1. Todd T Parrott was born on February 9,1964 and is an American stock car racing crew chief who works for Maples Motorsports as the crew chief of their No 67 car driven by Ryan Roulette part-time in the ARCA Menards Series.
22 Facts About Todd Parrott
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Todd Parrott is most well known for his long tenure as a NASCAR Cup Series crew chief at Robert Yates Racing crew chiefing Dale Jarrett's No 88 Ford.
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Over his career, Todd Parrott has worked for Petty Enterprises, Hall of Fame Racing, Roush Fenway Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, Tommy Baldwin Racing, Richard Childress Racing, Circle Sport, Leavine Family Racing, and Premium Motorsports.
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Todd Parrott won two races with Sadler in 2004, and his last two wins as a crew chief came with Marcos Ambrose at RPM in 2011 and 2012.
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Todd Parrott last served as a crew chief in 2020 and at the time was one of the most successful active crew chief in the Cup Series with 31 career wins, behind Chad Knaus and Paul Wolfe.
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Todd Parrott spent his early years working with his father Buddy, and brother Brad for DiGard Motorsports, and Curb Motorsports.
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Buddy departed at the end of 1994, while Todd Parrott would remain at Penske until October 1995, with Brad following Todd Parrott to Yates soon after.
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In 2006, Todd Parrott left RYR to crew chief the famous No 43 Petty Enterprises Dodge, driven by Bobby Labonte, but returning to Yates during the season to work with rookie David Gilliland, who had just replaced Sadler in the No 38 car.
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However, for 2008, Todd Parrott was moved to the other Yates car, the No 28, with Travis Kvapil.
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For 2009, Todd Parrott was moved Hall of Fame Racing, a satellite team to Yates Racing which switched from Toyota to Ford that year after previously having an alliance with Joe Gibbs Racing.
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The driver was Bobby Labonte, who Todd Parrott reunited with after previously working with him in 2006, but , the duo failed to make it through a full season, and Todd Parrott was replaced on the No 96 car by Ben Leslie during the season.
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Todd Parrott remained in the Ford family in 2010, initially working the speedway program in the Research and Development department of Roush Fenway Racing but quickly became Matt Kenseth's crew chief on the No 17 after the 2010 Daytona 500, replacing Drew Blickensderfer, who was reassigned to Carl Edwards' No 60 car in the Nationwide Series.
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Midway through the season Todd Parrott was released, and he joined Richard Petty Motorsports starting at Chicagoland Speedway as crew chief for Elliott Sadler's No 19.
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Two-thirds through the 2012 season, RPM's teams switched crew chiefs with Todd Parrott going to the No 43 of Aric Almirola, where he remained for 2013.
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On October 17,2013, it was announced that Todd Parrott had been indefinitely suspended due to failing to meet NASCAR's substance abuse policy.
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On February 3,2014, Todd Parrott was named the crew chief of the No 36 Chevrolet of Tommy Baldwin Racing, driven by Reed Sorenson.
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On December 13,2014, it was announced that Todd Parrott would be the Competition Director for Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
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Todd Parrott was named the crew chief on RCR's part-time No 33 Cup Series car, working nine races for drivers Ty Dillon, Michael Annett, and Brian Scott.
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Todd Parrott substituted for Luke Lambert on the RCR No 31 Cup car of Ryan Newman for six races, while Lambert served a suspension.
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Todd Parrott continued in that position for most of 2017 as well.
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In 2023, Todd Parrott became a crew chief for ARCA team Fast Track Racing and he crew chiefed their No 11 car driven by Zachary Tinkle full-time in the East Series and part-time in the main ARCA Series.
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Todd Parrott returned to crew chief Tinkle in that car in those series in 2024.