TC Daily Pit Stop: Kligerman Retiring from Full-Time NASCAR Racing; Cram Eager to Impress in New Opportunity; Plus Kaulig Looking for Watkins Glen Trophy
TC Daily Pit Stop: Kligerman Retiring from Full-Time NASCAR Racing; Cram Eager to Impress in New Opportunity; Plus Kaulig Looking for Watkins Glen Trophy
TC Daily Pit Stop: Friday, September 13, 2024
LFG! IT’S ARCA DAY IN AMERICA!
The ARCA Menards Series will tackle Watkins Glen International on Friday for their event, a pre-cursor into Saturday and Sunday’s action for the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series. Coverage for the event begins at 5:00 PM ET on FS1.
Dawson Cram Eager to Impress in Fresh Opportunity with DGM Racing
For 23-year-old Dawson Cram, the final months of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series campaign bring a fresh opportunity, as the young driver joins forces with second-tier series mainstay DGM Racing for five of the season’s final seven events.
Cram will serve as the anchor driver of the No. 92 Chevrolet during the Xfinity Series post-season, with his debut race being the playoff opener at Kansas on September 28. Additional outings with DGM will follow at the Charlotte ROVAL, Las Vegas, Martinsville, and the season-finale at Phoenix.
The Mooresville, North Carolina-native spoke to TobyChristie.com about this new agreement with the family-owned and operated team.
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Parker Kligerman Leaving Big Machine Racing; Will Not Pursue Full-Time Rides for 2025
Parker Kligerman will not be returning to Big Machine Racing in 2025, confirming Thursday first on The Money Lap podcast, and then in a subsequent social media statement that he will be retiring from full-time competition in NASCAR’s National Series.
The 34-year-old driver is currently in his second season of full-time competition for Big Machine Racing, owned by Scott Borchetta, where he pilots the No. 48 Big Machine Spiked Coolers Chevrolet Camaro.
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MORE NASCAR HEADLINES:
Josh Bilicki, MBM Motorsports Land Bristol Sponsorship from Arby’s Franchisee, AES Restaurant Group: Arby’s, the second-largest sandwich restaurant brand in the world, will be represented on the No. 66 Ford Mustang at Bristol, courtesy of 2019 Arby’s Franchisee of The Year ASE Restaurants.
Kaulig Racing Bowling for ‘Strike’ at Watkins Glen with Two Strong Road Racers: This weekend at Watkins Glen, Kaulig Racing is searching for at least one, and maybe even two trophies, with strong road racers AJ Allmendinger and Shane Van Gisbergen running double-duty.
NASCAR TRIVIA:
NEED SOME HINTS?
AJ Allmendinger holds the record for most road course wins in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with 11, but not all of them came with Kaulig Racing.
Allmendinger is not the only road course winner for Kaulig Racing.
Count victories in both the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series.
The total matches a car number that Kaulig has previously used in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
DID YOU GET YESTERDAY’S QUESTION CORRECT?
Q: Which driver has earned the FEWEST points in the NASCAR Cup Series on road courses this season?
A: Josh Berry. Only 23% of voters got this one correct. Berry has only recorded NINE points in three road course events this season, 15 points less than the second-worst drier Justin Haley.
36% of voters put Kaz Grala, driver of the No. 15 for Rick Ware Racing. Even though he’s part-time, Grala has run all three road course events, and collected 35 points while doing so.