Parker Gilbertson Racing 23jr

Results from last weekend:

Friday at I-94 Speedway — Started 2nd in the heat. The track was pretty fast with a cushion about halfway up. Got the lead off the start and, after a few yellows, won the heat race.

Started 4th in the feature, and on lap 2 I got into a pretty good push. I saved it from the fence, but climbed the massive built-up cushion and spun down the hill. Somehow I didn’t get hit by the rest of the pack and came out of it in 10th. I rallied back to 3rd, following the leaders on a top-dominant track, but missed my line getting into the corner. My RR hit a bad hole and dipped, which picked the front end up and threw me hard into the wall. That gave me a flat and bent everything on the RF with only 2 laps to go, ending our night.

The rest of the weekend got rained out.

Plans for this weekend are to work on Dad’s stuff Friday for Night #1 of the Challenge Series in Monte. Saturday we’ll load both cars up for Night #2 in Monte, and then Sunday we’ll bring both cars to Casino Speedway to finish out the weekend.

If you’re around this weekend, come on down to Fiesta City Speedway Friday and Saturday night to watch the WISSOTA Late Model Challenge Series and cheer us on!

Last weekends results

Casino speedway
Heat 1-3 was leading and got tangled up with a lap car.
Feature 7-6 made my way up to 3rd and got thrown out of the groove into the fluffy dust and fell back to 8th but was able to get back to 6th

Madison speedway
Heat 3-1 and by a half track almost
Feature 8-4 car was really good all night the track just went away from me to be able to get a few more picked off

Definitely showed speed through the whole weekend just needed some luck to go our way!

We are on our way to I-94 speedway for the King of The Dirt race! If your there stop down and get some dome merch that we have left over! And say hi!!!

Thanks to all our partners

Kollman motorsports
Mb customs
Cmd race shocks
Afco race shocks
Speedwerk
Kakela farms
Kent’s auto body
Ace media
AVR
STS
Simpson race products
Valley manufacturing
Buy race shirts
Fast threads
Fastnel
JME excavating
Kaiser well drilling
Pederson electric
Meis Outland
Borstad rock
Proline soap

Last weekend, we knocked the dust off the limited. And it got knocked off fast, with us racing two nights and bringing home two wins at two tracks I've never won at before, but have always been the two I've wanted to win at most!

On Friday, we were in Fergus and went out for the heat, starting third and getting to second early, and ending up third. I didn’t have a brake pedal and didn’t have practice laps on the car yet this year to see how it would react with certain changes, and it wasn’t good… Going out for the feature, we tried a few things and started sixth. After a handful of yellows, before making a lap, we got going and were able to get to third and stay consistently with the leaders. I was just being patient and waiting for the track to widen out. With multiple more yellows and 2nd choosing the bottom two restarts in a row, it allowed me to fix my mistake I made on the first restart going into turn one and get to second. Then it was just trying to stay smooth throughout the holes and keep my momentum up. I got a good run coming out of four on the leader, and he made a mistake in one and two. I got under him; no contact was made, and I stayed under him going down the back stretch. He didn’t give me a ton of room getting into three; we made a tiny bit of contact, more so racing than anything, but I was able to come out on top and put two seconds on the rest of the field crossing the line first and barely beating the downpouring rain! Really exciting to win there; it’s one of the hardest tracks in the area with definitely the most competition! And I had to pass one of the best in the class that usually doesn’t lose when he gets the lead!

Sunday in Watertown, I started second for the heat and got the lead from the start and took the heat win. Redrew fourth and once again, it took us a while to get going, but once we did, I knew I had a good piece under me and was faster than the guys in front of me. I was able to get to second and throw a slider for the lead! Came out in the lead and didn’t look back; I had almost a straightaway on the second-place car before a yellow came out, and then they kept on coming. The track started to get really abrasive around the middle bottom, so I had to move down and just try to keep my car as wide as possible seeing the 15 was behind me… He doesn’t lose much in Watertown. Kind of was getting deja vu thinking of last year when I took the lead from the same guy, led a lot of laps, and there was a bunch of yellows. With the same car behind me and the track moving to the bottom, I didn’t catch it and ended up losing the lead and win with only a few to go. But this time, I was able to hold on and get another victory!

It is really awesome and confidence-boosting but also humbling with the way the year started this last weekend. Yes, it’s only two, and yes, we have five months of racing still, but to be able to do that coming back to the crate car with it only being my second full season is something few get to do. With the amount of time and effort my crew and I put in to get to the track, I don’t expect anything less than wins. But it’s called racing and not winning for a reason, and I have been fortunate enough with every opportunity I have had in my few years to be able to say I’ve won!

And of course, we can’t do it without each and every marketing partner and everyone who helps:

Mb Customs
CMD Race Shocks
Afco Racing
Valley Manufacturing
Borstad Rock
JME Excavating
Pederson Electric
Buy Race Shirts
Fast Threads
Kakela Farms
Kent’s Auto Body
Kollman Motorsports
RK2 Companies
Mies Outland
AVR
Ace Media
Kaiser Well Drilling
Fastnel
STS Racing Supply

Matt
Missy
Scott
Mom
Dad
Alex
The Olson’s

AceMedia Speedway Shots and Cody Papke

Happy Mother’s Day to the best Mother ever! Thanks for letting me chase a dream and supporting it as much as you can even though it’s not your favorite thing to do! See everyone in Watertown tonight.

Got us our STS shipment of scuff plates and mud plugs today! Make sure you hit up https://shorttracksupply.square.site/ for all your accessories!

‼️ This was a April fools joke‼️ Excited to get back behind the wheel on the big level!

Me and Alex getting these rims polished up for the year!

Make sure you go buy some bad to the bone mud plugs from STS up in Canada! They need the extra support after yesterdays performance from there homeland . No but seriously look at those things 😍 beautiful. We are very thankful that they jumped on board for the dome and the 2026 season! Look up Short Track Supply and get atleast a set in your cart of what you need and hit order! Malachi Klassen

We have some extra dome merch left! Grey t shirts 25$ and black sweatshirts 45$

T shirt sizes left
Smalls-3
Mediums-9
Larges-13
XL-12
2XL-10

Sweatshirts
XL-3

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