Hank Parker Jr.

Hank Parker Jr. (born October 7, 1975) is an 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
Denver, North Carolina
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish78th (2002)
First 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)
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 Camping World 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

Career

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.

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 Dale Earnhardt, Inc., 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 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
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

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 [3]
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 [4]
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 [5]
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 [6]
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 [7]
2002 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 [8]
2003 Brewco Motorsports 27 Pontiac DAY CAR
38
LVS DAR
6
BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH 51st 783 [9]
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 [10]
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 NA - [11]
– 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
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
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

* 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
1998 Spears Motorsports 7 Chevy TUS LVS PHO CAL HPT MMR AMP POR CAL PPR EVG SON MMR LVS
6
63rd 150

References

  1. "Pit strategy pays for Parker". The Beaver County Times. Beaver, PA. April 29, 2001. p. B2. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  2. Aumann, Mark (March 22, 2012). "Parker makes biggest splash at California in 2001". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  3. "Hank Parker, Jr. – 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  4. "Hank Parker, Jr. – 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  5. "Hank Parker, Jr. – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  6. "Hank Parker, Jr. – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  7. "Hank Parker, Jr. – 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  8. "Hank Parker, Jr. – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  9. "Hank Parker, Jr. – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  10. "Hank Parker, Jr. – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  11. "Hank Parker, Jr. – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
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