{"id":748814,"date":"2026-06-20T05:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T05:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/748814\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T05:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T05:13:12","slug":"parker-kligerman-blasts-adam-andretti-as-disgrace-to-his-name-for-trying-to-kill-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/748814\/","title":{"rendered":"Parker Kligerman blasts Adam Andretti as ‘disgrace’ to his name for “trying to kill me”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following a wild finish to Friday’s NASCAR Truck race at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego<\/a>, Parker Kligerman was irate over an incident involving Adam Andretti (nephew of Mario and son of Aldo).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kligerman won Stage 2 of the Truck race, but was deep in the pack in the closing laps. It was there he had a sketchy run-in with Andretti, leading him to confront the driver of the No. 5\u00a0on pit road after the race. It was a heated exchange and no middle ground was reached.<\/p>\n

Motorsport.com’s Matt Weaver caught up with Kligerman afterwards, where he explained the source of his frustrations.<\/p>\n

“So, I was side-by-side with the 76 [Nathan Nicholson], we’re coming back to the field, into what would have been, let me just do the math on this, (Turn) 9. It’s a tight hairpin, first gear, we’re side-by-side, we turn in and we get creamed by this white car.”<\/p>\n

Later, Nicholson approached\u00a0Kligerman to apologize, but Kligerman it clear that he was not the one to blame for that incident.<\/p>\n

“I was like, dude, I saw who it was. Don’t worry.\u00a0 I could see the whole time, this guy [Andretti] just drove in there like an idiot. And, so finally, I got back to him, I let him know I was upset, moved him out of the way, went on my merry way. Eventually, we get in some wreck or something happened, I don’t remember, and we end up behind him again.<\/p>\n

“He runs himself in the wall, I go by him cleanly, he then pummel-drives me. Then, we’re in like a tussle. We go down the backstretch, and he’s shoving me into the wall in fourth gear, trying to kill me, basically, and wreck us. And I was like, I don’t even know who this guy is! And I read Andretti, and I let him know, I have a lot of respect for that name, but he does an absolute disgrace to it.”<\/p>\n

Kligerman ultimately finished 18th, while Andretti placed 14th. Andretti is new to the Truck Series this year, and was making just his fifth career start on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Below you can find a couple of different angles of the pit road conversation, one from our very own Matt Weaver and another from FOX Sports’ Bob\u00a0Pockrass:<\/p>\n

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