Return To Australia
In October 2010, Shane Parker confirmed that 2011 would be his last season riding in the British leagues before he moves back to Adelaide with his family and would race full-time at Adelaide's Gillman Speedway. Parker also confirmed his intentions to race in the 2012 Australian Solo Championship, though he eventually did not participate, only competing in the South Australian Championship where he finished second to Australian champion Troy Batchelor
Parker completed a successful return home to Adelaide for 2012-13 when he won the Gillman Speedway Division 1 Solo Championship on 2 February 2013. Only beaten in his first ride of the night, veteran Parker (still a favourite of the Adelaide crowd after some 27 years of senior racing) showed the younger riders the way around the 300 metres (330 yd) long track, top scoring in the heats, and after grabbing the lead from the start, easily won the four lap final from local rider Robert Branford, with newly crowned Australian Under-21 champion, 16 year old Max Fricke finishing third, and Justin Sedgeman from Mildura finishing fourth.
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