Parker Kligerman began Friday's Wawa 250 in Daytona Beach, Fla., as a color television commentator for The CW's coverage of the Xfinity Series race. That positioning gave no hint of where he'd end it.
With driver Connor Zilisch tapping out in the middle of the race to attend to his broken collarbone, Kligerman climbed into Zilisch's No. 88 car for JR Motorsports—and promptly piloted it to victory, making him the first relief driver to win a race at any national level of NASCAR since 2007.
