Phil Parsons
Phil Parsons | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parsons (right) alongside brother Benny | |||||||
Born |
Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | June 21, 1957||||||
Achievements | 1988 Winston 500 Winner | ||||||
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career | |||||||
203 races run over 13 years | |||||||
Best finish | 9th (1988) | ||||||
First race | 1983 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 1997 TranSouth Financial 400 (Darlington) | ||||||
First win | 1988 Winston 500 (Talladega) | ||||||
| |||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
285 races run over 17 years | |||||||
Best finish | 5th (1982) | ||||||
First race | 1982 Goody's 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 2001 Outback Steakhouse 300 (Kentucky) | ||||||
First win | 1982 Southeastern 150 (Bristol) | ||||||
Last win | 1994 Champion 300 (Charlotte) | ||||||
|
Phillip "Phil" Parsons (born June 21, 1957, in Detroit, Michigan), is a former NASCAR driver and owner of Phil Parsons Racing. He is also the younger brother of the late 1973 Winston Cup champion and former NBC/TNT commentator Benny Parsons. Years later, he returned to the Busch Series, where he enjoyed modest success. During his racing career, he also embarked on a career as a racing TV commentator, providing color analysis for the Mizlou Television Network. Many of these shows can be seen on TV4U.Com. He is now a commentator for Fox Sports 1's coverage of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He can also be heard as commentator for the DirecTV NASCAR Hot Pass during Sprint Cup races. He was the starter waving the green flag for the 2007 Daytona 500. In 2008, he along with his wife Marcia became part owners of a new Nationwide Series team, MSRP Motorsports.
Beginnings
Phil Parsons began racing in the Late Model Series and the NASCAR Goody's Dash Series. When the Late Model Series became the Busch Series in 1982, Parsons joined the circuit full-time, driving the #28 Skoal Pontiac for Johnny Hayes. He won his first career race at Bristol Motor Speedway, and led the championship points early in the season. He won the pole in two of the last three races of the season and finished fifth in points. The following season, he competed in a limited schedule, 22 out of 35 races, but won four poles and had twelve top-tens, finishing fifth in the points. That season, he also ran five Winston Cup races with Hayes in the #66, posting two top-ten starts.
Winston Cup
In 1984, Hayes and Parsons joined the Cup series and ran twenty-two races, posting three top-8 finishes and ended the season placing 24th in the standings, second behind Rusty Wallace for Rookie of the Year. The same year, his Busch ride was bought by Jack Ingram and he ran five races for him, and had two top-five finishes. In 1985, he ran the full season, splitting time between Jackson Bros. Motorsports and Roger Hamby's car. Despite four top-tens, he failed to finish thirteen races, and wound up 21st in points.
In 1986, Parsons ran seventeen races, and had a best finish of fifth at Talladega. He had four more top-tens, but finished twenty-seventh in the final standings. The following season, he got his first full-time Cup ride with the Jackson brothers when he signed on to drive their #55 Oldsmobile, garnering seven top-10s and a fourteenth-place finish in the final points standings. In 1988, Parsons led 52 laps at the Winston 500 and achieved his only Cup win. He also had a career-best points finish of ninth that season. The next season however, he only had two top-5 finishes and lost his ride at the end of the season.
He began 1990 driving the #4 car for Morgan-McClure Motorsports, but was released only three races into the season. He ran at Bristol for Jackson in a one-race deal, finishing the race in 25th, and also drove for Phil Barkdoll and Lake Speed. He made his most starts with the fledging Diamond Ridge Motorsports, his best finish with them a 21st at Darlington. He did not run the Cup series in 1991, but rather a handful of Busch races in his own equipment leased from Diamond Ridge. He had two top-10s, including a fourth-place finish at Darlington. After beginning 1992 with a tenth-place at the Daytona 500 with Melling Racing, he returned to Busch to run seven races, and had five top-10s.
In 1993, Parsons returned to Cup, running the #41 Chevy for Larry Hedrick Motorsports. Despite an 8th-place finish at North Carolina Speedway, Parsons was released near the end of the season. Phil ended the 1993 season with a 9th-place finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway while driving for Butch Mock Motorsports.
Return to Busch Series
In 1994, Parsons returned to the Busch Series on a limited schedule for J&J Racing. He won his second and final Busch race at the Champion 300, and finished 25th in points after running just seventeen races. He went back to full-time racing in 1995 in the #99 Luxaire Chevy owned by his wife Marcia, posting nine top-tens and finishing eighth in points. The following season, he switched his car number to #10. He began the season with consecutive third-place finishes but moved down to ninth in points. The next season, he finished in the top-ten in each of the first six races of the season posted a best finish of sixth in points. He also made his final Cup debut that season for SABCO Racing at Darlington, when he replaced Joe Nemechek, who was on bereavement leave (Nemechek's brother John was killed at Homestead the previous week). He finished 31st.
With sponsorship from Dura Lube in 1998, Parsons matched his 1997 points finish. Alltel joined as primary sponsors for 1999, but Parsons failed to qualify for the NAPA 200 and dropped to fifteenth in the standings. At the end of the season, he merged his team with ST Motorsports to drive the #59 Chevy, and finished twelfth in points despite just two top-tens. His last start in NASCAR competition came at Kentucky Speedway in 2001. Driving the #97 Curb Agajanian Performance Group car, Parsons started fifth but finished 34th after a wreck late in the race.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Winston Cup Series
Daytona 500 results
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|
1983 | Johnny Hayes Racing | Buick | 32 | 13 |
1984 | Chevrolet | 13 | 11 | |
1985 | Jackson Bros. Motorsports | Chevrolet | 12 | 29 |
1986 | Oldsmobile | 18 | 24 | |
1987 | 19 | 11 | ||
1988 | 19 | 3 | ||
1989 | 7 | 5 | ||
1990 | Morgan-McClure Motorsports | Oldsmobile | 8 | 42 |
1991 | Italian Connection | Chevrolet | DNQ | |
1992 | Melling Racing | Ford | 19 | 10 |
1993 | Larry Hedrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 16 | 22 |
1995 | TriStar Motorsports | Ford | 32 | 41 |
Busch Series
NASCAR Busch Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NBSC | Pts | Ref |
1982 | Johnny Hayes Racing | 28 | Pontiac | DAY 8 |
RCH 9 |
BRI 1 |
MAR 36 |
DAR 17 |
HCY 3 |
SBO 16 |
CRW 19 |
RCH 6 |
LGY 3 |
DOV 7 |
HCY 23 |
CLT 22 |
ASH 7 |
HCY 9 |
SBO 3 |
CAR 3 |
CRW 22 |
SBO 18 |
HCY 8 |
LGY 6 |
IRP 20 |
BRI 27 |
HCY 9 |
RCH 20 |
MAR 6 |
CLT 7 |
HCY 9 |
MAR 7 |
5th | 3783 | [16] | ||||||
1983 | DAY 4 |
RCH 7 |
CAR 9 |
HCY 8 |
MAR 16 |
NWS 11 |
SBO 24 |
GPS | LGY | DOV | BRI | CLT | SBO | HCY | ROU 8 |
SBO 7 |
ROU | CRW 19 |
ROU 4 |
SBO 16 |
HCY 17 |
LGY | IRP 4 |
GPS | BRI 13 |
HCY | DAR 13 |
RCH 13 |
NWS 7 |
SBO 6 |
MAR 4 |
ROU | CLT 32 |
HCY | MAR 7 |
15th | 2904 | [17] | |||
1984 | DAY 9 |
RCH | CAR | HCY | MAR | DAR | ROU | NSV | LGY | MLW | DOV | CLT 37 |
SBO | HCY | ROU | SBO | ROU | HCY | IRP | LGY | SBO | BRI 3 |
DAR | RCH | NWS | CLT 2 |
HCY | CAR | MAR 17 |
35th | 637 | [18] | |||||||||
1985 | DAY 42 |
CAR | HCY | BRI 25 |
MAR | DAR | SBO | LGY | DOV | CLT | SBO | HCY | ROU | IRP | SBO | LGY | HCY | MLW | BRI | DAR | RCH | NWS | ROU | CLT | HCY | CAR | MAR | 95th | 37 | [19] | |||||||||||
1986 | Ingram Racing | 11 | Pontiac | DAY | CAR | HCY | MAR | BRI | DAR | SBO | LGY | JFC | DOV | CLT | SBO | HCY | ROU | IRP | SBO | RAL | OXF | SBO | HCY | LGY | ROU | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | ROU 16 |
CLT | CAR | MAR | 119th | 0 | [20] | ||||
1989 | Beverley Racing | 55 | Olds | DAY 24 |
CAR 35 |
MAR | HCY | DAR 4 |
BRI 12 |
NZH | SBO | LAN | NSV | CLT 27 |
DOV 2 |
ROU | LVL | VOL | MYB | SBO | HCY | DUB | IRP | ROU | BRI | DAR 2 |
RCH | DOV 31 |
MAR | CLT 10 |
CAR 2 |
MAR | 33rd | 1098 | [21] | ||||||
1991 | Phil Parsons Racing | 29 | Olds | DAY DNQ |
RCH | CAR | MAR | VOL | HCY | DAR 4 |
BRI | LAN | SBO | NZH | CLT 42 |
DOV | ROU | HCY | MYB | GLN 15 |
OXF | NHA | SBO | DUB | IRP | ROU | BRI | DAR 29 |
RCH | DOV | CLT 9 |
NHA | CAR 29 |
MAR | 46th | 605 | [22] | ||||
1992 | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL 10 |
MAR | DAR 31 |
BRI | HCY | LAN | DUB | NZH | CLT 10 |
DOV | ROU | MYB | GLN 27 |
VOL | NHA | TAL | IRP | ROU | MCH 7 |
NHA | BRI | DAR 9 |
RCH | DOV | CLT 10 |
MAR | CAR | HCY | 45th | 838 | [23] | |||||||
1993 | Chevy | DAY DNQ |
CAR | DOV 5 |
MYB | MCH 39 |
NHA | BRI | DAR | RCH | CLT 22 |
MAR | CAR DNQ |
HCY | 43rd | 813 | [24] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olds | RCH 36 |
DAR 35 |
BRI | HCY | ROU | MAR | NZH | CLT 6 |
GLN 32 |
MLW | TAL | IRP | DOV 8 |
ROU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Three Star Motorsports | 18 | Chevy | ATL 40 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994 | Phil Parsons Racing | 29 | Chevy | DAY 36 |
ATL 41 |
MAR | DAR 8 |
HCY | CLT 1 |
MCH 17 |
DOV 8 |
CLT 16 |
25th | 1839 | [25] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olds | CAR 31 |
RCH | DOV 12 |
MYB | GLN 37 |
MLW | SBO | TAL | HCY | DAR 24 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shoemaker Racing | 64 | Chevy | BRI 9 |
ROU | NHA | NZH | IRP 16 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
J&J Racing | 99 | Chevy | BRI 18 |
RCH 16 |
MAR 14 |
CAR 16 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995 | DAY 30 |
CAR 6 |
RCH 9 |
ATL 14 |
NSV 11 |
DAR 5 |
BRI 23 |
NZH 23 |
CLT 22 |
DOV 7 |
MYB 25 |
GLN 10 |
MLW 29 |
TAL 35 |
SBO 24 |
IRP 35 |
MCH 6 |
BRI 13 |
DAR 4 |
RCH 14 |
DOV 3 |
CLT 17 |
CAR 25 |
HOM 6 |
8th | 2985 | [26] | ||||||||||||||
Olds | HCY 14 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Phil Parsons Racing | 94 | Chevy | NHA 24 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | 10 | DAY 24 |
CAR 14 |
RCH 29 |
ATL 3 |
NSV 3 |
DAR 22 |
BRI 4 |
HCY 20 |
NZH 12 |
CLT 15 |
DOV 8 |
SBO 15 |
MYB 17 |
GLN 13 |
MLW 30 |
NHA 40 |
TAL 38 |
IRP 23 |
MCH 14 |
BRI 3 |
DAR 41 |
RCH 30 |
DOV 3 |
CLT 18 |
CAR 29 |
HOM 12 |
9th | 2854 | [27] | |||||||||||
1997 | DAY 10 |
CAR 4 |
RCH 4 |
ATL 8 |
LVS 7 |
DAR 5 |
HCY 19 |
TEX 6 |
BRI 8 |
NSV 12 |
TAL 39 |
NHA 5 |
NZH 20 |
CLT 5 |
DOV 18 |
SBO 16 |
GLN 17 |
MLW 7 |
MYB 13 |
GTY 23 |
IRP 28 |
MCH 9 |
BRI 32 |
DAR 28 |
RCH 12 |
DOV 22 |
CLT 26 |
CAL 32 |
CAR 11 |
HOM 30 |
6th | 3523 | [28] | ||||||||
1998 | DAY 10 |
CAR 40 |
LVS 37 |
NSV 38 |
DAR 13 |
BRI 7 |
TEX 4 |
HCY 18 |
TAL 2 |
NHA 15 |
NZH 16 |
CLT 35 |
DOV 7 |
RCH 16 |
PPR 2 |
GLN 25 |
MLW 11 |
MYB 21 |
CAL 4 |
SBO 11 |
IRP 34 |
MCH 18 |
BRI 2 |
DAR 25 |
RCH 27 |
DOV 11 |
CLT 31 |
GTY 14 |
CAR 24 |
ATL 8 |
HOM 13 |
6th | 3525 | [29] | |||||||
1999 | DAY 33 |
CAR 28 |
LVS 13 |
ATL 28 |
DAR 3 |
TEX 24 |
NSV 10 |
BRI 28 |
TAL 35 |
CAL 42 |
NHA 25 |
RCH 15 |
NZH 9 |
CLT 23 |
DOV 19 |
SBO 13 |
GLN 22 |
MLW 20 |
MYB 9 |
PPR 10 |
GTY 35 |
IRP 15 |
MCH DNQ |
BRI 33 |
DAR 29 |
RCH 34 |
DOV 8 |
CLT 42 |
CAR 21 |
MEM 16 |
PHO 43 |
HOM 24 |
15th | 2951 | [30] | ||||||
2000 | ST Motorsports | 59 | Chevy | DAY 13 |
CAR 23 |
LVS 14 |
ATL 14 |
DAR 20 |
BRI 17 |
TEX 34 |
NSV 29 |
TAL 23 |
CAL 24 |
RCH 10 |
NHA 12 |
CLT 24 |
DOV 29 |
SBO 15 |
MYB 27 |
GLN 25 |
MLW 42 |
NZH 20 |
PPR 5 |
GTY 23 |
IRP 22 |
MCH 19 |
BRI 14 |
DAR 17 |
RCH 39 |
DOV 15 |
CLT 31 |
CAR 22 |
MEM 19 |
PHO 26 |
HOM 19 |
12th | 3176 | [31] | |||
2001 | Curb Agajanian Performance Group | 97 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | RCH | NHA | NZH | CLT | DOV | KEN 34 |
MLW | GLN | CHI | GTY | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | PHO | CAR | HOM | 121st | 61 | [32] |
ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ARSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
1991 | Melling Racing | 18 | Ford | DAY | ATL | KIL | TAL | TOL | FRS | POC | MCH | KIL | FRS | DEL | POC | TAL | HPT | MCH | ISF | TOL | DSF | TWS | ATL 21 |
133rd | [33] |
24 Hours of Daytona
(key)
24 Hours of Daytona results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Class | No | Team | Car | Co-drivers | Laps | Position | Class Pos. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986 | GTO | 28 | Texas Enterprises | Oldsmobile Calais | Terry Labonte Harry Gant |
3 | 66 DNF | 23 DNF |
References
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1982 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1984 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1985 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1986 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1989 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1991 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1992 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1993 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1994 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1995 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1996 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Phil Parsons – 1991 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 8, 2015.