Thisbiography of a living personneeds additionalcitations forverification. Please help by addingreliable sources.Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced orpoorly sourcedmust be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentiallylibelous. Find sources: "Hank Parker Jr." – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(August 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Hank Parker Jr.
Parker in 2018
Born	(1974-10-07)October 7, 1974 (age 51) Denver, North Carolina, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	160 lb (73 kg)
NASCARCup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	78th (2002)
First race	2002Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 (Rockingham)
Last race	2002Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 (Rockingham)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
137 races run over 8 years
Best finish	14th (2000),(2002)
First race	1997Jiffy Lube Miami 300 (Homestead)
Last race	2005Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville)
First win	2001Auto Club 300 (Fontana)
Last win	2002NetZero 250 (Pikes Peak)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 31 2
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
29 races run over 2 years
Best finish	17th (2004)
First race	2003O'Reilly 200 (Memphis)
Last race	2004Ford 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 6 0

Hank Parker Jr. (born October 7, 1974) is an American formerstock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in theNASCAR Busch Series driving the No. 60Ford Taurus ForRoush Racing. His brother,Billy Parker, ran part-time in the Busch Series in2004, and his father,Hank, is a professional outdoorsman.

Parker was born on October 7, 1974 inDenver, North Carolina, toMartha Parker, andHank Parker. He is the oldest of three, and is the big brother ofBilly Parker, and Ben Parker. He began racinggo-karts near his home inDenver, North Carolina as a kid. From there, he moved ontostreet stock racing atConcord 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 theSoutheast 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. 78Mark III FinancialChevrolet, starting 41st and finishing 23rd.

Parker returned to the No. 78 in1998, 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 theAC Delco 200, where he finished sixth in the No. 53B.A.S.S Chevrolet owned by his father.

Parker ran his father's car full-time in1999, posting two top-fives and finishing 18th in points. He also finished second toTony Raines forRookie of the Year honors despite missing five races. In2000, Parker received sponsorship fromTeam Marines and won his first career pole position atLas Vegas Motor Speedway. He also had eight top-tens and finished a career-best fourteenth in points.

In2001, Parker switched to the No. 36GNC Live Well Chevy forCicci-Welliver Racing. He finished 15th in points, and collected his first win at theAuto Club 300.^[1] At the end of the season, his team was sold toWayne Jesel and switched toDodge for the 2002 season.^[2] He won another race atPikes Peak International Raceway and had eight top-tens.^[2] He also made hisWinston Cup debut, driving the No. 91USGDodge forEvernham Motorsports atNorth Carolina Speedway.^[2] He started 25th and finished 33rd, four laps down.

At the end of the2002 season, Parker was to take GNC over toppc 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 forBrewco Motorsports, finishing sixth atDarlington Raceway. He ran four more races that season splitting time betweenNEMCO Motorsports andChance 2 Motorsports, finishing fifth twice. He also made hisCraftsman Truck Series debut driving the No. 75 forSpears Motorsports, posting two top-ten finishes.

In2004, Parker signed to drive forInnovative 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 would joinRoush Racing to mentor rising starCarl Edwards from 2005 to 2006, he would also qualify Edwards car when he was at the Nextel Cup tracks for qualifying. He made his last start in2005 filling forCarl Edwards at Nashville as Carl convinced team ownerJack Roush to let Hank give it a shot. He won his second and finalBusch Series pole, but finished twentieth.

Parker then decided to retire from racing to focus on family. He would later join his father and brother Billy to produceHank Parker 3D, an outdoors-themed television show,^[2] thenHank Parker's Flesh and Blood, a hunting show.

Parker is a devout Christian. He is also friends withDale Earnhardt Jr. as they met when they were kids on a fishing trip as his fatherHank Parker was friends with the lateDale Earnhardt. Parker currently works atSnowbird Wilderness Outfitters, a Christian camp inAndrewsNorth Carolina as a preacher time to time while also working as Executive Director of Sales, Marketing & Programming.

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

• Hank Parker Jr. driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Hank Parker Jr. at NASCAR.com (archived)

• Living people
• 1974 births
• American Christians
• People from Denver, North Carolina
• Racing drivers from North Carolina
• NASCAR drivers
• American fishermen
• American television personalities
• Evernham Motorsports drivers
• RFK Racing drivers

• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata
• BLP articles lacking sources from August 2013
• All BLP articles lacking sources
• Short description is different from Wikidata