Sonoma
Parker Kligerman started P12 and finished in 5th place in the inaugural Xfinity race at Sonoma Raceway.
He was followed by Cole Custer, Justin Allgaier, Austin Hill, Sammy Smith and Sam Mayer. He out ran Custer in the final lap to snare the top 5. See it here. Kligerman had the highest place finish of the regular Xfinity racers in the field.
“A little off in the second run,” said Kligerman afterwards. “Then we had that green flag stop and made an adjustment, put on a new set of tires and we were flying again. Proud of the execution and fight in this Big Machine Racing Spiked Coolers team. Thanks to Cole Custer for the fair and classic stock car battle at the end.”
Kyle Larson led 53 laps, swept the stages and seemed to be on his way to the win. Then with 8 laps to go, Larson hit a tire bundle in Turn 11. He dropped from second to third. Aric Almirola won the race, the first-ever for RSS Racing, which fields cars for Ryan and Kyle Sieg. The Stewart-Haas Racing shop prepared the car for Almirola. A.J. Allmendinger finished second.
Parker moves up to 12th in points with 344.
There’s no race next weekend, then the Spiked Coolers team is at the Nashville Superspeedway for the Tennessee Lottery 250, Saturday June 24 at 2:30 p.m. central time. Watch it on USA Network. Listen on Sirius XM Channel 90 and PRN radio affiliates nationwide. For the station near you click here: goprn.com
Overview
Event: DOORDASH 250
Date: Saturday June 10, 2023
Time: 5:00 p.m. Pacific
Location: 29355 Arnold Dr, Sonoma, CA 95476
Layout: 2.520 mile Road Course
Miles: 156.95
Stage Lengths: Stage 1 ends on lap 20/Stage 2 ends on Lap 45/Final stage ends on lap 79
TV: FS1
Radio: Sirius XM Channel 90 and PRN affiliates nationwide. To find on here you click here: goprn.com
Notes of interest:
“After Portland and the awesome speed we had there,” says Parker Kligerman, “I am so pumped for Sonoma! It is easily one of my favorite races and areas we go to in NASCAR. The guys have done an amazing job turning around our car from Portland so that it’s as good as new. I can’t wait to get going, I love this place!”
Sonoma Raceway is a road course and dragstrip located at Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains of Sonoma County, California. The road course features 12 turns on a hilly course with 160 ft of total elevation change.
Driver Points: 307, ranked #14