There are few phrases that may aptly describe what Parker Kligerman felt after Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Collection race on the Charlotte Roval.
Heartbreak, distress and anguish could not do justice to explain a person which will have simply seen his closing alternative to win a NASCAR Xfinity Collection race — in addition to a championship — cross him by.
It wasn’t all Kligerman’s fault that he fell brief, although. He missed out on the race win — which might’ve been his first within the Xfinity Collection — by toes, as a caution flag thrown by NASCAR a second earlier than he crossed the road to take the white flag compelled additional time.
Sam Mayer acquired round Kligerman in additional time, relegating the veteran driver to a sixth-place end that needed to really feel extraordinarily hole. To make issues worse, the win additionally would’ve ensured Kligerman a berth within the subsequent spherical of the playoffs, persevering with his championship chase in his closing full-time season.
Kligerman was surprisingly upbeat after the race, but in addition noticeably disenchanted.
“I mentioned I wished to cry, I am not going to,” Kligerman informed NBC Sports activities.
