Parker Kligerman on his 2019 season and iRacing

The multifaceted NASCAR on NBC analyst/pit reporter and part-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver on how his 2019 season has unfolded with Gaunt Brothers Racing and what’s ahead (1:30); on his impressive performance in the Coca-Cola 300 and beating $100 million in competition (3:30); on the plight of the underfunded and the small team that is hailed for having a sound business model (6:00); how a small team exploits the inefficiencies of competing in NASCAR’s premier series (7:30); “racing is probably one of the only professional sports in the world where the athlete actively has to think about the business model” (9:30); the multilayered decision-making of being behind the wheel with a lesser budget (11:00); and a potential parallel to the PGA (12:00); the areas where the competition gap is permanent in racing (13:45); Parker makes the case again for banning wind tunnels (16:00); how he went from possibly closing the chapter on his Cup career to racing the Daytona 500 virtually overnight (18:30); the Talladega win that turned more heads than Parker realized (20:30); “I’m not a sad story, I’m a success story” (22:30); thoughts on whether younger drivers have a mindset advantage on veterans with the 2019 rules overhaul (24:30); an interesting theory of setup optimization (27:15); a segue into V8 Supercars and “The Enforcer and The Dude” (29:30); and then Black Noon and the Indianapolis 500 (31:15); the hybrid discussion in NASCAR (33:30); a cautionary tale of electrical applications in Formula 1 (35:15); Parker’s radical idea for promoting efficiency with the internal combustion engine (36:15); his take on Formula E (38:15); how Parker’s first season as an eNASCAR iRacing owner has gone (40:00); why digital racing is the most egalitarian racing series in the world (41:15); turning a fellow NASCAR on NBC analyst into an eSports believer (44:00). Visit www.nbcsports.com/nascar and www.nbcsports.com/motors for more NASCAR and motorsports coverage from NBC Sports. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.