Hank Parker Jr. (born October 7, 1975) is a former American stock car racing driver. He is a retired competitor in NASCAR Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series competition, posting two wins and a best points finish of 14th in the Busch Series. His brother, Billy Parker, ran part-time in the Busch Series in 2004, and his father, Hank, is a professional outdoorsman.
Parker began racing go-karts near his home in Denver, North Carolina. From there, he moved onto street stock racing at Concord Motorsports Park, where he won seven feature racing events in his first eighteen starts. The next season, he began running Late Model races and finished fifth in points. He won two races the next year.
In 1997, Parker moved to the Slim Jim All Pro Series, a former NASCAR touring series located in the Southeast United States. Parker picked up one win and was named the series' Most Popular Driver. He also made his NASCAR debut at the Jiffy Lube Miami 300 at Homestead in the No. 78 Mark III Financial Chevrolet, starting 41st and finishing 23rd.
Parker returned to the 78 in 1998, hoping to run the full schedule. After he was unable to qualify for most of his attempts, he was released. He did not run again until the AC Delco 200, where he finished sixth in the No. 53 B.A.S.S Chevrolet owned by his father.
Parker ran his father's car full-time in 1999, posting two top-fives and finishing 18th in points. He also finished second to Tony Raines for Rookie of the Year honors despite missing five races. In 2000, Parker received sponsorship from Team Marines and won his first career pole position at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He also had eight top-tens and finished a career-best fourteenth in points.
At the end of the 2002 season, Parker was to take GNC over to ppc Racing but due to a new law that restricts advertising with supplements, this caused GNC to leave NASCAR and therefore, leaving him without a full-time ride into 2003. He began the season running a pair of races for Brewco Motorsports, finishing sixth at Darlington Raceway. He ran four more races that season splitting time between NEMCO Motorsports and Chance 2 Motorsports, finishing fifth twice. He also made his Craftsman Truck Series debut driving the No. 75 for Spears Motorsports, posting two top-ten finishes.
In 2004, Parker signed to drive for Innovative Motorsports' new Craftsman Truck team. He had four top-tens and finished seventeenth in points. Unfortunately, Innovative closed its doors at the end of the season,[2] leaving Parker unemployed again. He made his last start in 2005 filling for Carl Edwards at Nashville. He won the pole, but finished 20th.
Parker then decided to retire from racing; he joined his father and brother to produce Hank Parker 3D, an outdoors-themed television show.[2]
Motorsports career resultsedit
NASCARedit
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
^"Pit strategy pays for Parker". The Beaver County Times. Beaver, PA. April 29, 2001. p. B2. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
^ abcdeAumann, Mark (March 22, 2012). . NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
^"Hank Parker Jr. – 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
^"Hank Parker, Jr. – 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
^"Hank Parker, Jr. – 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
^"Hank Parker, Jr. – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
^"Hank Parker, Jr. – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
^"Hank Parker, Jr. – 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
^"Hank Parker, Jr. – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
^"Hank Parker, Jr. – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
^"Hank Parker, Jr. – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
^"Hank Parker, Jr. – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
^"Hank Parker Jr. – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
^"Hank Parker Jr. – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
^"Hank Parker Jr. – 1998 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
External linksedit
Hank Parker Jr. driver statistics at Racing-Reference
at NASCAR.com (archived)
Official website of Hank Parker 3D, Parker's current TV show
November 26, 2023
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Hank Parker Jr news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Hank Parker Jr born October 7 1975 is a former American stock car racing driver He is a retired competitor in NASCAR Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series competition posting two wins and a best points finish of 14th in the Busch Series His brother Billy Parker ran part time in the Busch Series in 2004 and his father Hank is a professional outdoorsman Hank Parker Jr Born 1974 10 07 October 7 1974 age 49 Denver North Carolina U S NASCAR Cup Series career1 race run over 1 yearBest finish78th 2002 First race2002 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 Rockingham Wins Top tens Poles0 0 0NASCAR Xfinity Series career137 races run over 8 yearsBest finish14th 2000 2002 First race1997 Jiffy Lube Miami 300 Homestead Last race2005 Federated Auto Parts 300 Nashville First win2001 Auto Club 300 Fontana Last win2002 NetZero 250 Pikes Peak Wins Top tens Poles2 31 2NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career29 races run over 2 yearsBest finish17th 2004 First race2003 O Reilly 200 Memphis Last race2004 Ford 200 Homestead Wins Top tens Poles0 6 0 Contents 1 Career 2 Motorsports career results 2 1 NASCAR 2 1 1 Winston Cup Series 2 1 2 Busch Series 2 1 3 Craftsman Truck Series 2 1 4 Winston West Series 3 References 4 External linksCareer editParker began racing go karts near his home in Denver North Carolina From there he moved onto street stock racing at Concord Motorsports Park where he won seven feature racing events in his first eighteen starts The next season he began running Late Model races and finished fifth in points He won two races the next year In 1997 Parker moved to the Slim Jim All Pro Series a former NASCAR touring series located in the Southeast United States Parker picked up one win and was named the series Most Popular Driver He also made his NASCAR debut at the Jiffy Lube Miami 300 at Homestead in the No 78 Mark III Financial Chevrolet starting 41st and finishing 23rd Parker returned to the 78 in 1998 hoping to run the full schedule After he was unable to qualify for most of his attempts he was released He did not run again until the AC Delco 200 where he finished sixth in the No 53 B A S S Chevrolet owned by his father Parker ran his father s car full time in 1999 posting two top fives and finishing 18th in points He also finished second to Tony Raines for Rookie of the Year honors despite missing five races In 2000 Parker received sponsorship from Team Marines and won his first career pole position at Las Vegas Motor Speedway He also had eight top tens and finished a career best fourteenth in points In 2001 Parker switched to the No 36 GNC Live Well Chevy for Cicci Welliver Racing He finished 15th in points and collected his first win at the Auto Club 300 1 At the end of the season his team was sold to Wayne Jesel and switched to Dodge for the 2002 season 2 He won another race at Pikes Peak International Raceway and had eight top tens 2 He also made his Winston Cup debut driving the No 91 USG Dodge for Evernham Motorsports at North Carolina Speedway 2 He started 25th and finished 33rd four laps down At the end of the 2002 season Parker was to take GNC over to ppc Racing but due to a new law that restricts advertising with supplements this caused GNC to leave NASCAR and therefore leaving him without a full time ride into 2003 He began the season running a pair of races for Brewco Motorsports finishing sixth at Darlington Raceway He ran four more races that season splitting time between NEMCO Motorsports and Chance 2 Motorsports finishing fifth twice He also made his Craftsman Truck Series debut driving the No 75 for Spears Motorsports posting two top ten finishes nbsp Hank standing in front of his 2004 Craftsman Truck Michigan International Speedway for the Line X 200 In 2004 Parker signed to drive for Innovative Motorsports new Craftsman Truck team He had four top tens and finished seventeenth in points Unfortunately Innovative closed its doors at the end of the season 2 leaving Parker unemployed again He made his last start in 2005 filling for Carl Edwards at Nashville He won the pole but finished 20th Parker then decided to retire from racing he joined his father and brother to produce Hank Parker 3D an outdoors themed television show 2 Motorsports career results editNASCAR edit key Bold Pole position awarded by qualifying time Italics Pole position earned by points standings or practice time Most laps led Winston Cup Series edit NASCAR Winston Cup Series resultsYear Team No Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NWCC Pts Ref2002 Evernham Motorsports 91 Dodge DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CAL DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL CAR33 PHO HOM 78th 64 3 Busch Series edit NASCAR Busch Series resultsYear Team No Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NBSC Pts Ref1997 Mark III Racing 78 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCY TEX BRI NSV TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM23 94th 94 4 1998 DAYDNQ CAR38 LVSDNQ NSVDNQ DAR28 BRIDNQ TEXDNQ HCYDNQ TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV 66th 283 5 Hank Parker Racing 53 Chevy CLTDNQ GTY CAR6 ATL HOMDNQ1999 DAYDNQ CAR26 LVS21 ATL39 DAR31 TEX20 NSV36 BRI38 TAL19 CAL33 NHA29 RCH38 NZH10 CLT22 DOVDNQ SBO3 GLN10 MLW25 MYB11 PPR18 GTY24 IRP18 MCHDNQ BRIDNQ DAR30 RCHDNQ DOV20 CLT22 CAR29 MEM35 PHO12 HOM4 18th 2259 6 2000 DAY10 CAR25 LVS31 ATL17 DAR6 BRI8 TEX35 NSV16 TAL41 CAL8 RCH33 NHA5 CLT42 DOV41 SBO19 MYB22 GLN39 MLW7 NZH21 PPR4 GTY12 IRP35 MCH25 BRI16 DAR19 RCH40 DOV12 CLT21 CAR43 MEM34 PHO22 HOM7 14th 3109 7 2001 Cicci Welliver Racing 36 Chevy DAY14 CAR17 LVS22 ATL38 DAR25 BRI21 TEX29 NSH25 TAL41 CAL1 RCH11 NHA18 NZH39 CLT15 DOV30 KEN11 MLW14 GLN32 CHI35 GTY26 PPR22 IRP25 MCH28 BRI34 DAR17 RCH28 DOV8 KAN2 CLT7 MEM32 PHO8 CAR8 HOM20 15th 3341 8 2002 Team Jesel Dodge DAY35 CAR20 LVS26 DAR13 BRI33 TEX14 NSH34 TAL10 CAL13 RCH6 NHA8 NZH24 CLT15 DOV24 NSH8 KEN41 MLW20 DAY18 CHI40 GTY16 PPR1 IRP38 MCH13 BRI15 DAR15 RCH7 DOV38 KAN18 CLT40 MEM4 ATL43 CAR11 PHO27 HOM2 14th 3540 9 2003 Brewco Motorsports 27 Pontiac DAY CAR38 LVS DAR6 BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH 51st 783 10 Chance 2 Motorsports 8 Chevy CLT7 DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA KAN5 CLT MEM ATL5 PHO CAR HOMEvans Motorsports 7 Chevy PPR15 IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV2005 Roush Racing 60 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH20 KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPRQL GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEMQL TEX PHO HOM 109th 103 11 2006 DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLWQL DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM NA 12 Qualified for Carl EdwardsCraftsman Truck Series edit NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series resultsYear Team No Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCTC Pts Ref2003 Spears Motorsports 75 Chevy DAY DAR MMR MAR CLT DOV TEX MEM15 MLW8 KAN11 KEN10 GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA CAL LVS SBO TEX MAR PHO HOM 44th 524 13 2004 Innovative Motorsports 21 Toyota DAY18 ATL33 MAR12 MFD19 CLT22 DOV3 TEX23 MEM12 MLW17 KAN21 KEN22 GTW5 MCH29 IRP15 NSH15 BRI6 RCH20 NHA9 LVS21 CAL15 TEX13 MAR31 PHO23 DAR35 HOM17 17th 2737 14 Season still in progress1 Ineligible for series points Winston West Series edit NASCAR Winston West Series resultsYear Team No Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NWWSC Pts Ref1998 Spears Motorsports 7 Chevy TUS LVS PHO CAL HPT MMR AMP POR CAL PPR EVG SON MMR LVS6 63rd 150 15 References edit Pit strategy pays for Parker The Beaver County Times Beaver PA April 29 2001 p B2 Retrieved 2013 08 20 a b c d e Aumann Mark March 22 2012 Parker makes biggest splash at California in 2001 NASCAR com Turner Sports Archived from the original on 2016 03 03 Retrieved 2013 08 20 Hank Parker Jr 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved April 11 2023 Hank Parker Jr 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved December 26 2018 Hank Parker Jr 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved December 26 2018 Hank Parker Jr 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved December 26 2018 Hank Parker Jr 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved December 26 2018 Hank Parker Jr 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved December 26 2018 Hank Parker Jr 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved December 26 2018 Hank Parker Jr 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved December 26 2018 Hank Parker Jr 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved December 26 2018 Hank Parker Jr 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved December 26 2018 Hank Parker Jr 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved April 11 2023 Hank Parker Jr 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved April 11 2023 Hank Parker Jr 1998 NASCAR Winston West Series Results Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved April 11 2023 External links editHank Parker Jr driver statistics at Racing Reference Hank Parker Jr at NASCAR com archived Official website of Hank Parker 3D Parker s current TV show Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hank Parker Jr amp oldid 1181839631, wikipedia, wiki, 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