Parker Kligerman has driven Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) No. 77 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series full-time during this 2013 Season but what lies ahead for the 23-year-old in 2014?
“The intention for doing Nationwide and Trucks is to get to Cup. That’s the top, that’s where we all want to be and obviously if there’s opportunities up there you’ve got entertain them,” Kligerman said. “We’ll see the coming weeks, the coming months if that’s a possibility.”
Kligerman has failed to be successful through the 2013 NNS season. He’s had opportunity’s to stand the victor but silly mistakes have cost him that. For example, in Kansas 2-weeks ago Parker had the car to beat but a late race restart error disallowed him to contend for the win.
“We’ve had just too many mistakes this year to put ourselves where we’d like to be, which is about fifth in points,” Kligerman said. “We’re on a smaller budget than a lot of teams are on, there’s still maybe three or four teams that are on a higher budget than us, but to really overachieve you can’t have the mistakes that we’ve made this year.”
The options are narrow for Kligerman heading to 2014, and like any young driver sponsorship will easily be the difference maker. Also, Kligerman isn’t sticking out in many minds because of the raw talent that’s coming up the NASCAR ranks.
Without a contract signed for 2014 Kligerman is weighing in on his options, should he attempt to find a NSCS ride or continue another year in the NNS. Next weekend in Texas Kligerman will drive in the NSCS for Swan Racing’s No. 30 which could be a team he is looking into for 2014.
Another possibility for Kligerman could be a 4th car at Joe Gibbs Racing in the NSCS if sponsorship is allowing. This would be a good case scenario for Parker as he’d be teammates with Kyle Busch who is his NNS team owner. This might be going out on a limb, but we don’t know the future for Brian Vickers at Michael Waltrip Racing (due to his health) and I bet they could possibly consider putting Parker in the No. 55 Toyota.
The future is foggy for Parker but we sure know a win could clear that fog quickly. The Westport, Connecticut native isn’t going to throw in the towel now, not after making it two the 2nd highest stage in NASCAR, he’s going to keep on digging.
I have a great idea: Why not have an owner who 1. Won’t Jilt Him and 2. Have An Agenda for Parker Kligerman? I also believe since 2009, this was his 1st Full Season Full Time Job and in the trucks, he’d be the Preseason Favorite to be the First New England Raised Truck Champion and the 2nd Northeastern Raised Truck Champion.
put him in the 55 car and let brian vickers get better for the 2014 season