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 positi

In a stunning twist, fill-in driver Parker Kligerman won the NASCAR Xfinity race at Daytona while Connor Zilisch watched on from the pit box. Zilisch started the race, but Kligerman took over during the first caution period. He then drove a perfect race, going from last to first to claim — then accidentally snap — the checkered flag in celebration.

The record book will list Connor Zilisch as the winner of the Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway. But it was part-timer Parker Kligerman who did the heavy lifting in Friday night‘s NASCAR Xfinity Series race,