Parker Johnstone
| Parker Johnstone III | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born |
March 27, 1961 Ft. Benning, Georgia |
| Retired | 1997 |
| CART World Series | |
| Years active | 1994-1997 |
| Teams |
Comptech (1994-1996) Team Green (1997) |
| Starts | 48 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Best finish | 16th in 1997 |
| Previous series | |
| 1989-1993 1987-1990 1987 1987 1986 1984-1986 1984-1986 1984-1985 |
IMSA Camel Lights IMSA International Sedan Pro Formula Altantic Tasman Formula Pacific SCCA GT-4 Playboy/Escort Series Firehawk Series IMSA Renault Cup |
| Championship titles | |
| 1991-1993 1987-1988 1986 1985 |
IMSA Camel Lights Champion IMSA International Sedan Champion SCCA GT-4 National Champion Renault Cup National Champion |
Parker Johnstone III (born March 27, 1961) is a former race car driver and motorsports announcer from Redmond, Oregon. An accomplished musician, he was the principal trumpet of the International Youth Orchestra, touring Europe, playing with Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic, and famed pianist Van Cliburn. Instead of attending Juilliard School of Music, he went to the engineering school at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his degree in 1982.
He began his amateur racing career while in high school while working as a systems programmer in Silicon Valley part-time to pay for his new hobby, racing automobiles. Winning at SCCA events, he worked as an instructor at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving after college. He continued to win while driving Corvettes and import sedans. Honda hired him to drive during the 1984 season. He won numerous events in the IMSA Firehawk series. He finished 2nd in the Renault Cup National Championship in 1984, earning a spot with the factory Renault team to race in Europe. He returned to the United States to win the Renault Cup championship in 1985. In 1986 he won the SCCA National Road Racing Championship driving for Honda in the GT-4 class. He also won IMSA championships in International Sedan for Acura in 1987 and 1988. In 1987 he was also the rookie of the year in the pro-Formula Atlantic division. He competed in the Tasman Formula Pacific series in New Zealand in 1987. He won the IMSA Camel Lights sports car championship 3 years in a row, from 1991 to 1993, setting all-time qualifying and race win records, including winning the 24 Hours of Daytona twice, the 12 Hours of Sebring, and 1000km Suzuka event in Japan. He finished second in both 1989 and 1990 in the IMSA International Sedan Championship. He left professional sports car racing having set the all-time IMSA race win record at 54 victories.
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