George Parrish (racing driver)

George W. Parrish (born 1928) is a retired NASCAR Grand National driver from Henderson, North Carolina, USA.

For the early 20th century college basketball player for Virginia Tech, see George Parrish (basketball).
George Parrish
Born (1928-08-29) August 29, 1928
Henderson, North Carolina
NASCAR Cup Series career
21 races run over 4 years
Best finish42nd - 1955 NASCAR Grand National season
First race1954 untitled race (Southern States Fairgrounds)
Last race1958 untitled race (Champion Speedway)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0

Career summary

He has competed in 1,987 laps of NASCAR stock car racing – the equivalent of 1,551.7 miles or 2,497.2 kilometres.[1] Parrish has earned a grand total of $1,150 ($10,190.83 when adjusted for inflation) through his entire NASCAR Grand National Series career and was a participant of the 1955 Southern 500 which has been recorded on VHS and DVD.[1]

His average career start was 23rd while his average career finish was also 23rd.[1] This means that Parrish was very consistent throughout his racing career.[1] Parrish all of his NASCAR races using a Studebaker; he even first gained his official competition license in a 1953 Studebaker Commander coupé with the racing number 11.[2] The 1955 Richmond 200 was the site of Parrish's only top ten finish during his entire career (he would finish in tenth place and twenty-four laps behind the winner).[1] Joe Frazier (no relation to the heavyweight boxer) was Parrish's sponsor for his entire career.

References
  1. "Career information of George Parrish". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
  2. "George Parrish in a Studebaker". Studebaker Racing. Retrieved 2012-04-24.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.