Sports I nsider
Story: Jancey Smith, photos provided
Three Generations of Racing It’s hard to deny that many of the residents of Gibson County like racing. It could be sprint cars, modifieds, cycles or even go karts. The crowds and longevity of Tri-State Speedway will attest to their love of a good, fast competition. The Parker family of Princeton is no exception to the thrill of a good race. During the work week, Logan Parker may be running the operations of Parker Excavating, but about three weekends a month he and his family are at a go-kart track. “There are about 15 to 20 tracks within four hours of Princeton,” Logan explained. “Right now we race all over the Midwest and east coast – Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, North Carolina, and Illinois. Logan started racing in 1998, when his dad, Jerry, bought him his first go-kart. They began racing locally and then traveled all over the east coast for about 10 years. Jerry raced in his younger days, however he favored flat track motorcycle racing. He’s just recently
Pictured left to right: Eli Wilhelmus, Gary Hostettler, Mike Dickerson, Brayden Smith, Devyn Marcum, Brent Smith, Jerry Parker, Kash Parker, Waylon Parker, and Logan Parker
taken up go-karts himself in the adult class. The family racing tradition is now being carried on by Logan’s two young sons Waylon and Kash. Waylon is eight-years-old and has been racing for about a year and a half. Five-year-old Kash started racing in June of 2021. Waylon runs three classes every time he races, the junior red plate, junior green plate and junior champ.
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February 2022
Small Town Living
