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Henderson Motorsports shares update on appeal of Parker Kligerman Daytona disqualification

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Feb 14, 2025; Daytona Beach, Florida, USA; NASCAR Truck Series driver Parker Kligerman (75) does a burn out after winning the Fresh From Florida 250 at Daytona International Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-Imagn Images

Henderson Motorsports is confident its appeal of Parker Kligerman‘s disqualification at Daytona will be approved by NASCAR. The Truck Series team went to X/Twitter to give an update on when the appeal will happen.

“Update: We want to say thank you to all the fans who have reached out! Our appeal is scheduled for this Thursday,” Henderson Motorsports wrote. “We feel that we have a very valid case to present to NASCAR. We’ll provide further updates then!”

Parker Kligerman drove the No. 75 Chevrolet for Henderson Motorsports at the Daytona race on Friday. He crossed the finish line first, but NASCAR disqualified him when his truck was found to be too low in a postrace inspection. Corey Heim was declared the new winner, and actor Franke Muniz earned his first career top-10 finish.

After learning about the disqualification, Kligerman went to social media to send a message to his fans. “Biggest win of my life. Thank you all for the wonderful messages,” Kligerman wrote. “Over 700 texts. I will not be commenting any further until we are able to present what I believe is a very, very valid case. Until then, I’m fully focused on my job with [The CW Sports] and [NASCAR Xfinity Series] because the drivers and teams deserve the full focus on the massive stage ahead of them.”

Denny Hamlin weighs in on Parker Kligerman’s disqualification

Denny Hamlin shared his thoughts on Kligerman’s disqualification on the Actions Detrimental podcast. “I had some conversations with them. I’ll let the appeal play out. … I’m not educated enough on it,” he said. “I would just be assuming. What I do know is that they had their car chief ejected through the first round of tech, when they unloaded, so they were already short on people. But you just never know what can happen to your vehicle during the course of a race or anything like that. So, I don’t know.

“I just know that he feels very adamant that there was nothing wrong with his vehicle, and the procedures in which they took, the NASCAR officials took, post-race, I think they’re in large disagreements with. They probably believe that caused the back of his vehicle to be too low. So, I don’t know, you just have to kind of wait on the facts on that one.”

Kligerman retired from full-time racing at the end of last season and covers the Xfinity Series for the CW Network. The 34-year-old has won three Truck Series races in his career.