Swan Racing announced Tuesday that the burgeoning organization will run two full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams in 2014 with drivers Parker Kligerman and Cole Whitt.
Parker Kligerman in a Swan Racing entry for his Sprint Cup Series debut last month at Texas Motor Speedway (Photo: Jerry Markland/Getty Images)
It marks the first full-time opportunity at NASCAR’s highest level for Kligerman, a Westport, CT native.
“The team is expecting steady improvement and we are in good position to deliver,” Kligerman said in a release. “Personally, I am looking forward to working with Cole as a teammate and as a competitor for Rookie of the Year honors.”
The 23-year old Kligerman made his first two career Sprint Cup Series starts in 2013, both for Swan Racing. He finished 18th at Texas Motor Speedway on Nov. 3 and 25th in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 17.
In his first full-time season in the Nationwide Series in 2013, Kligerman finished ninth in the series standings with three top-fives’s and 13 top-10’s. He has 51 career Nationwide Series starts and 49 career starts in the Camping World Truck Series. He was fifth in the Camping World Truck Series standings in 2012.
Swan Racing, owned by Brandon Davis, completed its first season with NASCAR in 2013.
“When we launched Swan Racing we pledged to race hard every lap of every race,” Davis said. “That’s what we have done and what we will continue to do. We learned a lot this year and now is the time to plan for the long term future by adding more resources to be more competitive.”
Kligerman, Whitt, Michael David Stremme, Kevin Swindell and Michael Waltrip ran events for Swan Racing in 2013.
Way to go Parker! I wish him luck this year!