Parker Chase
| Parker Chase | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born | February 22, 2001 New Braunfels, Texas |
| WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2017 |
| Current team | AIM Vasser Sullivan |
| Car number | 14 |
| Starts | 9 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Best finish | 19th in 2019 |
| Finished last season | 9th |
Parker Chase (born February 22, 2001) is an American professional racing driver. He most recently competed in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for AIM Vasser Sullivan in the 2020 24 Hours at Daytona. He currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 22 Ford Mustang for Chad Bryant Racing.
Racing career
In 2011, Chase begun his racing career driving go-karts at age 10 in his hometown of New Braunfels, Texas.[1] The next year, Chase would enter the 2012 Florida Winter Tour, finishing 38th in the event.[2]
In 2013, Chase entered the Rotax Max Challenge Grand finals where he would finish in 25th. In 2014, Chase entered the SKUSA SuperNationals XVIII, where he would finish in 45th.[3]
In 2015, Chase would stray away from Go-Karts, driving a Mazda MX-5 Miata in the NASA Eastern States Championships for one race, finishing 12th.[4] Chase would then join Chastain Motorsports in the F1600 Formula F Championship Series for 10 races. At Road Atlanta, he finished 11th twice in a row before finishing 8th. A month later at Watkins Glen, Chase would finish 15th, 17th, and then 16th. Another month later, Formula F raced three times at Virginia International Raceway, where he would finish 13th, 18th, and 11th.[5] Chase also attempted another Florida Winter Tour, this time finishing 39th.
In 2016, Chase would join Performance Motorsports Group in the Pirelli World Challenge for the whole season. The season started out well for Chase finishing on podium at the Circuit of the Americas, before finishing 5th on the same track a day later. Throughout the season, Chase would rack up 6 podiums, three of them being second-place finishes. He would finish 4th in the overall standings.
Chase would return to the Performance Motorsports Group for 10 races, getting a podium in 4 races, getting 2nd place in both races at the Circuit of the Americas. Later that year, Chase joined Century Motorsport in the British GT Championship for two races. He would also make his debut in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Circuit of the Americas, driving a Porsche for The Motorsports Group alongside driver Harry Gottsacker. The pair would finish 29th, a lap behind the leaders.In 2018, Chase would join TruSpeed AutoSport in two different Pirelli World Challenge series, winning 6 races between the two and coming home with a championship.
The next year Chase would enter the Pirelli GT4 American East this time with RENNtech Motorsports, where he raced only two races at Circuit of the Americas, where he finished 2nd both times. He also entered the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship driving for Starworks Motorsport in 6 races and AIM Vasser Sullivan for 1 race. During the season, Chase would enter his first 24 Hours at Daytona event, teaming up with drivers Ryan Dalziel, Ezequiel Perez Companc, and Christopher Haase towards a 13th-place finish in their class.[6] At Sebring, Chase, Companc, and Dalziel would team up again, finishing the race 34th overall. In the next 5 races that Chase participated in, he would team up with Dalziel. However, at Watkins Glen Mike Skeen joined the duo for a single race, helping them towards a finish of 29th overall. At Road Atlanta, Chase joined AIM Vasser Sullivan for a single race, teaming up with drivers Jack Hawksworth and Richard Heistand towards an overall finish of 28th.
Chase would stay with AIM Vasser Sullivan, racing in the 2020 24 Hours of Daytona alongside Hawksworth, Michael de Quesada, and Kyle Busch. They would finish 9th in their class and 26th overall.[7]
Motorsports career results
ARCA Menards Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Chad Bryant Racing | 22 | Ford | DAY | PHO | TAL | POC | IRP | KEN | IOW | KAN | TOL | TOL | MCH | DAY 10 |
GTW | L44 | TOL | BRI | WIN | MEM | ISF | KAN | 59th | 34 | [8] | ||||||||||||||||||
24 Hours of Daytona
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 |  Starworks Motorsport
|
 Ryan Dalziel
|
Audi R8 LMS GT3 | GTD | 547 | 33rd | 13th |
| 2020 |  AIM Vasser Sullivan
|
Michael de Quesada
|
Lexus RCF GT3 | GTD | 757 | 26th | 9th |
References
- ^ "About Parker - Parker Chase". www.parkerchase.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "Florida Winter Tour - Vortex TaG Cadet 2012 standings | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "SKUSA SuperNationals XVIII - TaG Junior 2014 standings | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "NASA Eastern States Championships - Spec Miata 2015 standings | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "Parker Chase | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "01/27/2019 race: Rolex 24 at Daytona (WSCC) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "01/25/2020 race: Rolex 24 at Daytona (WSCC) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "Parker Chase – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
External links
- Parker Chase driver statistics at Racing-Reference