Billy Parker, Jr. is up to his old tricks - tricks that earned him 13 driving titles at Monticello Raceway

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Two weeks ago Billy Parker, Jr. won five races on the Monday card and on May 11 he not only showed shades of his old self, but proved that age is no deterrent after he drove six winners on the 13-race card.

Skunked in the first few races, Parker began his assault in the third when he reined Scenic View Farms’ Passion For life to a 2:01:3 wire-to-wire triumph. His next victory came in race seven when he snuck up the pylons to score a 1:59:2 victory with Preyingondaylight.

He scored a come-from-behind win in the tenth race trot with Scott Woogen and Brenda Messenger's Sandy Hoofprints in a time of 2:03:1 and came back in the eleventh to rein Patrick Celia's Cocoa Myria home first in a time of 2:00.

Then in race number twelve, Parker sent the favourite Sports Ball to the front and made every pole a winning one to score victory number five in a 1:59 clocking for owner Vincent Grippa. He also piloted Button Road to a 1:58.3 victory in the thirteenth race.

Prior to the afternoon race card Kyle DiBenedetto had a two-win lead on Parker for leading driver honors and despite the fact that DiBenedetto won three races on the program Parker's six wins vaulted him to the top on the local leaderboard.

A man of very few words when contacted about his big day in the sulky, Zeke said stoically; "I guess I just got lucky."

(Monticello Raceway)