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Local Teen In National Kart Racing Championships This Weekend
November 27, 2009
A North Escambia teen will be competing in the National Indoor Kart Championship today and Saturday. It’s a big race for the Northview freshmen, and he’s hoping for a big win in his small kart.
Jarrett Parker, 15, won the state championships in both Alabama and Mississippi this year. The Molino resident will compete in a couple of classes in Batesville, Mississippi, during the kart championships this weekend.
On Friday, he will compete in the “Animal” and “Flat Head” races, and on Saturday he will compete in the “Animal” and “Pro” races. He has two cars, a black #46 and a yellow #46; he should race both cars on both days. The races will be streamed live on the internet at www.indoorkartnationals.com. He has previously competed, either winning or placing, in races across Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama. He has appeared in races on ESPN and The Outdoor Channel.
Jarrett, who has been Kart racing since 2003, is the son of Scott and Tammy Parker of Molino.
Pictured above: Molino teen Jarret Parker has made it big the in the world of kart racing. Pictured below: Parker after a big win at the MB Motorsports Racer’s Appreciation Race at Dexter Raceway in Georgia. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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8 Responses to “Local Teen In National Kart Racing Championships This Weekend”
GOOD LUCK, JARRETT! Hope you have lots of fun. Scott & Tammy, you can be proud that your son is doing this instead of getting in trouble in his free time. Lakeland, be cheering for your big brother, he’s already a winner!
wooooooo go Jarrett
Best of luck Jarrett. I am so proud of you.
Nice job, and looks like a lot of fun. Good luck with upcoming races.
For you rank amateurs on a tight budget, check out this race series. Car can’t cost more than $500 (minus safety equipment, brakes and tires).
http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/
under “results” will be links to photos to 09 events.
Good Luck!
Jared, I am so very proud of you. Keep up the great driving and good luck!
Great reading about our favorite driver, Jarrett Parker! Wish that we could be there to watch you race. All the best to the Parker’s!
Good Luck, Jarrett! Also…. good looking kart!
Kart racing is a great way for someone to get started in racing. I raced karts for about 3 years. We ran in P’cola, Montgomery, Baker and actually the most on the Flomaton Speedway. For a couple years they would run the car races on Friday night and then have kart races on Saturday.
Those karts will fly. At Flomaton, in addition to the regular stock and limited divisions, they had an unlimited class that you could run pretty much whatever you wanted for a motor. I raced a second kart in that class occasionally. It had a 10-horse Tecumseh that was built to output probably at least 30hp. According to the lap times we’d turn, we would be going approximately 75-80 mph down the straightaways… (if you can call them that…)