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About Rowan "The Robot" Parlett

Rowan “The Robot” Parlett is a 12 year old Professional Jr. Dragster driver. Born in Maryland but racing throughout the country Rowan has managed to claim a World Championship already.

In 2021 Rowan was the PDRA Top Jr. Dragster World Champion, the PDRA Sportsman Rookie of the Year and the Summit Pro Stars Champion.

Rowan is sponsored by Computech, Race Websites, Caruso Family Racing, VP Racing Fuels, Nic Woods Racing and NGK Spark Plugs.   ….Read More

Rowan "The Robot" Parlett started his career karting before becoming a PDRA Top Jr Dragster World ChampionRowan comes from a racing family with his father, grandfather, great great grandfather, uncles and cousins all racing. He has racing deep in his blood and has grown up at the race track.

Rowan started his young racing career at age 6 competing in a kid and champ cart.  At 7 he started competing in junior dragsters and found a passion and love for drag racing. At 8 years old he secured his first IHRA Ironman and then secured another at 9 years old. ….Read More

Rowan "The Robot" Parlett started his career karting before becoming a PDRA Top Jr Dragster World Champion

In 2021, after making the switch to 8.90, Rowan tried his hand at PDRA, or Professional Drag Racing Association. It took him a couple races to get comfortable but by the third race in Ohio, Rowan was deadly on the tree and took home his first win earning him the nickname “The Robot”. The next race Rowan was able to double up and win again, propelling him into the points lead in his first PDRA season.

This stellar performance was able to qualify him for the first ever Summit Pro Stars invitation race where went trip zip in first round and on to win the $2,000 payday and Pro Stars Championship. Consistent performances at the final races of the season saw Rowan enter the World Finals with a mere 1 round lead. The Robot did his job and ended up winning the World Championship and even made it to the finals at the World Finals. After such an incredible season, Rowan was awarded the PDRA Sportsman Rookie of The Year.

  • Driver: Rowan “The Robot” Parlett
  • Crew Chief: Matt Parlett
  • Hometown: Maryland
  • Chassis: 2015 Halfscale Jr. Dragster
  • Engine: Nic Woods Racing Engine
  • Parts: Hubble Motorsports
  • Paint: Jimmy Tayman Racing
  • Data: Computech Systems
  • Series: PDRA, NHRA, WDRA

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Paragon Pro, Inc. Pro Jr. Dragster came in with a class record 61 entries here at the PDRA BigStuff TPM North vs. South Shootout at Maryland International Raceway. After the two rounds of qualifying, these 32 drivers aging from 13-18 years old will battle it out in the five rounds of eliminations, beginning later today and continuing tomorrow.

A huge shoutout to all who attended and all who made it into the 32-car field with a 7.924 bump spot!
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Good luck 🍀 Rowan

Q1 is in the books for Rowan’s first PDRA Racing of the season and we came out swinging. Sitting 7th with a 7.912 and confident we’ll make the show. Dad got scurred at the last moment and added a pound so we would have been a solid 7.906 when trying to be 7.908! This Computech RaceBase has this junior absolutely dialed in.

One more qualifier today and possibly first round today depending on weather.
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Q1 is in the books for Rowan’s first PDRA Racing of the season and we came out swinging. Sitting 7th with a 7.912 and confident we’ll make the show. Dad got scurred at the last moment and added a pound so we would have been a solid 7.906 when trying to be 7.908! This Computech RaceBase has this junior absolutely dialed in. 

One more qualifier today and possibly first round today depending on weather.

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Rowan, you're a rockstar! Keep up the fantastic work! 👏

Great job

Good luck 🍀

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The King Of The Creek race at Maryland International Raceway is in the books and Saturday was a great race day for us. The Robot was driving the wheels off the car on the line and the stripe and was able to take it to the finals where he came up -.004 red.

We started the day shearing off the key on the flywheel but luckily Ron Hubble was there to save the day and get it fixed for us. Although our time run was trash we were able to use the Computech RaceBase and know exactly what to dial off the trailer and were able to secure the first round victory. From that point the RaceBase weight index program kept Rowan running exactly what we wanted and his stellar lights propelled him to the finals.
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Good job Rowan !

We had a great day yesterday at the King of the Creek at Maryland International Raceway. We started the day off shearing the flywheel key and thanks to Ron Hubble we were able to get it repaired and on track for round 1.

The Robot was on point all day on the starting line and the stripe even laying down a .001 light against his cousin Zach in the semi finals. In the finals round jumped the gun -.004 but his opponent was .002 dead 3 for a 5 pack!

The Computech RaceBase had us dialed in all day and running within a hundereth of what we wanted nearly every pass.

We are racing again today so hopefully we can put it in the winners circle again.
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We had a great day yesterday at the King of the Creek at Maryland International Raceway. We started the day off shearing the flywheel key and thanks to Ron Hubble we were able to get it repaired and on track for round 1. 

The Robot was on point all day on the starting line and the stripe even laying down a .001 light against his cousin Zach in the semi finals. In the finals round jumped the gun -.004 but his opponent was .002 dead 3 for a 5 pack! 

The Computech RaceBase had us dialed in all day and running within a hundereth of what we wanted nearly every pass. 

We are racing again today so hopefully we can put it in the winners circle again.

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Congratulations

Congratulations!!!!!!!

Way to go Rowan

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Only 10 days left to sign up for the Computech Outlaws 2025 ECF team. And since we can't compete for a Team Wally, Outlaw members will compete for the Most Wanted, Sharpshooter and Maverick awards with the parents competing for the Doc Holliday award.

After each round if you were teens or better on the stripe or finish line, or win a round, stop by the Computech trailer to get your stickers that you can add to your car. We will keep track of the score for everyone and post standings at the end of each day.

If you are a Computech customer and not going to ECF with a track team, then please reach out to us via messenger and we will be happy to add you to the Computech Outlaws!
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If you are a Computech customer, going to the Eastern Conference Finals AND not going with a track team, then we invite you to be part of the Computech Outlaws.

We will not be able to compete for the Team Wally like the tracks do but we will have matching shirts, will have a team dinner / dessert and a Computech cornhole tournament. And we will encourage all team members to be up on the starting line to help cheer you on.

Bristol is a special experience for the kids and doing it without a team just isn't the same. So if you run Computech and need a team, we've got you. Please Facebook message us or call Matt @ Computech to reserve your place on the team as space is limited. Deadline will be June 1st.
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Q1 is in the books for Rowan’s first PDRA Racing of the season and we came out swinging. Sitting 7th with a 7.912 and confident we’ll make the show. Dad got scurred at the last moment and added a pound so we would have been a solid 7.906 when trying to be 7.908! This Computech RaceBase has this junior absolutely dialed in.

One more qualifier today and possibly first round today depending on weather.
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Q1 is in the books for Rowan’s first PDRA Racing of the season and we came out swinging. Sitting 7th with a 7.912 and confident we’ll make the show. Dad got scurred at the last moment and added a pound so we would have been a solid 7.906 when trying to be 7.908! This Computech RaceBase has this junior absolutely dialed in. 

One more qualifier today and possibly first round today depending on weather.

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Rowan, you're a rockstar! Keep up the fantastic work! 👏

Great job

Good luck 🍀

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2023 Season

Junior To Driver - Sudden Rush Shop

Junior To Driver - YouTube Series

Trophy Case

2022 Season

– NHRA Eastern Conference Finals Runner Up
– PDRA Top Jr. Dragster Season Top Ten Finish
– PDRA World Finals #1 Qualifier (.001)
– PDRA North vs South #1 Qualifier (.000)

2021 Season

– PDRA Top Jr. Dragster World Champion
– PDRA Sportsman Rookie of the Year Award
– Summit Pro Stars Top Jr. Dragster Champion
– PDRA North vs South Top Jr. Dragster Champion
– PDRA American Doorslammer Top Jr. Dragster Champion
– PDRA Summer Nats #1 Qualifier (.001)

2020 Season

– IHRA Ironman Winner (6-9)

2019 Season

– IHRA Ironman Winner (6-9)

2022 Season

2021 Season

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