{"id":1874,"date":"2018-01-11T14:20:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T21:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badlandsmotorsportsresort.com\/?post_type=project&p=1874"},"modified":"2018-01-24T20:33:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T03:33:20","slug":"driver-parker-thompson","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/badlandsmotorsportsresort.com\/project\/driver-parker-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver Parker Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.97″ background_video_mp4=”https:\/\/badlandsmotorsportsresort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Parker-Combined-1.mp4″ background_video_webm=”https:\/\/badlandsmotorsportsresort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Parker-Combined.webm”][et_pb_row use_custom_width=”on” _builder_version=”3.0.97″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”dark” _builder_version=”3.0.97″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” module_alignment=”center”]\n

PARKER THOMPSON<\/h3>\n

Badlands Motorsports Resort<\/h3>\n

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Hailing from Red Deer Alberta, Parker Thompson is one of Canada’s top up and coming race drivers.  Starting in karts at the age of 8, Parker raced frequently at the Calgary karting track at Race City Motorsports Park, before moving onto a racing career that has seen him race around the globe.<\/p>\n

Badlands Motorsports Resort is proud to support Parker Thompson in all his endevours, as both a representative of Alberta in motorsports, and as an active member of our local community.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.91″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/badlandsmotorsportsresort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/qBadlands.jpg” _builder_version=”3.0.98″ \/][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=”2302,2305,2303,2304″ posts_number=”4″ show_title_and_caption=”off” show_pagination=”off” _builder_version=”3.0.98″ pagination_font_size_tablet=”51″ pagination_line_height_tablet=”2″ gallery_captions=”,,,” \/][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”3.0.97″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/badlandsmotorsportsresort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/qHeadshot-2017.png” _builder_version=”3.0.98″ \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”3.0.97″ \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.97″]\n

Minimal racing facilities in Alberta forced Parker from Alberta at age 10. He spent multiple years in his teens living away from home learning the craft of racing.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_testimonial author=”Parker Thompson” job_title=”On Canadian motorsports” background_color=”#dddddd” background_layout=”light” _builder_version=”3.0.97″]\n

I think Canadian motorsports would be very different if we had a prominent motorsports facility, like Badlands Motorsports Resort. If you look at Canada right now, we don\u2019t have many main tracks. The only track that sticks out in Canada is Mosport, but other than that there isn’t much that comes to mind – especially on the West Coast. The main reason why European and American drivers are so strong is there are a lot of race tracks in their countries. Unfortunately in Canada we don\u2019t have many race tracks, and the tracks we do have aren\u2019t to par with what other countries have around the world. I would guarantee if we had had a Badlands Motorsports Resort while I was growing up in Alberta, I wouldn’t have had to move to Europe to find the world\u2019s best competition.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”3.0.97″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ background_color=”#454545″ _builder_version=”3.0.91″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.91″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_blurb title=”Racing History” background_layout=”dark” _builder_version=”3.0.97″ header_text_align=”center”]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2017<\/td>\nCanadian F1600 Super Series Champion
\nUSF2000 – 3rd overall championship
\nExclusive Autosport<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nUSF2000 – 2nd overall championship
\nCape Motorsports
\n<\/em>Wayne Taylor Racing<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nUSF2000 – 5th overall championship
\nJDC Motorsports<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nWSK – European Circuit
\nEnergy Corse Factory Team<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nWorld Junior Rotax
\n3rd place World Ranking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nRotax Max Challenge Grand Finals
\n<\/strong>Youngest Driver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nCIK International
\n2nd place overal championship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nInternational Karting Region 7
\n5 Series championship wins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nCalgary Kart Club Champion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/badlandsmotorsportsresort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/PT-win-1.jpg” _builder_version=”3.0.97″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.91″][et_pb_row make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”3.0.91″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/badlandsmotorsportsresort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/PT-exit.jpg” _builder_version=”3.0.93″ \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_testimonial author=”Parker Thompson” job_title=”On an exciting future for Badlands Motorsports Resort ” background_color=”#dddddd” background_layout=”light” _builder_version=”3.0.97″]\n

Regarding Badlands Motorsports Resort, there are a number of different things I\u2019m particularity excited about. First – the track is built by Alan Wilson, and two of my favourite tracks as a race car driver right now [Barber Motorsports Park and Calabogie Motorsports Park] – we’re designed by Wilson. Both tracks are the most technically challenging and safest tracks that I have had the pleasure to drive in my career. I expect nothing less when it comes to the layout of the BMR facility. Secondly – the idea of a resort and accommodations built into a racing facility is a luxury that is very rare when it comes to motorsports. If you look at all the tracks I race at and there\u2019s no hotel, no accommodations – it\u2019s literally just a racetrack. What the Badlands Motorsport guys are trying to do right now is build a community around racing. I think with their vision and determination for excellence, it will change motorsports as we know it.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.97″]\n

As a young adult now, Parker is actively involved in Alberta during his off time, campaigning against texting and driving in High Schools all throughout the province with his program “Drive to Stay Alive.” Looking beyond texting and driving, Parker is a strong advocate for responsible road habits.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_testimonial author=”Parker Thompson” job_title=”On motorsports and street driving” background_color=”#dddddd” background_layout=”light” _builder_version=”3.0.97″]\n

I look at how motorsports has affected my life and I think that many race car drivers can say the same thing. As race car drivers, we really don\u2019t need to get our dose of speed on the streets. We drive high performance race cars around a track as fast as we can; we push the car to the absolute limit on the track, and when we\u2019re on the street with our street car we don\u2019t feel the need to push the car. We know that we\u2019re not in that type of environment when we are travelling on the streets. I think thats a real key to how motorsports can change Alberta and the community of Canada. I think if people can take their high performance vehicles to a beautiful motorsports, it\u2019s really going to change people\u2019s mindsets on how they drive on the street. Not to mention I think they\u2019ll have a lot of fun pushing their car to the absolute max, and see what it was made to do on a beautiful track in a very safe enviroment.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”3.0.97″ \/][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/badlandsmotorsportsresort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/qDriveToStayAlive.jpg” _builder_version=”3.0.98″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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