Parker Johnstone III was born on March 27,1961 and is a former race car driver and motorsports announcer from Redmond, Oregon.
18 Facts About Parker Johnstone
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Parker Johnstone 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.
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Parker Johnstone continued to win while driving Corvettes and import sedans.
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Parker Johnstone won numerous events in the IMSA Firehawk series.
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Parker Johnstone finished 2nd in the Renault Cup National Championship in 1984, earning a spot with the factory Renault team to race in Europe.
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Parker Johnstone returned to the United States to win the Renault Cup championship in 1985.
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Parker Johnstone won IMSA championships in International Sedan for Acura in 1987 and 1988.
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Parker Johnstone competed in the Tasman Formula Pacific series in New Zealand in 1987.
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Parker Johnstone 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.
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Parker Johnstone finished second in both 1989 and 1990 in the IMSA International Sedan Championship.
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Parker Johnstone left professional sports car racing having set the all-time IMSA race win record at 54 victories.
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Parker Johnstone dominated the race until sidelined with a mechanical problem.
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Parker Johnstone then moved up and ran the full season in 1996.
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Parker Johnstone is currently racing in SCCA competition as well as competing in vintage racing in several different types of cars.
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Parker Johnstone is an instrument, commercial, certified flight instructor pilot and has competed and won in aerobatic competitions.
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Parker Johnstone has appeared in over 50 TV commercials as well as performed as a stuntman in the movie Speed.
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Parker Johnstone is a member of both the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
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Parker Johnstone served on the board of directors for the Children's Cancer Association.