24 Facts About Phil Parsons

Phillip Gregory Parsons was born on June 21,1957 and is an American former professional stock car racing driver, team owner, and analyst for FOX NASCAR since 2003.

Phil Parsons was a commentator for the DirecTV NASCAR Hot Pass during Sprint Cup races.

Phil Parsons was the starter for the 2007 Daytona 500, waving the green flag.

Phil Parsons began racing in the Late Model Series and the NASCAR Goody's Dash Series.

Phil Parsons won his first career race, at Bristol Motor Speedway, and led the championship points early in the season.

Phil Parsons won the pole in two of the last three races of the season and finished fifth in points.

In 1984, Hayes and Phil Parsons joined the Cup Series and ran twenty-two races, posting three top-eight finishes and ended the season placing 24th in the standings, second behind Rusty Wallace for NASCAR Rookie of the Year.

In 1986, Phil Parsons ran seventeen races, and had a best finish of fifth at Talladega.

Phil Parsons had four more top-tens, but finished twenty-seventh in the final standings.

In 1988, Phil Parsons led 52 laps at the Winston 500 and achieved his only Cup win.

Phil Parsons had a career-best points finish of ninth that season.

Phil Parsons began 1990 driving the No 4 car for Morgan-McClure Motorsports, but was released only three races into the season.

Phil Parsons ran at Bristol for Jackson in a one-race deal, finishing the race in 25th, and drove for Phil Barkdoll and Lake Speed.

Phil Parsons made his most starts with the fledgling Diamond Ridge Motorsports, his best finish with them was a 21st at Darlington.

Phil Parsons did not run the Cup series in 1991, but rather a handful of Busch races in his own equipment leased from Diamond Ridge.

Phil Parsons had two top-10s, including a fourth-place finish at Darlington.

In 1993, Phil Parsons returned to the Cup series, running the No 41 Chevy for Larry Hedrick Motorsports.

Phil Parsons ended the 1993 season with a ninth-place finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway while driving for Butch Mock Motorsports.

In 1994, Phil Parsons returned to the Busch Series on a limited schedule in a car owned by his wife Marcia.

Phil Parsons won his second and final Busch race at the Champion 300, and finished 25th in points after running just seventeen races.

Phil Parsons began the season with consecutive third-place finishes but moved down to ninth in points.

Phil Parsons made his final Cup start that season for SABCO Racing at Darlington, when he replaced Joe Nemechek, who was on bereavement leave.

Alltel joined as primary sponsors for 1999, but Phil Parsons failed to qualify for the NAPA 200 and dropped to fifteenth in the standings.

Phil Parsons's last start in NASCAR competition came at Kentucky Speedway in 2001.