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Hank Parker Jr.
Parker in 2018.
Born (1974-10-07) October 7, 1974 (age 50)
Denver, North Carolina, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight160 lb (73 kg)
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish78th (2002)
First race2002 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 (Rockingham)
Last race2002 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 (Rockingham)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
137 races run over 8 years
Best 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 Poles
2 31 2
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
29 races run over 2 years
Best finish17th (2004)
First race2003 O'Reilly 200 (Memphis)
Last race2004 Ford 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 6 0

Hank Parker Jr. (born October 7, 1974) is a retired American stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Busch Series driving the No. 60 Ford Taurus For Roush Racing. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driving the No. 21 Toyota Tundra for Innovative Motorsports. His brother, Billy Parker, ran part-time in the Busch Series in 2004, and his father, Hank, is a professional outdoorsman.

Early life

Parker was born on October 7th, 1974 in Denver, North Carolina. To Martha Parker, and Hank Parker. He is the oldest of three, and is the big brother of Billy Parker, and Ben Parker. He began racing go-karts near his home in Denver, North Carolina as a kid. 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.

Career

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.

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 would join Roush Racing to mentor Rising star Carl Edwards from 2005 to 2006, he would also qualify Edwards car when he was at the Nextel Cup tracks for qualifying. He made his last start in 2005 filling for Carl Edwards at Nashville as Carl convinced team owner Jack Roush to let Hank give it a shot. He won his second and final Busch Series pole, but finished 20th.

Parker then decided to retire from racing to Focus on family. He would later join his father and brother Billy to produce Hank Parker 3D, an outdoors-themed television show,[2] then Hank Parker's Flesh and Blood, a hunting show.

Personal life

Parker is a devout Christian. He is also friends with Dale Earnhardt Jr. as they met when they were kids on a fishing trip as his father Hank Parker was friends with the late Dale Earnhardt. Parker currently works at Snowbird Wilderness Outfitters, a Christian camp in Andrews North Carolina as a preacher time to time while also working as Executive Director of Sales, Marketing & Programming.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year 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 Ref
2002 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 CAR
33 		PHO HOM 78th 64 [3]

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year 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 Ref
1997 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 HOM
23 		94th 94 [4]
1998 DAY
DNQ 		CAR
38 		LVS
DNQ 		NSV
DNQ 		DAR
28 		BRI
DNQ 		TEX
DNQ 		HCY
DNQ 		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 CLT
DNQ 		GTY CAR
6 		ATL HOM
DNQ
1999 DAY
DNQ 		CAR
26 		LVS
21 		ATL
39 		DAR
31 		TEX
20 		NSV
36 		BRI
38 		TAL
19 		CAL
33 		NHA
29 		RCH
38 		NZH
10 		CLT
22 		DOV
DNQ 		SBO
3 		GLN
10 		MLW
25 		MYB
11 		PPR
18 		GTY
24 		IRP
18 		MCH
DNQ 		BRI
DNQ 		DAR
30 		RCH
DNQ 		DOV
20 		CLT
22 		CAR
29 		MEM
35 		PHO
12 		HOM
4 		18th 2259 [6]
2000 DAY
10 		CAR
25 		LVS
31 		ATL
17 		DAR
6 		BRI
8 		TEX
35 		NSV
16 		TAL
41 		CAL
8 		RCH
33 		NHA
5 		CLT
42 		DOV
41 		SBO
19 		MYB
22 		GLN
39 		MLW
7 		NZH
21 		PPR
4 		GTY
12 		IRP
35 		MCH
25 		BRI
16 		DAR
19 		RCH
40 		DOV
12 		CLT
21 		CAR
43 		MEM
34 		PHO
22 		HOM
7 		14th 3109 [7]
2001 Cicci-Welliver Racing 36 Chevy DAY
14 		CAR
17 		LVS
22 		ATL
38 		DAR
25 		BRI
21 		TEX
29 		NSH
25 		TAL
41 		CAL
1 		RCH
11 		NHA
18 		NZH
39 		CLT
15 		DOV
30 		KEN
11 		MLW
14 		GLN
32 		CHI
35 		GTY
26 		PPR
22 		IRP
25 		MCH
28 		BRI
34 		DAR
17 		RCH
28 		DOV
8 		KAN
2 		CLT
7 		MEM
32 		PHO
8 		CAR
8 		HOM
20 		15th 3341 [8]
2002 Team Jesel Dodge DAY
35 		CAR
20 		LVS
26 		DAR
13 		BRI
33 		TEX
14 		NSH
34 		TAL
10 		CAL
13 		RCH
6 		NHA
8 		NZH
24 		CLT
15 		DOV
24 		NSH
8 		KEN
41 		MLW
20 		DAY
18 		CHI
40 		GTY
16 		PPR
1 		IRP
38 		MCH
13 		BRI
15 		DAR
15 		RCH
7 		DOV
38 		KAN
18 		CLT
40 		MEM
4 		ATL
43 		CAR
11 		PHO
27 		HOM
2 		14th 3540 [9]
2003 Brewco Motorsports 27 Pontiac DAY CAR
38 		LVS DAR
6 		BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH 51st 783 [10]
Chance 2 Motorsports 8 Chevy CLT
7 		DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA KAN
5 		CLT MEM ATL
5 		PHO CAR HOM
Evans Motorsports 7 Chevy PPR
15 		IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV
2005 Roush Racing 60 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH
20 		KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR
QL† 		GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
QL† 		TEX PHO HOM 109th 103 [11]
2006 DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW
QL† 		DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 172th 0 [12]
† – Qualified for Carl Edwards

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year 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 Ref
2003 Spears Motorsports 75 Chevy DAY DAR MMR MAR CLT DOV TEX MEM
15 		MLW
8 		KAN
11 		KEN
10 		GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA CAL LVS SBO TEX MAR PHO HOM 44th 524 [13]
2004 Innovative Motorsports 21 Toyota DAY
18 		ATL
33 		MAR
12 		MFD
19 		CLT
22 		DOV
3 		TEX
23 		MEM
12 		MLW
17 		KAN
21 		KEN
22 		GTW
5 		MCH
29 		IRP
15 		NSH
15 		BRI
6 		RCH
20 		NHA
9 		LVS
21 		CAL
15 		TEX
13 		MAR
31 		PHO
23 		DAR
35 		HOM
17 		17th 2737 [14]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

Winston West Series

NASCAR Winston West Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NWWSC Pts Ref
1998 Spears Motorsports 7 Chevy TUS LVS PHO CAL HPT MMR AMP POR CAL PPR EVG SON MMR LVS
6 		63rd 150 [15]

References

  1. ^ "Pit strategy pays for Parker". The Beaver County Times. Beaver, PA. April 29, 2001. p. B2. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Hank Parker Jr. – 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "Hank Parker, Jr. – 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  5. ^ "Hank Parker, Jr. – 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  6. ^ "Hank Parker, Jr. – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  7. ^ "Hank Parker, Jr. – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  8. ^ "Hank Parker, Jr. – 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  9. ^ "Hank Parker, Jr. – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  10. ^ "Hank Parker, Jr. – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  11. ^ "Hank Parker, Jr. – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  12. ^ "Hank Parker, Jr. – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  13. ^ "Hank Parker Jr. – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  14. ^ "Hank Parker Jr. – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  15. ^ "Hank Parker Jr. – 1998 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
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