Parker johnstone strapped in at laguna seca during the rolex monterey motorsports reunion event and. Ron tonkin lotus plans on bringing the fiskar karma, the new plugin hybrid. Featuring parker johnstone please join us for the 2016 instructors seminar. Varde, pasley win firehawk endurance title sun sentinel. Best known as hondas original champ car test driver, parker johnstones professional career path could have been so different. Driver parker johnstone 1995 cart results race results and. Marvin featured as codriver to johnstone throughout both the 1992 and 93 seasons, while taylor drove a second comptech acura in several races in 1992 with codriver ruggero melgrati, winning the. That was the discipline for which he then became best known, winning at sebring in 1994 and being a regular winner in imsa between 1985 and 1988. But then the race officials scored the race back an hour and we were back in the lead.
Gregory william moore april 22, 1975 october 31, 1999 was a canadian race car driver who competed in the indy lights and championship auto racing teams cart from 1993 to 1999. The 1995 marlboro 500 was the thirteenth round of the 1995 ppg indy car world series season. Former indy car driver parker johnstone on rose cup race nbc sports northwest sitelogo. The following graph shows the change in the driverdb rating of jim downing and parker johnstone over time since january 1st 20.
Best known as a sportscar racer, he now lives in utah. Parker johnstone born 27 may 1961 fort benning, georgia. As parker continued to dominate the field, honda hired him for progressively higherstakes series, and he was eventually signed on to american hondas race team comptech racing. This will be an important event to attend in order to maintain the quality of our driver trainings. One of many race cars parker johnstone drove during his long career as a honda race driver. Former indy car driver parker johnstone on rose cup race. He watched the wreck on television and immediately sped to the scene on a bicycle. Parker palmer is another fabulous association, an author and activist who has campaigned for strengthened community, spiritual, and social bonds. Jul 08, 2011 parker johnstone, former race car driver and motorsports announcer, will be our guest speaker and we are hopeful that he will bring one of his indy cars. Aug 18, 2019 but then the race officials scored the race back an hour and we were back in the lead. It brought simultaneous exclamations from both broadcasters paul page and parker johnstone. View parker johnstones profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
Parker johnstone drives the same 1995 reynard indycar that he qualified 1st for the michigan 500 for demonstration laps during the portland rose cup races. Parker name meaning, origin, popularity, boy names like. Parker johnstone on driving the spice acura gtp lights. As parker johnstone, 35, an indy car driver who was the fastest qualifier at the. Best known as hondas original champ car test driver, parker johnstone s professional career path could have been so different. Apr 20, 2018 delight in the sound of vtec kicking in, yo. Legends of imsa entertain fans at rolex reunion racer. Former cart fedex championship series driver parker johnstone has been named driver development consultant. Profile for racing driver parker johnstone from united states. Acura entered the imsa camel gt championship in 1991 with comptech fielding a single spice engineering acura, powered by a race prepared version of the 3. Parker johnstone racing career profile driver database. Acura spice prototype race cars to be driven by original acura imsa drivers parker johnstone, dan marvin and wayne taylor. Cart driver and longtime friend parker johnstone had been taken out of the race by an earlier crash. Click on the site to see parker johnstones career results at that track glossary.
Parker johnstone racing results,career statistics and team mates. Since opening our doors, parker johnstones wilsonville honda has maintained our solid commitment to our customers, offering a wide selection of cars and trucks and ease of purchase. Aug 16, 2019 parker johnstone is no stranger to anyone in the imsa paddock, and this weekend he is back participating in the rolex monterey motorsports reunion in which imsa is the featured marque. Parker johnstones wilsonville honda in wilsonville, or, also serving portland, or and beaverton, or is proud to be an automotive leader in our community. Acura to salute racing heritage at monterey motorsports. He toured europe when 15 years old playing trumpet in the international youth orchestra and graduated from the university of california with an engineering degree. Parker johnstone iii born march 27, 1961 is a former race car driver and motorsports announcer from redmond, oregon.
The race is historically significant for firestones first indycar win since 1974. Click on the site to see parker johnstone s career results at that track. Former race car driver and motorsports announcer parker johnstone july 11, 2019 37 min parker johnstone joined the brian noe show to discuss his career and work with nw honda. Honda and used car dealer parker johnstones wilsonville honda. The biography with carrer and success in the race driver directory of speedsport magazine. Parker johnstone iii is a former race car driver and motorsports announcer from redmond, oregon. Revved up johnstone gives thumbs up to new gateway race.
Piloted around mazda raceway laguna seca by its original threetime titlewinning driver, parker johnstone, the car powered by a modified version of the original nsxs 3. Parker johnstone s wilsonville honda in wilsonville, or, also serving portland, or and beaverton, or is proud to be an automotive leader in our community. Parker johnstone, owner of wilsonville honda in wilsonville, oregon, introduces us to the original honda crx prototype, the car that helped launch his racing career with honda. Originally a 1988 model powered by an iron duke pontiac, it crashed and burned in 89. He began competitive karting at the age of ten and achieved early success, before progressing to openwheel car racing in the canadian formula ford championship in 1991. Acura was represented by current team penske driver ricky taylor and former champion parker johnstone. Parker also worked in tv and is also an accomplished trumpet player. The pacwest driver was helped from his reynardford machine and airlifted to the hospital with a fractured pelvis. Former indy car driver parker johnstone on rose cup race nbc sports northwest. Since opening our doors, parker johnstone s wilsonville honda has maintained our solid commitment to our customers, offering a wide selection of cars and trucks and ease of purchase. Now runs a honda dealership in oregon, and also flies planes, being a fully qualified commercial pilot. Parker johnstone strapped in at laguna seca during the rolex monterey motorsports reunion event and humbled most of opposition in their 800hp full. Parker johnstone on driving the spice acura gtp lights racer.
Three generations of acura motorsports prototype race cars and two generations of acura drivers will be on hand aug. Year, age, races, win, podium, pole, laps, led, earnings, rank, avst, avfn, raf, llf, dnq, wd. Aug 14, 2016 parker johnstone drives the same 1995 reynard indycar that he qualified 1st for the michigan 500 for demonstration laps during the portland rose cup races. Parker johnstones wilsonville honda, 30600 sw parkway ave. Parker johnstone of honda is back behind the wheel july 15 for the rose cup races coming to the pnw next week. Parker was imsa camel lights class champion for three successive years from 1991 to 1993, but he was also the. Parker johnstones wilsonville honda is a family owned and operated business serving the portland metro area since 2005. Parker johnstone graduate assistant southern methodist.
Acura to salute racing heritage at monterey motorsports reunion. Parker is part of the preppy names movement, one where preston, cameron, and sawyer. Patrick racing driver scott pruett took his first win in american openwheel competition after a laterace battle. Parker won the international sedan series in 198788, was the 1987 rookie of the year in formula atlantic, and imsa gtp lights titlist in 19919293 openwheel racing remained one of his ambitions, so when honda went cart racing, parker was the driver who gave honda its first pole position and set a world closedcourse speed record in the. Parker is also the name of several sports stars like golfer parker mclachlin and race car driver parker johnstone.
Parker johnstones personal acura spice is the very car he drove to a record number of gtp lights poles and wins in 199192. Regular members racing drivers who have participated successfully in major professional events, i. Parker johnstones wilsonville honda in wilsonville, or, also serving hondas near portland and hondas near beaverton is proud to be an automotive leader in our community. Parker johnstone returns to the imsa paddock at rolex reunion. The chance of joining barry greens highly touted indycar team was a dream come true for parker johnstone, a colorful and combative driver who came up through the ranks in roadcourse racing. Click on the site to see parker johnstone s career results at that track glossary. John also worked for a while as a stunt driver in hollywood movies in the 1970s to help put a budget together for racing. Parkers relationship with honda began in 1985 when he was hired as the lead driver for a privateer team competing in the imsa firehawk series.
Feb 09, 2018 one of many race cars parker johnstone drove during his long career as a honda race driver. Before arriving in cart in 1994 with the comptech honda team, parker johnstone led the driving duties that landed acura many imsa race wins and. I am happy where i am now, taylor said of his switch from his fathers team to penske. Acura spice prototype race cars to be driven by original acura imsa drivers parker johnstone, dan marvin and wayne taylor three generations of acura motorsports prototype race cars and two generations of acura drivers will be on hand aug. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover parkers. Aug 20, 2015 piloted around mazda raceway laguna seca by its original threetime titlewinning driver, parker johnstone, the car powered by a modified version of the original nsxs 3. Still involved in racing, as he competes occasionally in historic events. Parker johnstone, former race car driver and motorsports announcer, will be our guest speaker and we are hopeful that he will bring one of his indy cars. We want to highlight this vehicle this month and pay tribute to parker johnstone for all his. Since opening our doors, parker johnstones wilsonville honda has maintained our solid commitment to our customers, offering a wide selection of cars and trucks and ease of. He graduated from university with an engineering degree and also worked as a stunt driver in films. Former indy car driver parker johnstone on rose cup race nbc. It all started in august of 1965, when steve straw and i made a trip out to the bonneville salt flats. Parker johnstone parker johnstones wilsonville honda.
Rising through the ranks as an instructor at the bob bondurant school of high performance driving at sears point to pay the racing bills, parker was a champion. Acura entered the imsa camel gt championship in 1991 with comptech fielding a single spice engineering acura, powered by a raceprepared version of the 3. Over the next few years, parker amassed a recordsetting six titles and 54 victories in imsa, and set an international sports car record of 14 consecutive pole positions. Parker was imsa camel lights class champion for three successive years from 1991 to 1993, but he was also the longtime honda champcar test driver. He began competitive karting at the age of ten and achieved early success, before progressing to openwheel car racing in the canadian formula ford championship. Parker johnstone is no stranger to anyone in the imsa paddock, and this weekend he is back participating in the rolex monterey motorsports reunion in. Parker johnstones wilsonville honda honda, used car. Listen to the the brian noe show episode former race car. John worked for many years as an engineer for shelby to earn money to race. John started his career in 1963 in sportscar events shortly after attending carroll shelbys racing school. John worked for many years as an engineer for shelby to earn. The comptech racing spice acura imsa camel gtp lights race car that ran in reasonable anger for the first time since.
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