Hank Parker

Background

His brother, Billy Parker, ran part-time in the Busch Series in 2004, and his father, Hank, is a professional outdoorsman.

Education

The next season, he began running Late Model races and finished fifth in points.

Career

He is a retired competitor in National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series competition, posting two wins and a best points finish of 14th in the Busch Series. Parker began racing go-karts near his home in Denver. In 1997, Parker moved to the Slim Jim All Pro Series, a former National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing touring series located in the Southeast United States.

He also made his National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing debut at the Jiffy Lube Miami 300 at Homestead in the #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 Air Corps Delco 200, where he finished sixth in the #53 Bachelor of Arts.S.S Chevrolet owned by his father. Parker ran his father"s car full-time in 1999 in National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Busch Series, posting two top-fives and finishing 18th in points.

He also had eight top-tens and finished a career-best fourteenth in points.

In 2001, Parker switched to the #36 GNC Live Well Chevy for Cicci-Welliver Racing. At the end of the season, his team was sold to Wayne Jesel and switched to Dodge for the 2002 season. He also made his Winston Cup debut, driving the #91 Undergraduate Student Government Dodge for Evernham Motorsports at North Carolina Speedway.

He started 25th and finished 33rd, four laps down.

At the end of the 2002 season, Parker"s team shut down suddenly, leaving him without a full-time ride. 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, Incorporated., finishing fifth twice. He also made his Craftsman Truck Series debut driving the #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, leaving Parker unemployed again. He made his last start in 2005 filling for Carl Edwards at Nashville.

Achievements

• From there, he moved onto street stock racing at Concord Motorsports Park, where he won seven feature racing events in his first eighteen starts. He won two races the next year. Parker picked up one win and was named the series" Most Popular Driver. 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 finished 15th in points, and collected his first win at the Auto Club 300. He won another race at Pikes Peak International Raceway and had eight top-tens. He won the pole, but finished 20th.