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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.”
SHOW SPONSORS
Christopher Kimball Financial Services
SUCCESS QUOTES
“You can make excuses or you can make it happen.”
CAREER CHALLENGES
Overcoming losing his eyesight after a horrific racing crash when his dragster collided with a wall at 175 mph. That lead to his decision to fulfill his dreams and set a speed record on a motorcycle at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
AH-HA MOMENTS
Early in his career he lost his biggest customer and decided to pursue his dreams and start his own business building chassis.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
A 1964 Chevy II 350 with nitros
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
Just jump in and do it!
AUTOMOTIVE RESOURCES
The iPhone Voice Over setting allowing a blind person to be read everything that’s on the device.
FAVORITE BOOK
One Good Run: The Legend of Burt Muro by Tim Hanna
PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE
We never know what life is going to throw us. If you don’t have any patience, I don’t recommend going blind. We’re all given struggles in life and we have to learn how to deal with it and keep going forward.
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Here’s the proof what a dirtbag Dan Parker really is and what he was up to before he became blind. Go to the Facebook profile and look at the pictures and video on how he would go around and vandalize peoples property. This is going to go out to everybody he knows.
https://youtube.com/@DanParker-sq8kp?si=zRwY58crN9zt68_Z
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555460080327&mibextid=LQQJ4d