Parker Kligerman DQ'd for too-low truck in Daytona opener - ESPN

Full-time television analyst and part-time NASCAR driver Parker Kligerman claimed the checkered flag for the Truck Series season opener and promptly planted it in the grass by the Daytona International Speedway logo.

It's a winning tradition that journeyman Kligerman had done for all his previous truck wins, the first coming at Talladega in 2012. So it seemed appropriate Friday night for what Kligerman called the «biggest win of my entire life» in a raucous postrace celebration.

But it was a short party: NASCAR disqualified Kligerman when his truck was found to be too low in a postrace inspection. Corey Heim was declared the new winner, and the adjustment to the standings gave actor Frankie Muniz his first career top-10 finish. Muniz is running the full Truck Series schedule this year as he attempts to juggle a second career as a motorsports driver.

Kligerman, who retired from full-time racing at the end of last season and will have a larger role as a television analyst this year, said Saturday that he would appeal the disqualification as he prepared to work the Xfinity Series race for the CW network.

«Biggest win of my life. Thank y'all for the wonderful messages. Over 700 texts,» he wrote on social media. «I will not be commenting any further until we are able to present what I believe is a very, very valid case.»

Biggest win of my life. Thank you all for the wonderful messages. Over 700 texts

I will not be commenting any further until we are able to present what I believe is a very, very valid case.

Until then, I'm fully focused on my job with <a href=«https://twitter.com/TheCW_Sports?ref_src=» https:>@TheCW_Sports

and <a href=«https://twitter.com/NASCAR_Xfinity?ref_src=» https:>@NASCAR_Xfinity because…