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492: Dan Parker is a long time drag racer who lost his vision and is now setting speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats

492: Dan Parker is a long time drag racer who lost his vision and is now setting speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats

FromCars Yeah


492: Dan Parker is a long time drag racer who lost his vision and is now setting speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats

FromCars Yeah

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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Apr 20, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Dan Parker is from Columbus, Georgia and has been in to racing since he was 16 years old. At his company Parker Chassis, he was a fabricator, chassis builder, crew chief, and drag racer who in 2005 won the title as the ADRL Pro Nitrous Pro Mod Champion. One of his dreams was to build a Bonneville car and a tragic racing accident set him on that course. Today Dan is realizing his dream and has designed and built a custom bike that in 2013 he took to the Bonneville Salt Flats and successfully ran, setting a world record. Dan returned in 2014 and set his F.I.M. class record. And what were these records for? Dan was the first blind man to independently race a motorcycle on the salt. Dan’s motto is: “I’m not a blind man trying to race. I’m a racer who went blind.”
Released:
Apr 20, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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CarsYeah podcast is a show hosted by Mark Greene. Mark is an incurable automotive enthusiast interviewing successful automotive entrepreneurs who live a lifestyle around their passion for automobiles, motorcycles, trucks and more. Let Mark take you on their journey, get under the hood, and provide some entrepreneurial inspiration. The show includes successes and failures, their incredible journey, plus the Last Lap where guests answer in quick blip-of-the-throttle answers. At the end there's a difficult Checkered Flag question. So sit down, buckle up and enjoy the ride!