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NASCAR Xfinity Series Fans Responded to Sam Mayer Benefitting From Late Call, Claiming Drive For the Cure 250 Presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina In OT At Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
Within a second of claiming his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race, driver Parker Kligerman eagerly anticipated his long-time-coming triumphant moment.
Within that moment, however, Kligerman debut trip to Victory Lane was suspended, then upended in overtime as Sam Mayer rallied to capture Saturday’s Drive For the Cure 250 Presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina at the new-look Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
With Kligerman within yards of crossing the start/finish line, race officials waved the caution flag, signaling overtime.
“It really, really, really hurts,” Klignerman said, as reported by Frontstretch.com.
In another post-race interview, he told CW Sports: “It would’ve meant the world.”
X (Twitter) users replied to the emotions Kligerman must have felt after parking his machine with a P6 …
After finishing today’s race 6th, in what was about a foot away from being his first career #NASCAR Xfinity Series win, Parker Kligerman took a moment, and watched Sam Mayer’s burnout as he composed his thoughts. pic.twitter.com/dFWVfLzBb1
— Toby Christie (@Toby_Christie) October 12, 2024
Kligerman lost his regulation-victory bid by this much …
Another angle of the #XfinitySeries caution coming out before the No. 48 took the white flag. pic.twitter.com/eU8yAF2laa
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) October 12, 2024
Mayer’s winning OT move …
The move that sent @sam_mayer_ to back-to-back wins at the @CLTMotorSpdwy ROVAL and next round of the #NASCARPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/ZALuwEKsPa
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) October 12, 2024
Mayer’s team celebrated the Round of 12 finale win and a spot in the Round of 8 that begins next Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mayer secured his third win, one off his career best. Not bad considering he crashed in three of his opening four outings this season …
Clutch.@sam_mayer_ | @JRMotorsports pic.twitter.com/kZOkS2mY1N
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) October 12, 2024
Class act! Van Gisbergen, who did not advance to the next round of the playoffs, despite a P3 Saturday, took a moment to console a driver in need …
Shane van Gisbergen consoling Parker Kligerman. What a CLASS ACT.
📸: CW#NASCAR #Roval #XfinitySeries pic.twitter.com/dnVl6KzUfw
— Sportskeeda NASCAR (@NASCARatSK) October 12, 2024
A disappointed Kligerman posted on X (Twitter) soon after departing the course …
Drove my heart out in those last laps. Just wasn’t enough. Thank you to my team for the incredible effort under immense pressure.
Thank you to all of you for the kind words, it means the world.
I’m absolutely gutted but I still love this game
— Parker Kligerman (@pkligerman) October 12, 2024
The reconfiguration of the road course appeared to create some chaos …
The new turn 7 is going to be an adventure all weekend. pic.twitter.com/2oKx5T7YeR
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) October 12, 2024
The winner of the previous four Xfinity events at the Charlotte Road Course, AJ Allmendinger (19) earned the Stage 1 bonus points …
.@AJDinger gets the crucial Stage 1 win!#NASCARPlayoffs | #XfinitySeries pic.twitter.com/rJ2POvGvld
— The CW Sports (@TheCW_Sports) October 12, 2024
Xfinity playoff contenders Riley Herbst (98) and Sheldon Creed (18) were involved in chicane chaos on Lap 34. The mele was ignited when Anthony Alfredo (20) made contact with Herbst’s machine …
Chaos in the chicane with #XfinitySeries #NASCARPlayoffs contenders Riley Herbst & Sheldon Creed involved! pic.twitter.com/w3fdJgwBay
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) October 12, 2024
Justin Allgaier created a piece of circuit history Saturday …
Got the points.@J_Allgaier joins @CBellRacing (2019) & @NoahGragson (2022) as the only drivers with 15 #XfinitySeries stage wins in a season. pic.twitter.com/RdNbCt314j
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) October 12, 2024
Road-course racing without brakes? …
That is not where you want to have a brake failure. pic.twitter.com/vdklUqMeSG
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) October 12, 2024
Road-course racing respect …
OMG THIS BATTLE! pic.twitter.com/yknFhmyMDG
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) October 12, 2024
Xfinity Series trivia …
That's NASCARigami!@CLTMotorSpdwy ROVAL was the first time in #XfinitySeries history that the No. 1 car finished 1st & the No. 16 car finished 2nd. pic.twitter.com/wZModph2Nr
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) October 12, 2024
Tough road-course competitors …
Not using those cars again. 😬😬@XfinityRacing | #DriveForTheCure250 pic.twitter.com/89VE0FpXx3
— Charlotte Motor Speedway (@CLTMotorSpdwy) October 12, 2024
Still, without a circuit win, Kligerman made his move with nine rotations remaining …
He can!
It's @pkligerman to the #XfinitySeries lead with 9 laps to go! https://t.co/60Fd4HvadH pic.twitter.com/fbR30AGhyB
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) October 12, 2024
OT action …
Pure OT insanity.@sam_mayer_ wins the ROVAL & @jesselovejr1 sneaks by to get into the next round of the #XfinitySeries #NASCARPlayoffs! pic.twitter.com/Wfcl9XuTTW
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) October 12, 2024
Xfinity Series has its great eight …
The Round of 8 reset.
Here's the #XfinitySeries #NASCARPlayoffs standings as the next round starts at @LVMotorSpeedway. pic.twitter.com/aGz7MI6Nom
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) October 12, 2024