The Parker connection with Speedway & Midgets in particular goes back to the late 1940's just after WW2 when Nick Parker's Grandfather, Bert used to crew for the famous Beasley family of cars in the Tracey's & Rowley Park era and forward into the mid 60's. Roll on to the late 80's into the mid 90's when Nick, his Grandfather & his dad David used to crew for former speedcar driver Rob Winstanley, w
ho then became crew chief for the new V39 team. About 1990 Grandfather Bert bought a midget during this time and it was driven initially by former V8 Supercar driver John Faulkner and later by Warren Nelson, John Mills & Eric Smith with limited success and it was always intended that Nick would eventually progress into driving that or a similar speedcar when he was old enough. This never happened due to the death of his Grandfather in 2002 and so Nick progressed through 9 years of karting with 7 State Titles & numerous series wins, One limited season of Formula Ford & then six years in V8 Commodore Cup National Championship, being extremely successful & competitive in all classes. He stopped racing at the end of 2011 eventually getting married and starting a family & didn't race consistently for 4 years. In early 2015 he said that he would like to start racing again and in particular to "Complete the Circle" that his Grandfather started nearly 65 years previously in a midget with his first meeting happening at Avalon Raceway in October 2015 in the Aggressor/Fontana combo. On January 2nd 2016 at only his 4th ever meeting, Nick became the fastest Rookie in 82 years of VSDA history (est. 1934) to take his maiden Feature victory & dedicated that win to his late Grandfather. Since then he has won a total of 19 Features, 5 in the Aggressor & 12 in the Baretta Midget chassis since February 2022 & 2 in a Compact Speedcar. Achievments
WON Round 1 of PSW series 2024 & 2nd in Series. Quick Time at Round 1 of PSW series 2024
WON 24/25 Blackjack Series Champion
2nd 2025 SA Speedcar Championship
3rd 2024 SA Speedcar Championship
3rd 2023 2024 & 2025 Victorian Speedcar Championship 3rd 2025 Australian Speedcar Championship
3rd 2025 Australian Compact Speedcar Championship
2nd twice 2024 & 2025 in Australasian 50 lap Championship.
2nd 2025 Sydney 50 lap Classic
WON x 2 Diggers Cup @ Avalon
Multiple Track Records in 3 States
4 time VSDA Club Champion
2 time VSDA Drivers Driver
