George Parrish
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This is an image of George Parrish in his NASCAR Cup Series race car.
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| Born | 1928 (age 95–96) Henderson, North Carolina |
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| NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 21 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 42nd - 1955 NASCAR Grand National season | ||||||
| First race | 1954 untitled race (Southern States Fairgrounds) | ||||||
| Last race | 1958 untitled race (Champion Speedway) | ||||||
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George W. Parrish (1928 - unknown) is a retired NASCAR Grand National driver from Henderson, North Carolina, USA.
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 ($9,432.12 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.
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