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🇺🇸 Phil Parsons

Racing driver from United States. NASCAR Xfinity, ST Motorsports.

Driver facts

Full name

Phil Parsons

Nationality

United States

Current team

ST Motorsports

Series

NASCAR Xfinity

Status

Retired

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

285

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

4,321

Source: Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

4,321

Rank 2411 of 40,700 indexed, -245 this season

FIA Categorisation

Not on file

Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com

Synthesized from 2 sources, updated 166h ago

Phil Parsons was a professional stock car driver who raced full-time in NASCAR Xfinity, a national single-class championship mixing amateur and professional competitors, from 1982 to 2001. He drove primarily for his own team, Phil Parsons Racing, across a career spanning 285 starts. His racing was concentrated on oval circuits, where he contested 275 of his starts.[1]

Over his 20 seasons on the NASCAR Xfinity circuit, Parsons took two wins and 20 podium finishes. He was a regular opponent for other established drivers in the series; his record against Tim Fedewa and Mike McLaughlin, both professionals with more than 300 starts in the championship, was closely matched across multiple meetings. He finished ahead of Tony Stewart, an established professional and 1997 IndyCar champion who raced 94 Xfinity events, in 19 races, and ahead of Kevin Harvick, the 2001 and 2006 Xfinity champion with more than 300 starts in the series, in eight races.[2]

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia

Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Phil Parsons is a racing driver from United States who last raced in NASCAR Xfinity for ST Motorsports. Parsons has recorded 2 wins and 20 podiums from 285 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,321 ranks Parsons 2411th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications

2001 form

Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)

Recent results

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2001-06-16

Kentucky

P34

−92

Career-best drives

Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition

Rating won	Race	Series	Finish
+161	Charlotte 1994	NASCAR Xfinity	P1
+140	Bristol 1982	NASCAR Xfinity	P1
+138	Dover 1989	NASCAR Xfinity	P2
+133	Darlington 1989	NASCAR Xfinity	P4
+131	Talladega 1998	NASCAR Xfinity	P2

Circuits

Rating per start against their own form that season

Raises their game

Dover19 starts+43

Michigan8 starts+23

Bristol20 starts+18

Homestead6 starts+18

Struggles

Talladega6 starts-41

O''Reilly9 starts-31

Watkins Glen International10 starts-28

Milwaukee6 starts-25

Season by season

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2001	▸NASCAR Xfinity		1	0	0	0	P37	−91	4,566
2000	▸NASCAR Xfinity	ST Motorsports	32	0	0	0	P34	+123	4,658
1999	▸NASCAR Xfinity	Phil Parsons Racing	31	0	1	0	P23	−545	4,535
1998	▸NASCAR Xfinity	Phil Parsons Racing	31	0	3	0	P11	+296	5,080
1997	▸NASCAR Xfinity	Phil Parsons Racing	30	0	0	0	P14	−25	4,784
1996	▸NASCAR Xfinity	Phil Parsons Racing	26	0	4	0	P13	−171	4,809
1995	▸NASCAR Xfinity	Papke Racing	26	0	1	0	P13	+213	4,980
1994	▸NASCAR Xfinity	Papke Racing	17	1	1	0	P27	+293	4,767
1993	▸NASCAR Xfinity	Three Star Motorsports	9	0	0	0	P29	−370	4,474
1992	▸NASCAR Xfinity	Phil Parsons Racing	7	0	0	0	P36	+178	4,844
1991	▸NASCAR Xfinity	Phil Parsons Racing	6	0	0	0	P33	−162	4,666
1989	▸NASCAR Xfinity		10	0	3	0	P17	+288	4,828
1986	▸NASCAR Xfinity		1	0	0	0	P36	−55	4,540
1985	▸NASCAR Xfinity		2	0	0	0	P33	−285	4,595
1984	▸NASCAR Xfinity		5	0	2	0	P21	+88	4,880
1983	▸NASCAR Xfinity		22	0	0	10	P11	+288	4,792
1982	▸NASCAR Xfinity		29	1	5	2	P6	+3,154	4,504

Recent coverage

2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver tracker[1]

NASCAR.com

5 Aug 2026

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Connor Zilisch becomes NASCAR spotter in role reversal with Stefan Parsons[2]

Motorsport.com

30 May 2026

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Stefan Parsons returns to Niece Motorsports at Nashville Superspeedway[3]

Jayski

25 May 2026

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Head-to-head

Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Parsons finished ahead vs behind

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇺🇸 Tim Fedewa	4,219	202	100	102	50%
🇺🇸 Mike McLaughlin	4,539	200	95	105	48%
🇺🇸 Jason Keller	4,358	197	82	115	42%
🇺🇸 Elton Sawyer	4,808	191	88	103	46%
🇺🇸 Randy LaJoie	4,189	185	69	116	37%
🇺🇸 Hermie Sadler	3,795	171	101	70	59%
🇺🇸 Todd Bodine	3,787	158	48	110	30%
🇺🇸 David Green	3,966	152	63	89	41%
🇺🇸 Mike Dillon	4,185	147	90	57	61%
🇺🇸 Dick Trickle	4,175	146	72	74	49%
🇺🇸 Tony StewartHigher-rated, 1× champion	6,497	36	19	17	53%
🇺🇸 Kevin HarvickHigher-rated, 2× champion	6,257	33	8	25	24%
🇺🇸 Dale Earnhardt Jr.Higher-rated, 2× champion	6,039	71	19	52	27%

Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates

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