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NAME: DAVID “SCOTT” PARKER BORN: 11/21/61
MARRIED: 1989
WIFE: WANDA
2 CHILDREN: DAUGHTER ASHLEY 6 SON AUSTIN 5

    WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMA GRAND NATIONAL DIRT TRACK RECORD BOOK ONE NAME STANDS OUT, SCOTT PARKER. HE STARTED RIDING MOTORCYCLES AT AGE 6 AND RODE IN HIS FIRST RACE WHEN HE WAS 11. IN 1976 SCOTT WAS CROWNED AMA 250CC AMATEUR NATIONAL DIRT TRACK CHAMPION, FOLLOWED IN 1978 BY A JUNIOR NATIONAL DIRT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP, EARNED IN HIS FIRST FULL SEASON ON 750CC MACHINERY.
     PARKER JOINED THE AMA GRAND NATIONAL DIRT TRACK TOUR IN 1979 AND BECAME THE SERIES YOUNGEST WINNER AT AGE 17 WITH A VICTORY AT THE DUQUOIN ILL. MILE. SCOTT WOULD WIN A SECOND TIME AT THE INDY MILE, AND END HIS FIRST SEASON 9TH IN THE SERIES FINAL POINT STANDINGS, EARNING HIM THE AMA DIRT TRACK ROOKIE OF THE YEAR TITLE.
     FROM THERE PARKER WENT ON TO COMPILE AN IMPRESSIVE RESUME. HE HAS WON APPROXIMATELY 25% OF THE RACES HE’S FINISHED, AND NOW LEADS THE LIST FOR TOTAL CAREER WINS AT 94, MORE THAN DOUBLE THE TOTAL OF CLOSE FRIEND JAY SPRINGSTEEN WHO IS SECOND WITH 41. IN 1988, TEN YEARS AFTER JOINING THE AMA GRAND NATIONAL DIRT TRACK RANKS SCOTT WOULD SCORE HIS FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, IN FACT HE WOULD GO ON TO WIN FOUR IN A ROW, TYING THE 30 YEAR OLD RECORD SET BY CARROL RESWEBER. IN 1992 SCOTT WOULD LOSE THE BID FOR A RECORD SETTING FIFTH TITLE BY 2 POINTS TO CHRIS CARR.
     A NEW RUN AT RESWEBERS RECORD WOULD START IN 1994, AND BY THE END OF THE 1998 SEASON THE RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE GRAND NATIONAL TITLES WOULD BE HIS.
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR RIDERS ON TOUR, PARKER ALWAYS HAS TIME FOR THE FANS, HE IS ROUTINELY ONE OF THE LAST PEOPLE TO LEAVE THE TRACK, WAITING UNTIL ALL OF THE AUTOGRAPHS ARE SIGNED AND PICTURES TAKEN.

THE 1999 SEASON WILL BE SCOTT’S 20TH YEAR ON THE GRAND NATIONAL DIRT TRACK TOUR, IT IS ALSO SLATED TO BE HIS LAST. PARKER WILL HANG UP HIS LEATHERS AT THE END OF THE YEAR, HOWEVER HE IS COMMITTED TO LEAVING THE SPORT ON TOP. WINNING FIVE CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIPS BRINGS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT SIX, SOMETHING NO OTHER DIRT TRACKER HAS EXPERIENCED. WITH LEGENDARY TUNER BILL WERNER TURNING THE WRENCHES, AND HARLEY DAVIDSON PROVIDING THE BACKING
SCOTT PARKER IS SURE TO CONTINUE HIS WINNING WAYS.

AMA BIO

Scott Parker

1999 Grand National Ranking: 4th

2000 National Number: 2

Birth date: November 21, 1961 Birthplace: Flint, Michigan

Residence: Swartz Creek, Michigan

Height: 5' 6" Weight: 155 lbs.

Turned pro: 1979 Career Highlights 1999

Parker took wins at the Harrington, Del. Half-mile and the Del Mar, Calif., Mile, and had six additional six podium finishes. Parker maintained his status as the winningest rider in the history of AMA Grand National racing, with 93 victories. 1998 - The winningest rider in the history of the sport with a career total of 91 victories, Parker won a record ninth Grand National title with seven wins and an additional three podium finishes...Parker broke Carroll Resweber's 1961 record with five consecutive titles... Won the inaugural Hall of Fame race at the Springfield, Ill. Mile. 1997 - Parker had a slow start in 1997, but went on to take eight mid- and late-season wins and earned his eighth Grand National title... Parker tied Carroll Resweber's record of four consecutive championships for the second time in his career, and raised his career win total to 84. Rode for Harley-Davidson. 1996 - Another great year for Parker as he earned his seventh AMA Grand National title... Continued to build on his all-time AMA Grand National win record, six wins during the season brought his career total to 76 Grand National victories. 1995 - Won his sixth AMA Grand National title... Matched his career best with 10 wins during the season... Recorded a personal record of 23 points-paying finishes... Took his second career short-track win at LaSalle, Ill. 1994 - Won his fifth AMA Grand National Championship... Won eight finals. 1993 - Earned only one win (San Jose Mile), his lowest number of wins during a season in ten years. 1992 - Lost the Grand National Championship by just two points to Harley-Davidson teammate Chris Carr... Recorded the fastest mile in Grand National history with a 105.06 mph lap in qualifying at the Springfield (Ill.) Mile. 1991 - Won his fourth straight AMA Grand National Championship matching Carroll Resweber's record for straight national titles set in 1961... At the Indy Mile Parker broke Jay Springsteen's all-time AMA Grand National win record by taking his 41st-career win... In the closest title chase in Grand National history, Parker tied in championship points at the end of the season with Chris Carr, but won the title by virtue of have earned more wins. 1990 - Won his third AMA Grand National title. 1989 - Won his second AMA Grand National Championship... Won 10 AMA Grand Nationals which was then a new record for wins in a single season. 1988 - Earned his first AMA Grand National Championship... Was the winningest rider dirt track rider in the series with five victories. 1987 - Won four Grand Nationals bringing his career total to 15 wins. 1986 - Took two wins and finished runner-up in the series to Bubba Shobert. 1985 - Earned three Grand National wins... Ran the fastest mile in Grand National history with an average speed of 102.047 miles per hour at Indianapolis. 1984 - Won two nationals and finished the season ranked fourth. 1983 - Only the second year in his career he didn't earn a victory... Took 11 top-five finishes. 1982 - Was hired by Harley-Davidson... Won the half-mile at Gardena, Calif... Scored points in all but one of the Grand National dirt track races. 1981 - Earned eight top-10 finishes in the series. 1980 - Earned his first of two career short-track wins with a victory at Santa Fe Speedway in Hinsdale, Ill. 1979 - Dirt Track Rookie of the Year in first season competing in AMA Grand National racing... At the time was the youngest rider to carry an expert racing license at 17... Won two nationals that in his rookie year... First career victory came at the Du Quoin (Ill.) Mile riding a Klotz/Wiseco-sponsored Harley... Was the youngest rider ever to win an AMA Grand National event.

Personal Full name is David Scott Parker... Brother Shawn also races... Married to Wanda with daughter Ashley and son Austin... Known for his skill at making a high line work on a cushion track... Motorcycles tuned by the legendary Bill Werner... Enjoys skiing and golfing.

Grand National Career Summary

Year Finishes Wins Top 5 Top 10 Year-End Ranking

1999 15 2 10 12 4th

1998 18 7 12 15 1st

1997 21 8 16 21 1st

1996 18 6 13 16 1st

1995 23 10 16 19 1st

1994 20 8 16 18 1st

1993 19 1 14 16 3rd

1992 15 8 12 14 2nd

1991 15 6 12 13 1st

1990 15 7 14 15 1st

1989 15 10 14 15 1st

1988 16 5 14 16 1st

1987 17 4 11 16 2nd

1986 20 2 12 18 2nd

1985 19 3 9 16 3rd

1984 20 2 13 18 4th

1983 21 0 11 21 5th

1982 19 1 11 15 5th

1981 14 0 6 8 11th

1980 14 1 3 10 8th

1979 12 2 6 8 9th

Career: 366 93 245 320

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