Eighteen races into a full 25-race schedule for the team owned by Penske Racing Sprint Cup driver Brad Keselowski, [Parker] Kligerman is eighth in the points standings on the strength of seven top 10s, including runner-up finishes at Texas and Kentucky. Fresh off a fourth-place outing last weekend at Chicagoland Speedway, the 21-year-old rolls into New Hampshire Motor Speedway for Saturday’s F.W. Webb 175 believing that his first win could be just around the corner. Kligerman is undaunted by the fact that Saturday’s race will be his first time ever on the flat 1.058-mile oval. “We show up at the race track with the intention of we are going to do the absolute best we can and hopefully that’s good enough to win,” said Kligerman, who is just seven points out of fifth. “I think right now what makes it a little more realistic is that obviously we are kind of knocking on the door, we do have a lot of speed week in and week out. The guys are building great trucks, we’re qualifying up front, we’re running up front, we’re challenging guys like Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch each week and that kind of gets me thinking, ‘Hey, wait, we’re going to break through here pretty soon.'” Kligerman hopes to soon re-sign as a Penske development driver for 2012 and run another full Truck season for Brad Keselowski Racing, in addition to a part-time schedule for Penske in the Nationwide Series.(SPEEDtv.com)(9-22-2011)
