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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