It’s official: shouldn’t be the winner.
The 34-year-old took the checkered flag within the final Friday at Daytona Worldwide Speedway. However his No. 75 Henderson Motorsports trip failed the post-race inspection, incomes him a disqualification and elevating runner-up Corey Heim to the No. 1 spot within the historical past books.
Henderson Motorsports appealed the choice. Thursday, it misplaced the attraction.
Why Parker Kligerman misplaced his attraction
Kligerman’s truck sat too low within the rear on either side. His crew felt it had a robust case within the appeals course of and went earlier than a three-person panel of Invoice Mullis, Tommy Wheeler and Kevin Whitaker.
The Nationwide Motorsports Appeals Panel launched the next assertion:
“The panel confirms it’s extra seemingly than not a guidelines violation did happen and the disqualification penalties in Rule 10.5.2.4 necessitate a race disqualification.”
left a full-time Xfinity Collection seat on the finish of final season. He’s now a full-time broadcaster for the NASCAR Cup Collection on NBC and Xfinity Collection on the CW, including a part-time Truck schedule with Henderson on the facet.
“Whereas we really feel that we had a really robust case, we respect the panel’s resolution,” Henderson Motorsports wrote in a . “We’d once more wish to thank all of the followers for his or her help. We’ve proven that we are able to compete, and we’ll be again.”
A race disqualification is an expedited attraction. Subsequently, the result’s ultimate, and Henderson can not attraction a second time.
