TRUCKS: Kligerman Leads Happy Hour

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TRUCKS: Kligerman Leads Happy Hour

Parker Kligerman has been fast all weekend…

Tom Jensen | Posted September 15, 2012 Newton, IA

Parker Kligerman (Right) is fourth in Truck Series points. (Photo: Getty Images)

Parker Kligerman is enjoying his new home at Red Horse Racing.

Kligerman, who recently joined owner Tom DeLoach’s outfit, led the final Happy Hour round of practice for tonight’s American Ethanol 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Iowa Speedway.

In the final practice, Kligerman’s best lap in the No. 7 Red Horse Toyota was 135.606 miles per hour.

Ryan Blaney, fastest in the first practice Friday night, was second in owner Brad Keselowski’s No. 29 Ram at 135.298 mph. Then it was the No. 30 Turner Motorsports Chevrolet of Nelson Piquet Jr., which ran 134.950 mph. Ty Dillon and Joey Coulter completed the top five.

Cale Gale was sixth, followed by David Mayhew, Timothy Peters, Drew Herring and James Buescher.

SPEED’s television coverage from Iowa begins Saturday with qualifying at 6:30 p.m. ET. NASCAR Camping World Truck Setup comes next at 8 p.m., with race coverage at 8:30 p.m.

With 14 of 22 Truck Series races in the books, Peters holds a six-point lead over Buescher. Dillon (-9) is next, followed by Kligerman (-21) and Justin Lofton (-31).

Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEED.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100.

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