DAYTONA BEACH — It was a , with .
The drivers ranged from ages 18 to 73, with superstar Frankie Muniz sitting (Malcolm) within the center at 39 years previous and ending eleventh on the leaderboard. Flip 4 bought slippery, producing a number of exhausting collisions with the within wall regardless of little nudging from different vehicles. The last-lap jostling resulted in a crash and one other yellow.
And the winner was a semi-retired man. Due to course it was.
Let’s break down Friday’s at .
Parker Kligerman: Half-time driver, eternally Daytona winner
Parker Kligerman has spent loads of time in Daytona Seaside the previous month. However Friday was the spotlight.
He secured his fourth profession Truck Collection victory and first since 2022.
On the finish of final season, Kligerman left his Xfinity Collection seat, flipping the web page to full-time broadcasting with NBC and the CW. He saved somewhat room for part-time Truck racing and different miscellaneous occasions on the aspect. He ran the in January.
Then got here the Contemporary From Florida 250.
“Largest win of my complete life,” he yelled moments after getting out of his automobile.
Not unhealthy for a part-timer.
Ben Rhodes enjoys begin to Friday however locations twenty first
Ben Rhodes’ quick afternoon grew to become a quick night.
For the primary time since 2018, he received a pole, submitting the quickest common in the course of the afternoon qualifying session. That continued after he led the sphere to the beginning line.
He claimed a Stage 1 victory, his first since 2023, and ended Stage 2 in second.
He slid all the way down to twenty first after a last-lap wreck grabbed him.
Flip 4 will get slippery
Perhaps the couple of rain drops that fell late within the afternoon left some residue.
Or possibly it was simply the Vans race at Daytona, which tends to see slips and slides and wrecks.
Kaden Honeycutt, Toni Breidinger and Clay Greenfield every introduced out yellow flags in the identical vogue.
On Lap 4, Honeycutt bought free in Flip 4 and swung exhausting into the within wall. Just a few laps later, after going again to inexperienced, Breidinger introduced out her personal warning, spinning off and colliding with the within wall.
Lastly, on Lap 69, Greenfield merely misplaced traction and veered into the barrier.
Norm Benning fights off Father Time for respectable Daytona end
In a race the place a young person — Gio Ruggiero — had a shot within the late levels, we noticed a 73-year-old business pilot convey residence a Fifteenth-place end.
Norm Benning, who continues to race a few instances a yr, has been round NASCAR for greater than 35 years, with most of his racing coming in vans since 2008.
Haven’t heard of him? Perhaps as a result of he’s had zero top-10s in 248 profession Truck Collection begins, nearly completely along with his self-owned staff.
Benning has a technique to go, although, to match the longevity of Morgan Shepherd, who was nonetheless racing within the Xfinity Collection at age 77, and James Hylton, who made his final ARCA begin at age 79 in 2013.
Frankie Muniz begins rookie Truck Collection season in OK vogue at Daytona
Frankie Muniz made his debut as a full-time NASCAR Truck Collection racer on the game’s greatest stage. After pinballing throughout the scoring pylon in the course of the 100-lap race, he landed in eleventh place Friday night time.
The previous actor, and “Malcolm within the Center” star, drives the No. 33 Ford for Reaume Brothers Racing after a 2024 season the place he ran a handful of races in three totally different sequence. Two years in the past, he ran the complete ARCA season.
Michael McDowell’s return did not finish properly
Michael McDowell, the 2021 Daytona 500 winner, had not run a Truck Collection race since 2009, and had run solely two in his profession.
His Friday night time foray confirmed occasional promise, however ultimately, he was caught up in a last-lap crash that dropped him to a end of twenty seventh. His fellow Cup racer, Justin Haley, additionally a former Daytona winner (Coke Zero 400), skated by the ultimate crash and completed seventh.
Daniel Hemric, who ran the Cup Collection full time for Kaulig Racing final yr, is again within the Truck Collection full time for the primary time since 2018, driving for McAnally Hilgemann Racing. He escaped sufficient of the difficulty to complete eighth.
