PARKER Price-Miller had a decision to make – pick baseball or commit full-time to pursuing a speedway career.
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In the end the need for speed won out for the emerging American sprintcar driver.
The Indiana-based teenager – he turns 20 in May – is now living his dream, driving professionally for Destiny Motorsports on the famed World of Outlaws circuit.
He is also preparing for the headline act on his maiden Australian tour, the South West Conveyancing Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic.
“I was a pretty good baseball player and I think if I stuck with that I could have played college baseball but I liked racing too much,” Price-Miller said.
“My Dad sponsored a race car when I was 10 years old.
“He asked me if I wanted to try it, so I tried and we haven’t stopped since. I did it for fun and then I started liking it and told my Dad I wanted to do it for a living.
“The past few years I have worked towards making my living and luckily this year I got hired and it’s my full-time job and I will race 113 times this year.”
Price-Miller raced in Perth for the Western Australian-based Harding team before a flying visit home the United States where he suffered from “bad luck” in the Chili Bowl.
He returned on Tuesday and will zip around Premier Speedway on Saturday night.
“I wanted to run the Classic because everyone talks about how cool the Classic is,” he said.
“When you’re in the Classic, you’re eligible for another race back home, the World Challenge at Knoxville.”