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Parker Kilgerman Weighing in on His 2014 Options

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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.

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Fitzpatrick, Tiemersma, Watson, Passer and Kennedy win Autumn Colour OSCAAR Heats

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Photo Credit: Ashley McCubbin

While most teams come to Autumn Colors to play, it’s a different story for OSCAAR as this event marks their final points event of the season.

Brandon Watson has been strong this year and by simply starting the event, he clinches his second straight OSCAAR Super Late Model Championship. Watson is also guaranteed pole for the 50 lap feature due to winning the Chase for the Colors event in August.

While Watson and 2013 Rookie of the Year Andrew Gresel locked themselves into the front row virtue of the Chase for the Colors, everybody else would have to focus on their heats to determine their starting spot.

J.R. Fitzpatrick won the first heat ahead of George Wilson, Shane Gowan, Gary Passer, Cory Jones, Ed Bowlby and Craig Stevenson.

Derrike Tiemersma won the second heat ahead of Glenn Watson, Gresel, Dwayne Baker, John Owen, Jesse Kennedy and Todd Campbell.

Brandon Watson won the third heat ahead of Brent McLean, Brad Corcoran, Shawn McGlynn, Jeff Dunford, Jim Bowman and Quinn Misener. Misener suffered a wreck at the end of the practice session so he was off throughout the weekend.

Passer won the fourth heat ahead of Gowan, Fitzpatrick, Bowlby, Wilson, Jones, Hawn and Tom Walters (driving for Stevenson).

Kennedy won the fifth heat ahead of Gresel, Campbell, Baker, Tiemersma, Glenn Watson and Owen.

Brandon Watson went for the daily double ahead of Dunford, Corcoran, McLean, McGlynn, Bowman and Misener.

With qualifying in the books, the line-up for the 50 lap feature would be set. Originally scheduled for Sunday, it would run Monday due to rain.

Nick Kozak and Gary McLean win Saturday OSCAAR Modified Autumn Colour Heats

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Qualifying for the final OSCAAR Modified points event of the season continued on Saturday at Peterborough Speedway with a new face in victory lane, followed by a familiar face.

The first heat didn’t start off that well as Brian McLean and Mike Westwood got together. Nick Kozak picked up his first career OSCAAR Modified heat win ahead of Justin Jones, Matt Barton, Dean Scott, John Harper, Westwood, McLean, Dustin Jackson, Dave Osbourne and the 4.

2013 OSCAAR Modified Series Champion Gary McLean won the second heat followed by Darren Kearnan, Tim Burke, Rod Sauder, Davey Terry, Brent McLean, Shane Stickel, Ryan Dick, Tommy Robb, Bobby Tolton and Brad Stevenson.

With qualifying in the books, the 50 lap feature would take place on Monday night following Sunday’s rain out.

NASCAR Top-10 Power Rankings: Charlotte

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Jeffrey Boswell
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Photo Credit: Brad Keppel

Note: The quotes in this article are fictional.

1. Matt Kenseth: Kenseth finished third in the Bank Of America 500, one spot ahead of Jimmie Johnson, and extended his lead from three to four in the Sprint Cup point standings.

“There’s one person I want to keep at arm’s length,” Kenseth said, “and that’s Johnson. Everyone else doesn’t matter, except for Carl Edwards, who needs to stay two arm lengths away.”

2. Jimmie Johnson: Johnson faltered on the race’s final restart and fell to seventh before charging for a fourth-place finish. He now trails Matt Kenseth by four in the points standings.

“I feel like I may have given one away there,” Johnson said. “Restarts have troubled me all year. And restarts mean I have to re-finish. And clearly, as a two-year title drought would suggest, I don’t finish like I used to.”

3. Kevin Harvick: Harvick finished sixth at Charlotte, posting his third-straight top-10 result. He is 29 behind Matt Kenseth in the points standings.

“I’d like to say I still have a chance to win the Cup,” Harvick said, “but the facts don’t support that. You could say I don’t have a leg to stand on. And you can say the opposite about Tony Stewart.”

4. Kyle Busch: Busch finished fifth at Charlotte as arch-nemesis Brad Keselowski won the Bank Of America 500. Busch is fifth in the Sprint Cup points standings, 37 out of first.

“I guess I’m more like Keselowski than I would care to mention,” Busch said. “Apparently, we’re both stupid, and neither of us has a chance to win the Cup.”

5. Jeff Gordon: Gordon won the pole on Thursday and took seventh in the Bank Of America 500. He has five top-10 finishes in six Chase races, and is fourth in the points, 36 out of first.

“Talladega next on the schedule,” Gordon said, “and anything can happen. Usually, when I ask for a miracle, I try to speak to God. Nowadays, it’s a little easier—I just talk to Clint Bowyer.”

6. Kurt Busch: Busch posted a 14th in the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet at Charlotte, and is seventh in the points standings, 59 out of first.

“I don’t condone my brother Kyle’s characterization of Brad Keselowski as ‘stupid,’” Busch said. “Kyle obviously thinks he’s advocating NASCAR’s ‘Drive For Diversity’ when he, as the pot, calls the kettle ‘black.’”

7. Clint Bowyer: Bowyer finished 11th in the Bank Of America 500 and improved one spot in the points standings to eighth. He trails Matt Kenseth by 63.

“Things could get very interesting at Talladega,” Bowyer said. “Not as interesting as things got in Richmond, but interesting nonetheless.

“Because of NAPA’s pulled sponsorship, Michael Waltrip Racing will run only two full-time teams in Sprint Cup next year. Michael tried his best to do more, but sometimes, you just aren’t able to manipulate the outcome.”

8. Brad Keselowski: Keselowski recovered from trouble in the pits to win for the first time this year, taking the Bank Of America 500 at Charlotte.

“I made a full lap with the jack stuck under my car,” Keselowski said. “That’s the least I can do. I simply returned the favor—that jack’s been giving me lifts all tear.

“And speaking of ‘jacks,’ Kyle Busch is a lot like a jack, in that there’s always a ‘let down.’”

9. Greg Biffle: Biffle finished 16th at Charlotte, and is now sixth in the points standings, 58 out of first.

“There will be an NCAA football game at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2016,” Biffle said. “It will likely be the most passing ever seen at a NASCAR track.”

10. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.: Earnhardt finished 15th at Charlotte, one lap down. He is ninth in the Sprint Cup power rankings, 66 out of first.

“I’m ready for Talladega,” Earnhardt said, “and so are the fans of Junior Nation. They go absolutely crazy in the ‘Dega infield. So crazy, in fact, that they’re known as the ‘Infield-els.’”

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