By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
Parker Kligerman thought that he had won the Fresh from Florida 250 on Friday night. However, the team learned their fate when they failed post-race inspection at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
NASCAR ruled that Kligerman would be the last car in the field with their disqualification. Corey Heim, the Safelite driver, for Tricon Garage was credited with the win.
“It’s my first time having this kind of scenario happen either way,” Heim said post-race in the media center. “Certainly glad to be on the right side of it. Sucks for Parker and those guys. They seemed like they put themselves in position at the right time to win the race, but there’s another level to it after the race.
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“So, yeah, just grateful to be in the spot, I guess, to take advantage of that, and huge props to everyone at TRICON Garage, Toyota, and Safelite. First win under the Toyota Gazoo Racing banner, which is cool. Move on to Atlanta and try to get another one.”
This is the 22-year-old Heim’s 12th Truck Series win. It is his seventh in the past two seasons.
Heim picked up his first Daytona Truck Series win.
“I”t doesn’t feel like it’s my biggest win by any means, but it’s a great way to start the season for sure,” he said. “I think in my four starts — I was talking to somebody about this earlier — I have progressively climbed up every year. The first year I ran a truck here, I wrecked early. Then the next year I had a mediocre finish and then P2 last year and ended up P1 this year. I feel like I’m getting better. There’s a huge level of circumstance to all that and luck at the end of the day being in position and not getting wrecked. I would like to think to myself that I’ve been getting better on speedways every year, and I don’t think it’s been my strong suit in the past.
“So regardless of whether I finished on track versus the aftermath, I feel like I put myself in the best position to be successful this year. We were able to take the win away at the end of the day, but I think that progression has been shown by me, and I’m proud of myself, I guess, about that.”
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Giovanni Ruggiero finished second in his JBL entry for Tricon Garage. This was Ruggiero’s first Truck Series start.
He also led 11 laps. Heim also led two laps for the David Gilliand/Johnny Gray race team.
Ty Majeski finished third in the Soda Sense/Curb Records entry for Mike Curb.
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