Career
He competed in nineteen Winston Cup Series events in his career with seven top-tens. Parsons made his debut in 1972, making the show at North Wilkesboro Speedway with a 19th place qualifying effort. Parsons then survived the tough short track and ended up with a top-10 in his first career race-9th.
Parsons stepped it up to eighteen races in 1973, when he finished 30th in the points standings.
Driving for car owner, George Seifer, Parsons recorded an unprecedented six top-tens. That included a career best 7th place in the July race at Daytona.
The other top-tens were a trio of ninths and a duo of tenths. However, the news was not all good for Parsons.
Even with six top-tens, Parsons" team struggled to finish races.
In fact, in eighteen starts, Parsons" team only finished seven of them. This would lead to Parsons not being re-hired for the 1974 season and his permanent departure from the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing scene.