Hank Parker Jr. | |||||||
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Born |
Denver, North Carolina, United States |
October 7, 1975 ||||||
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 78th (2002) | ||||||
First race | 2002 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 (Rockingham) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
137 races run over 8 years | |||||||
Best finish | 14th (2000) | ||||||
First race | 1997 Jiffy Lube Miami 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
Last race | 2005 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville) | ||||||
First win | 2001 Auto Club 300 (Fontana) | ||||||
Last win | 2002 NetZero 250 (Pikes Peak) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
29 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 17th (2004) | ||||||
First race | 2003 O'Reilly 200 (Memphis) | ||||||
Last race | 2004 Ford 200 (Homestead) | ||||||
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Hank Parker Jr. (born October 7, 1975) is an American 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.
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 #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 #53 B.A.S.S Chevrolet owned by his father.
Parker ran his father's car full-time in 1999 in NASCAR Busch Series, 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.