Parfitt Jnr is the founder and frontman of the RPJ Band, a rock and pop group that performs at festivals and major events across the UK and Europe. He has performed at festivals including Isle of Wight Festival, Camp Bestival, Camper Calling and is a regular at CarFest. He has also performed at major sporting events such as Silverstone F1, Moto GP, the NFL Game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. His band is made up of UK touring musicians who regularly tour with other artists such as Take That, The Script, Noel Gallagher, Bonnie Tyler, ELO, and Annie Lennox and Robbie Williams.
He is a sufferer of Crohn's disease, and has been an advocate for raising awareness of the condition raising money through his charity event 'The Rock Ball'. He is an ambassador for Crohn's and Colitis UK.[1]
Rick Parfitt Jnr competing in the British GT Championship 2017
Parfitt began racing in 1996, competing in various karting championships both nationally and internationally until 2004.
In 2010, he competed in the Silverstone 'Celebrity Race', of which he won,[3][4] before competing in the Ginetta GT5 Challenge in 2012.[5]
Rick Parfitt Jnr BTCC.
He stepped up to the British GT Championship in 2013, and competed in the GT4 category until 2015, when he switched to the GT3 category. He won the GT4 category in 2013 with Optimum Motorsport together with Ryan Ratcliffe, and won the GT3 category in 2017 with Bentley Team Parker together with Seb Morris.[6][7]
(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded– 2002–2003 all races, 2004–present just in first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded all races) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point awarded– 2002 just in feature races, 2003–present all races)
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