Benny Parsons
Benny Parsons
date of birth
Jul 12, 1941
place of birth
Ellerbe, North Carolina
date of death
Jan 16, 2007
age
65
date of death
Jan 16, 2007
place of death
Charlotte, North Carolina
age
65
nationality
USA
relations
Brother
Benny Parsons Statistics and Results
NASCAR Cup
career highlights
Career statistics
Years
21
Best Championship position
1
Entries
526
Starts
526
Wins
21
3.99%
Win from pole
1
5%
Win & Fastest lap
0
Hat-Trick
0
Grand Slams
0
Most wins in a season
4
Win Streak
1
Stage Wins
0
Best Finish
1
AVG. Finish
14.45
Podiums
103
19.58%
Top 5
199
37.83%
P2 Finishes
31
P3 Finishes
51
P4 Finishes
42
P5 Finishes
54
Top 10
283
53.8%
Poles
20
3.8%
Best Grid
1
AVG. Grid
9.26
Fastest Laps
0
Fastest Laps Streak
0
Points
65418.45
124.37
Consecutive Points
243
Retirements
196
37.26%
Laps Raced
134870
Career summary
Year | Entrant | RS | W | T5 | T10 | PP | AF | AG | DNF | WC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22.96 | 23.48 | 9 | 24th | |
| 1987 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 18.69 | 11.69 | 12 | 16th | |
| 1986 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23.12 | 9.44 | 11 | 30th | |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 21.29 | 10.36 | 7 | 29th | |
| 1984 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 12.64 | 7.07 | 3 | 27th | |
| 1983 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 18.94 | 8.94 | 9 | 29th | |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11.14 | 17.57 | 2 | 18th | |
| 1982 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 13.71 | 5.14 | 6 | 18th | |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 18th | |
| 1981 | 31 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 10.06 | 17 | 10th | |
| 1980 | 31 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 11.42 | 5.77 | 10 | 3rd | |
| 1979 | 31 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 11.26 | 7 | 7 | 5th | |
| 1978 | 30 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 9.43 | 4.73 | 4 | 4th | |
| 1977 | 30 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 7.77 | 4.73 | 6 | 3rd | |
| 1976 | 30 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 9.6 | 7.03 | 5 | 3rd | |
| 1975 | 30 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 14.43 | 7.5 | 13 | 4th | |
| 1974 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 14.57 | 8.6 | 16 | 5th | |
| 1973 | 28 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 10.07 | 7.71 | 6 | WC | |
| 1972 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 14.52 | 11.23 | 11 | 5th | |
| 1971 | 35 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 16.17 | 10.69 | 17 | 11th | |
| 1970 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12.5 | 0 | 8th | |
| 1970 | 41 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 13.78 | 9.76 | 20 | 8th | |
| 1970 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17.5 | 11 | 1 | 8th | |
| 1969 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13.25 | 12.5 | 1 | ||
| 1964 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 526 | 21 | 199 | 283 | 20 | 14.45 | 9.26 | 196 |
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RS
Starts
W
Wins
T5
Top 5
T10
Top 10
PP
Poles
AF
AVG. Finish
AG
AVG. Grid
DNF
Retirements
WC
World Champion