Jake Parsons

Jake Parsons
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1994-12-26) 26 December 1994 (age 30) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Previous series
2021 2018 2017, 2020 2016 2014-15 2014	Super Taikyu Japanese Formula 3 Championship Super GT – GT300 Pro Mazda Championship Formula Masters China Australian Formula Ford Series
Championship titles
2018	Japanese Formula 3 Championship – National Class

Jake Parsons (born 26 December 1994) is an Australian racing driver. In 2018, he was crowned champion in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship National class. He is also the driver and managing director for AWD Racing. ^[1]

Career

Early career

Parsons started his early career karting in Australia. He then competed in the Australian Formula Ford Series in 2014 as well as Formula Masters China. ^[2] He stayed for 2015 with Meritus where he finished Vice Champion behind Martin Rump. ^[3]

Parsons moved to the States as he competed in the 2016 Pro Mazda Championship with Juncos Racing. ^[4]

Parsons also competed in the Asian Le Mans Series for 2 seasons, competing in 1 race of each of the 2 seasons of 2017-18 and 18-19. ^[5]

Japanese motorsport

Parsons moved to Japan to compete in the Super GT GT300 class with Team Taisan alongside Shinnosuke Yamada for the 2017 season. ^[6]

Parsons switched to compete in the 2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship for Noda Racing ^[7] He won the National class taking victory in all races aside from one.

For 2019 he competed in the Super Taikyu TCR class with Adenau alongside Shogo Mitsuyama, and Philippe Devesa.

In 2020 Parsons returned to Super GT after a two-year absence, driving for Honda factory team Drago Corse alongside owner/driver Ryō Michigami. ^[8]

Parsons then competed in the Super Taikyu ST-Z class with Team 5ZIGEN in 2021, followed by a switch to D'station Racing for 2 seasons in ST-1 and 1 race in ST-X in 2022 and 2023.

In 2025 Parsons assisted in the formation of a new team with Japanese company AWD and Canadian Jesse Anthony Swinimer by the name of "AWD Racing". Both Parsons and Swinimer competed in SRO Japan Cup in the GTC class. ^[1]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2014	Formula Masters China	Meritus.GP	12	3	3	2	7	116	4th
	Australian Formula Ford Series	Synergy Motorsport	12	0	0	0	1	116	9th
2015	Formula Masters China	Meritus.GP	18	3	2	2	11	163	2nd
2016	Pro Mazda Championship	Juncos Racing	16	0	0	0	2	258	6th
2017	Super GT - GT300	Team Taisan SARD	8	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2017–18	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	Eurasia Motorsport	1	1	0	0	1	16	8th
2018	Japanese Formula 3 Championship	NODA Racing	18	0	0	0	0	0	18th
	Japanese Formula 3 Championship - National		18	18	16	18	18	214	1st
2018–19	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3	Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport	1	0	0	0	0	1	15th
2019	Super Taikyu - ST-Z	Adenau	5	0	0	0	2	84.5‡	4th‡
2020	Super GT - GT300	Modulo Drago Corse	8	0	0	0	0	8	22nd
2021	Super Taikyu - ST-Z	Team 5Zigen	4	0	0	0	2	80.5‡	3rd‡
2022	Super Taikyu Series - ST-1	D'station Racing	4	2	1	0	4	151.5‡	2nd‡
2023	Super Taikyu Series - ST-1	D'station Racing	5	1	1	0	5	151.5‡	2nd‡
	Super Taikyu Series - ST-X		1	0	0	0	0	6‡	8th‡
2025	SRO Japan Cup - GTC	AWD Racing	2	1	2	0	2	43	3rd

Complete Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Pts
2017	Team Taisan SARD	Audi R8 LMS	GT300	OKA 21	FUJ 21	AUT 14	SUG 18	FUJ 19	SUZ Ret	CHA 19	MOT 14	NC	0
2020	Modulo Drago Corse	Honda NSX GT3 Evo	GT300	FUJ 8	FUJ 7	SUZ 19	MOT 10	FUJ 13	SUZ 27	MOT 14	FUJ 17	22nd	8

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Pts
2018	NODA Racing	Volkswagen		SUZ 1 13	SUZ 2 13	SUG1 1 13	SUG1 2 14	FUJ1 1 12	FUJ1 2 11	OKA1 1 14	OKA1 2 13	OKA1 3 C	MOT 1 14	MOT 2 14	MOT 3 15	OKA2 1 10	OKA2 2 11	OKA2 3 C	SUG2 1 14	SUG2 2 15	SUG2 3 9	SUG2 4 DNS	FUJ2 1 14	FUJ2 2 12	18th	0
			N	SUZ 1 1	SUZ 2 1	SUG1 1 1	SUG1 2 1	FUJ1 1 1	FUJ1 2 1	OKA1 1 1	OKA1 2 1	OKA1 3 C	MOT 1 1	MOT 2 1	MOT 3 1	OKA2 1 1	OKA2 2 1	OKA2 3 C	SUG2 1 1	SUG2 2 1	SUG2 3 1	SUG2 4 DNS	FUJ2 1 1	FUJ2 2 1	1st	214

References

1. Klein, Jamie (9 June 2025). "Parsons Establishes New Team for Japan Cup Assault: Ex-SUPER GT racer Jake Parsons partners Jesse Swinimer in all-international Japan Cup pairing for AWD Racing..." Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Archived from the original on 13 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
2. Khorounzhiy, Valentin (15 August 2014). "Jake Parsons and Matt Solomon share FMCS poles at Sepang". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
3. Banerjee, Aditya (16 February 2015). "Parsons returns to FMCS with Meritus". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
4. "PRO MAZDA: Parsons joins Juncos lineup". Racer . 1 December 2015. Archived from the original on 27 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
5. "4 Hours of Sepang - Asian Le Mans Series 2017-2018 - Final results Qualifying" (PDF). getresults.com (List). Results > 2018 > Asian Le Mans Series. Netherlands: Time Service. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
6. Hirano, Ryuji (9 March 2017). "Team TAISAN SARDが2017年GT300体制を発表。本拠地を福島に移設へ" [Team TAISAN SARD announces 2017 GT300 lineup. Headquarters to be relocated to Fukushima]. ja:オートスポーツ (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 March 2025.
7. "Japanese Formula 3 Championship - Round 1/2 Suzuka - Entry List". j-formula3.com. Japanese Formula 3 Championship. 13 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
8. "Honda Announces 2020 Super GT Teams & Drivers". dailysportscar.com. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.

External links

• Jake Parsons career summary at DriverDB.com
• https://www.jakeparsons.jp/ | Personal Website