Parker’s Career and Future Goals
The world of professional competition isn’t an easy one. It’s a full-time commitment requiring personal sacrifice and a dedication to preparation. Parker started racing at a young age of four and a half years old, as he wanted to be like his father and grandfathers who also loved racing.
Parker started racing in quarter midgets and after just ten races he picked up his first feature win. Continuing in quarter midgets for a few years, he was able to pick up several feature wins along with three championships. During his last two years in quarter midgets Parker also raced Friday nights in a Jr Champ Kart and an Outlaw Kart picking up more feature wins and a couple championships. During he’s 4th year in quarter midgets we felt the need to start working on the next step in his young career.
In the middle of 2019, Jerry Coons Jr was kind enough to let Parker drive Cale Coons’s Jr Sprint one night at Circus City Speedway. Parker went on to win the feature that first night out in the car and decided the Micro world was his next move. After picking up 19 Jr Sprint wins and a championship in 2020 we made the next step into the full size 600cc micro sprints. Parker has picked up a series championship in a Restricted 600 series (Hoosier Dirt Cup) in 2021 and a pair of Outlaw Non-Wing 600 championships (HART Series) in 2023 and 2024.
The next step; Tyler Collins was nice enough to give Parker the chance to rent the track out at Brownstown Speedway to do some testing in Tyler’s Crate Late Model at the age of 12. Within just laps Parker took to running very respectable lap times and has decided to try to race late models professionally unless a better opportunity opens up for him in a different class.
Currently our goal for 2025 is to compete again in the micros along with a crate late model program throughout the season. Parker hopes to pick up some dirt midget rides throughout the 2025 season to gain experience towards the hopes of competing in next year's Chili Bowl Nationals. Parker’s goal is to continue moving up in motorsports to allow him to race professionally as he gets older.