Stefan Parsons
Stefan Parsons | |||||||
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Born | Cornelius, North Carolina | June 15, 1998||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
15 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 99 (B. J. McLeod Motorsports) | ||||||
2020 position | 36th | ||||||
Best finish | 36th (2020) | ||||||
First race | 2019 Circle K Firecracker 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 2020 Draft Top 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
5 races run over 3 years | |||||||
2020 position | 93rd | ||||||
Best finish | 57th (2018) | ||||||
First race | 2018 UNOH 200 (Bristol) | ||||||
Last race | 2020 Strat 200 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of November 9, 2020. |
Stefan Parsons (born June 15, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 99 Toyota Supra for B. J. McLeod Motorsports. He has also raced in the ARCA Menards Series and NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series.
Early life
Parsons is the son of Phil Parsons and the nephew of Benny Parsons. Stefan began racing at age 12 after Phil received encouragement from Ken Ragan.[1]
Racing career
CARS Late Model Stock Tour
Parsons began racing in the series in 2015, where he drove the No. 98 Ford for his father’s team, Phil Parsons Racing, in five of the races.
He returned to the car in 2016, this time participating in eight of the ten races and finishing 12th in the overall points standings.
In 2017, Parsons drove the same car in six races, though the last one was in the No. 55 Ford.[2]
Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
Parsons made his NASCAR debut in the Truck Series in 2018, where he drove the No. 15 Chevrolet Silverado for Premium Motorsports at Bristol. He finished 17th after starting 30th.[3][4] He would later return to the team for the Phoenix race, where he finished 20th after starting 24th.
In 2019, Parsons drove the No. 1 Chevrolet for Beaver Motorsports at Las Vegas.[5] At Charlotte, he drove the No. 49 for CMI Motorsports with a paint scheme honoring the victims of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte shooting.[6]
Parsons returned to CMI in 2020, driving a second No. 83 truck at Las Vegas.[7]
Xfinity Series
In July 2019, Parsons ran his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race in the Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona International Speedway for B. J. McLeod Motorsports.[8] Later in the year at the Charlotte Roval, he relieved Cody Ware mid-race when Ware was feeling unwell due to a damaged coolbox in his car.[9]
Parsons ran nine races in 2020 with a best finish of 18th at Texas Motor Speedway. He returned to BJMM and the No. 99 for another part-time schedule in 2021.[10]
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.)
Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NXSC | Pts | Ref | ||
2019 | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 99 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | DAY 12 |
KEN | NHA | IOW 21 |
GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR 22 |
IND 19 |
LVS | RCH | DOV 19 |
KAN | 38th | 106 | [11] | ||||||
Chevy | CLT RL† |
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JD Motorsports | 15 | Chevy | TEX 23 |
PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 99 | Toyota | DAY | LVS | CAL | PHO | DAR | CLT | BRI | ATL | HOM 22 |
HOM 32 |
TAL | POC 21 |
IND | KEN | KEN | TEX 18 |
KAN | ROA | DAY | DOV 26 |
DOV 28 |
DAY | DAR | RCH | RCH | MAR 24 |
PHO | 36th | 119 | [12] | ||||||||
78 | BRI 23 |
LVS 20 |
TAL | CLT | KAN | TEX | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | 99 | Chevy | DAY | DAY | HOM | LVS | PHO | ATL | MAR | TAL | DAR | DOV | COA | CLT | MOH | TEX | NSH | POC | ROA | ATL | NHA | GLN | IND | MCH | DAY | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | CLT | TEX | KAN | MAR | PHO | ||||||
† – Relieved Cody Ware |
Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NGTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||
2018 | Premium Motorsports | 15 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | MAR | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | IOW | GTW | CHI | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI 17 |
MSP | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO 20 |
HOM | 57th | 37 | [13] | |||||||||||||||
2019 | Beaver Motorsports | 1 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS 31 |
MAR | TEX | DOV | KAN | 110th | 01 | [14] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CMI Motorsports | 49 | Chevy | CLT 24 |
TEX | IOW | GTW | CHI | KEN | POC | ELD | MCH | BRI | MSP | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | 83 | DAY | LVS 29 |
CLT | ATL | HOM | POC | KEN | TEX | KAN | KAN | MCH | DAY | DOV | GTW | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | KAN | TEX | MAR | PHO | 93rd | 01 | [15] |
K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Car owner | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref | ||
2019 | Sue McCarty | 38 | Chevy | NSM | BRI | SBO | SBO | MEM | NHA | IOW | GLN | BRI | GTW | NHA | DOV 14 |
42nd | 30 | [16] |
ARCA Menards Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Menards Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref | |||||
2019 | KBR Development | 28 | Chevy | DAY | FIF | SLM | TAL | NSH | TOL | CLT | POC | MCH | MAD | GTW | CHI 20 |
ELK | IOW | POC | ISF | DSF | SLM | IRP | KAN | 77th | 130 | [17] |
References
- ^ Williams, Deb (March 7, 2014). "Stefan Parsons hopes to build on family's NASCAR heritage". Retrieved February 26, 2019.
- ^ Eggert, Seth (August 16, 2018). "Climbing the Ladder: Stefan Parsons". Retrieved February 26, 2019.
- ^ "Stefan Parsons to make NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Bristol Motor Speedway". August 7, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
- ^ Vincent, Amanda (August 9, 2018). "NASCAR Truck: Stefan Parsons plans debut at Bristol". Retrieved February 26, 2019.
- ^ Timms, Alex (February 25, 2019). "Entry List: Strat 200". Retrieved February 26, 2019.
- ^ "Parsons to run tribute truck at Charlotte". Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 10, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ Eggert, Seth (February 20, 2020). "Stefan Parsons joins CMI Motorsports at Las Vegas". Kickin' the Tires. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
- ^ Rutherford, Kevin (July 4, 2019). "NASCAR 101: Top Average Finish By Xfinity Drivers at Daytona & Talladega". Frontstretch. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
- ^ Pockrass, Bob [@bobpockrass] (September 29, 2019). "JJ Yeley will drive the No. 51 Cup car today. Cody Ware (who was replaced during Xfinity race by Stefan Parsons) still feeling impact of heat/lack of coolbox yesterday" (Tweet). Retrieved December 23, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ Rutherford, Kevin (January 11, 2021). "Stefan Parsons Running Part-Time Xfinity Schedule With BJMM". Frontstretch. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- ^ "Stefan Parsons – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- ^ "Stefan Parsons – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ "Stefan Parsons – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ "Stefan Parsons – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ "Stefan Parsons – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ "Stefan Parson – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- ^ "Driver Stefan Parsons 2019 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
External links
- Stefan Parsons driver statistics at Racing-Reference