hornish Jr. competed in theNationwide Series race atCircuit Gilles Villeneuve that weekend, returning for the race.[8]
Kligerman won his firstCamping World Truck Series race atTalladega Superspeedway on October 6, 2012.[9] A fringe title contender late in the season, Kligerman was officially eliminated from championship contention after being involved in a crash atPhoenix and finishing in 27th place. The next week, he would make his final start for Red Horse Racing in the 2012 season finale atHomestead-Miami Speedway, winning his second career pole and finishing in seventh place.[10] He finished fifth 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 withKyle Busch Motorsports to drive their No. 77Toyota Camry in theNASCARNationwide Series full-time in 2013.[11] He disappointed at KBM, only finishing in the top-five three times and ending the year ninth in points.
In November 2013, Kligerman made his Sprint Cup debut atTexas Motor Speedway in theAAA Texas 500, driving forSwan Racing.[12] He finished eighteenth in the event, Swan's best result in 2013.[13] Two weekends later, at theFord 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, alongsideCole Whitt.[14] During a practice session for the2014 Daytona 500, Kligerman was involved in an accident that saw his car overturned into the catch fencing, but was uninjured.[15]
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 byXxxtreme Motorsport, who already had a driver inJ. J. Yeley.[16] 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.[17] On May 14,Stewart–Haas Racing announced that Kligerman would serve as a practice and stand-by driver forKurt Busch in the No. 41 at theSprint All-Star Race andCoca-Cola 600 when Busch was attempting the 600-Indianapolis 500 "Double Duty".[18] Kligerman began working withNBC Sports Network (NBCSN) as an analyst later in the 2014 season. In September, he announced that he would test anIndy Lights car forSchmidt Peterson Motorsports.[19]
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 forObaika Racing in theXfinity Series.
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On February 3, 2016, it was announced that Kligerman would drive the No. 92Ford F-150 forRBR Enterprises at Daytona in the Truck Series.[20] In July, Kligerman joinedAthenian Motorsports for the Truck race at Kentucky, replacing an injuredJohn Wes Townley.[21] Before the Martinsville race, Kligerman and RBR mutually parted ways leaving Kligerman without a ride. Kligerman was called upon to drive the No. 75Toyota forHenderson Motorsports at Talladega. Kligerman would not make the race after sustaining a brake issue during qualifying.
In 2017, Kligerman returned to Henderson Motorsports to run eight–ten races in addition to serving as a Cup Series and Xfinity Series pit reporter for NBC Sports.[22] After starting the year with a DNQ at Daytona,[23] Kligerman won at the schedule's second plate track Talladega in October.[24]
After three years out of the series, in May 2018, Kligerman joinedGaunt Brothers Racing for his Cup Series return in theCoca-Cola 600.[25] In 2019, he ran fourteen races for GBR, recording a best finish of 15th in theDaytona 500 and1000Bulbs.com 500. He did not return to the team in 2020.[26]
Despite not returning to the Cup series in 2020, Kligerman would rejoin Henderson for ten Truck series starts that year in the No. 75Silverado, failing to qualify for his first two attempts, but successfully making 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 fourth at Bristol.
Kiligerman would increase his truck schedule from ten races to twelve races in 2021. He would get two top fives at Watkins Glen and Darlington. He would also rejoin Gaunt Brothers Racing for theFall Kansas Race, where he managed to bring the 96 to a twentieth-place finish. Kligerman said that the car was one of the best Cup cars he has ever driven.[27]
On December 27, 2021, in response to a fan's tweet, Kligerman revealed that he would return to Henderson Motorsports to drive the No. 75 truck in eight to twelve races in 2022.[28]
On July 9, 2022, in theO'Reilly Auto Parts 150 at Mid-Ohio, Kligerman earned his third victory in the Truck Series, which was also a decisive win againstZane Smith.[29]
On October 29, 2022,Big Machine Racing announced that Kligerman would drive the No. 48 car full-time in the 2023 Xfinity Series season.[30] Kligerman started the season with a 23rd place finish atDaytona. He stayed mostly consistent throughout the regular season, and made the playoffs for the first time in his career, and the first playoff appearance for Big Machine Racing.[31] Kligerman was eliminated at the conclusion of theCharlotte Roval race.[32]
On August 24, 2023, it was announced that Kligerman would return to BMR for the2024 season.[33] Following theMichigan race, the No. 48 was levied an L1 penalty after pre-race inspection discovered illegal modifications on the rear spoiler; as a result, the team was docked twenty owner and driver points, and crew chief Patrick Donahue was finedUS$25,000.[34] On September 11, Kligerman announced on his podcast that he would not return to BMR and would retire from full-time racing at the end of the 2024 season.[35]
On October 12, 2024, Kligerman was leading late at theCharlotte Roval when the No. 42 ofLeland Honeyman crashed deep into the tire barrier with two to go. NASCAR didn't throw a caution until after Kligerman had taken the white flag, when he and his team started celebrating their first Xfinity win. However, it was announced that Kligerman did not get back to the white flag before the caution, and a replay showed he was less than five feet short of the white flag when the caution lights came on. On the final restart, Kligerman then got passed in turn seven by eventual race winnerSam Mayer and would fall back to sixth place, eliminating him from the playoffs.
On February 14, 2025, Kligerman unofficially won theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series opener, theFresh From Florida 250, atDaytona in the No. 75 forHenderson Motorsports but later failed post-race inspection for the truck being too low.Corey Heim, who originally finished second, was credited with the win while Kligerman was relegated to last.[36]
After Xfinity Series rookie driverConnor Zilisch suffered a brokencollarbone a few weeks earlier,[37] Kligerman was announced as the backup-driver forJR Motorsports’ No. 88, at theWawa 250 at Daytona.[38] Kligerman swapped out Zilisch at lap thirteen and ultimately drove the car to victory lane. Under NASCAR rules, Zilisch was credited as the winner for starting the race.[39]
Kligerman's first foray into the media started in 2013 withJalopnik[40] contributing articles based on his personal experience in NASCAR and his love for all things cars.
In 2013, Kligerman began his career behind the mic by launching the Kicking it with Kligerman Podcast. Initially a weekly special that aired onSirius XM's NASCAR channel, it soon began a full-time podcast where Kligerman would talk with motorsports personalities.[41]
Kligerman started working for NBC Sports in 2014 as a TV Analyst. Two years later, Parker made his debut as a pit reporter for a NASCAR Cup race.[42]
Parker Kligerman co-hosted the popular automotive television seriesProving Grounds from 2018 to 2020. Spanning three seasons, the show made its debut on October 1, 2018, featuring Kligerman alongside fellow co-hosts Sam Smith and Leh Keen. The series focused on exploring high-performance vehicles.[43]
Kligerman expanded his media presence by hosting#InTheWall for NBC Sports on their YouTube channel, a show aimed at diving deeper into the biggest topics in motorsports each week. The show ran from 2019 to 2022. Guests includedA. J. Allmendinger,Logan Sargeant andRob Smedley.[44]
In 2023, Parker founded "The Money Lap," a brand dedicated to covering, discussing, and exploring various facets of motorsports. The brand has the tagline, "The Coolest Stuff in Motorsports."[45]
A key feature of "The Money Lap" is its podcast, co-hosted by Parker andLandon Cassill. The podcast delves into a range of topics across different motorsports disciplines. Guests have included Dale Earnhardt Jr., James Hinchcliffe, Cole Custer, Will Buxton, and other motorsports industry figures. The Money Lap Podcast debuted in the Top 60 US sport shows on Apple Charts.[46]
Kligerman was born in Greenwich and lived in Stamford until he was 11, then moved to neighboringWestport, Connecticut, where he stayed until his move to NASCAR. Kligerman currently resides in Stamford.[47]
Kligerman is the co-founder and president of Focus Now Solutions, the manufacturer of focus-enhancing beverage product Focus7 Shot.[48]
Kligerman is also part of Lime Rock Group, LLC, the group that ownsLime Rock Park.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Swan Racing | Toyota | 41 | 29 |
| 2019 | Gaunt Brothers Racing | Toyota | 25 | 15 |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
(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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | CAR | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | CAY | KEN | BLN | POC | NSH | ISF | DSF | CHI | SLM | NJE 6 | TAL | TOL 9 | 47th | 645 | [81] |
| 2009 | DAY 7 | SLM 3 | CAR 5 | TAL 7 | KEN 17 | TOL 1 | POC 6 | MCH 1 | MFD 1* | IOW 1* | KEN 1* | BLN 6 | POC 21 | ISF 1 | CHI 17 | TOL 3* | DSF 1 | NJE 2 | SLM 2 | KAN 1* | CAR 1* | 2nd | 5710 | [82] | |||
| 2016 | Cunningham Motorsports | 22 | Dodge | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE 1* | POC | MCH | MAD | WIN | IOW | 52nd | 450 | [83] | ||||||||||
| Athenian Motorsports | 05 | Chevy | IRP 8 | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | ||||||||||||||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Forte Racing | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | LamborghiniDGF 5.2 L V10 | DAY 12 | SEB 12 | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 48th | 430 |
* Season still in progress.
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Forte Racing |  Mario Farnbacher Misha Goikhberg Franck Perera | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | GTD | 591 | 42nd | 12th |