Following his seventh place finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Parker Kligerman was informed that Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) would be shutting down their one car program in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS).
The main reason that team owner Busch had to shut down the KBM Nationwide team was due to lack of sponsorship. KBM will now release Kligerman into the NASCAR free agency pool and turn their focus on Darrell Wallace Jr. and Erik Jones in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS).
Kligerman and the NASCAR community was first exposed to the fact a few races ago that KBM could be concluding their NNS team after the season finale. That hint gave Kligerman time to prepare his options for next season. His options aren’t very broad, but there is still some hope for Kligerman to race in 2014.
Kligerman has given us a hint as well after starting two races with Swan Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) this year. I’ve came up with three places the 22-year-old driver could possibly sign with.
3. Joe Gibbs Racing: Brian Vickers won’t return to the No. 20 Toyota at Joe Gibbs in 2014, he’ll head full-time to the Sprint Cup Series. After racing with KBM, who are partners with JGR, Kligerman could very well be in the driver’s seat to precede his career on in the No. 20 at Gibbs. But, Gibbs could possibly be leaning towards their development driver Drew Herring to pilot the car instead of Kligerman.
2. Roush Fenway Racing: After Travis Pastrana announced his departing from NASCAR, Roush Fenway Racing has been left with a hole to fill on the NNS side of things. Kligerman’s never driven a Ford in the NASCAR ranks but change won’t hurt. Roush Fenway doesn’t have any development drivers heading through the lower division of NASCAR so this could easily work out. RFF will have to support a three car program if they’d like to bring Kligerman to the team with Ryan Reed and Trevor Bayne as teammates.
1. Swan Racing: Finishing 17th in his Sprint Cup debut has left many people to believe Kligerman will be driving for this Swan Racing team in 2014. To reassure that statement, Kligerman finished 25th at Homestead-Miami Speedway putting him one step closer to signing a deal to drive the No. 30 Toyota. David Stremme is the other driver that Swan Racing could be looking into; Stremme currently holds the team’s best finish.
Wherever Kligerman may wind up you can guarantee he’ll continue to impress. He finished ninth in points this year in the NNS ranks and posted an outstanding 13 top-10 finishes.
Marshall you write very well to be as young as you are; however, I would suggest you nail down your facts a little better before writing as it leans toward a writers credibility.
Gibbs is filled up for next year, Stremme was fired from the 30 and left on bad terms, and the only reason Roush provided a ride for Pastrona was the huge sponsonship he brought to the team,that why he is not in the car next year, no sponsor and I dont think Parker has that kind of financial backing. I really believe Parker would be a good fit for the 30 team.