| Stefan Parsons | |||||||
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_(cropped).jpg) Parsons atPocono Raceway in 2022 | |||||||
| Born | Stefan Charles Parsons (1998-06-15)June 15, 1998 (age 27) Cornelius, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
| NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 70 races run over 7 years | |||||||
| 2025 position | 93rd | ||||||
| Best finish | 36th (2020) | ||||||
| First race | 2019Circle K Firecracker 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 28 races run over 7 years | |||||||
| 2025 position | 30th | ||||||
| Best finish | 26th (2024) | ||||||
| First race | 2018UNOH 200 (Bristol) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 77th (2019) | ||||||
| First race | 2019Bounty 150 (Chicagoland) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 42nd (2019) | ||||||
| First race | 2019General Tire 125 (Dover) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of November 2, 2025. | |||||||
Stefan Charles Parsons (born June 15, 1998) is an American professionalstock car racing driver and spotter. He last competed part-time in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the Nos. 02/20Chevrolet Silverado RSTs forYoung's Motorsports andSpire Motorsports. He also competes part-time in theNASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 45Chevrolet Camaro SS forAlpha Prime Racing and the No. 35 Chevrolet Camaro SS forJoey Gase Motorsports with Scott Osteen. He is also the spotter for the No. 7 Spire car in theNASCAR Cup Series driven byJustin Haley. He has also previously competed in theARCA Menards Series and theCARS Tour.
Parsons began racing at the age of twelve after his father Phil received encouragement fromKen Ragan.[1]
Parsons began racing in the CARS Tour in 2015, where he drove the No. 98 Ford for his father's team,Phil Parsons Racing, in five of the races.
Parsons returned to the car in 2016, this time participating in eight of the ten races and finishing twelfth in the overall points standings.
In 2017, Parsons drove the same car in six races, though the last one was in the No. 55 Ford.[2]
Parsons made his NASCAR debut in the Truck Series in 2018, where he drove the No. 15 Chevrolet Silverado forPremium Motorsports at Bristol. He finished seventeenth after starting 30th.[3][4] He would later return to the team for the Phoenix race, where he finished twentieth after starting 24th.
In 2019, Parsons drove the No. 1 Chevrolet forBeaver Motorsports atLas Vegas.[5] AtCharlotte, he drove the No. 49 forCMI Motorsports with a paint scheme honoring the victims of the2019 University of North Carolina at Charlotte shooting.[6]
Parsons returned to CMI in 2020, driving a second No. 83 truck at Las Vegas.[7]
After not running any Truck Series races in 2021, Parsons returned to the series in 2022 in the race at Sonoma as a last-minute replacement driver forG2G Racing.Mason Filippi andTravis McCullough were both scheduled to attempt to make their Truck Series debuts at Sonoma in the team's Nos. 46 and 47 trucks, respectively.[8] However, on June 10, McCullough had to be replaced due to his drug test results not coming in in time for practice. (As it was his first start of the season, he had to take a drug test beforehand.) Parsons was announced as McCullough's replacement in the No. 47 truck for qualifying.[9] However, on June 11, the team decided to move Parsons from the No. 47 and replacing McCullough to the No. 46 and replacing Filippi in qualifying and the race due to Filippi not adjusting to the truck well enough in practice. The No. 47 truck was withdrawn.[10] Parsons then drove the No. 20 forYoung's Motorsports in the races at Nashville and Homestead-Miami.
In 2023, Parsons returned to Young's Motorsports to practice and qualify their No. 12 truck forthe race atCircuit of the Americas afterSpencer Boyd was late to arrive at the track due to his plane flight being delayed. Parsons was able to qualify the No. 12 truck into the race on Friday and Boyd drove it in the race on Saturday. Parsons would then drive the team's No. 20 truck in the Bristol dirt race and their No. 02 truck at Pocono. On October 19, it was announced that Parsons would drive the No. 25 truck forRackley W.A.R. in the Truck Series season-finale at Phoenix.[11]
In July 2019, Parsons ran his firstNASCAR Xfinity Series race in theCircle K Firecracker 250 atDaytona International Speedway forB. J. McLeod Motorsports.[12] Later in the year at theCharlotte Roval, he relievedCody Ware mid-race when Ware was feeling unwell due to a damaged coolbox in his car.[13]
Parsons ran nine races in 2020 with a best finish of eighteenth atTexas Motor Speedway. He returned to BJMM and the No. 99 for another part-time schedule in 2021.[14]
On September 21, 2021, BJMM announced that Parsons would be driving full-time in the No. 99 for the team in 2022, with sponsorship from Sokal Digital and Springrates Automotive.[15] However, he was reduced to an unknown amount of races, including one race in the No. 5 car, due to the No. 78 taking owner points from the No. 99. In addition, he would compete inAlpha Prime Racing's No. 45 for an excessive amount of races, which would be the first time he drove a team other than McLeod's team since 2019, in which he drove forJD Motorsports.
In 2023, Parsons would run part-time in the Xfinity Series again, primarily driving forSS-Green Light Racing. However, he did still run two races for APR, the season-opener at Daytona in the No. 45 as a replacement for co-ownerCaesar Bacarella who got sick after qualifying,[16] and at Watkins Glen in the No. 44.
In 2024, Parsons competed for Alpha Prime atBristol night race, driving the No. 45 Chevrolet.[17]
Parsons is the son ofPhil Parsons and the nephew ofBenny Parsons.
Parsons is the brother-in-law of fellow competitorSheldon Creed as his twin sister Cami is married to him.[18]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2019 | KBR Development | 28 | Chevy | DAY | FIF | SLM | TAL | NSH | TOL | CLT | POC | MCH | MAD | GTW | CHI 20 | ELK | IOW | POC | ISF | DSF | SLM | IRP | KAN | 77th | 130 | [33] |
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2019 | Kart Idaho Racing | 38 | Chevy | NSM | BRI | SBO | SBO | MEM | NHA | IOW | GLN | BRI | GTW | NHA | DOV 14 | 42nd | 30 | [34] | ||
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
| CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | CLMSCTC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2015 | Phil Parsons | 98 | Chevy | SNM DNQ | ROU 24 | HCY 18 | SNM | TCM 22 | MMS 14 | ROU 18 | CON | MYB 28 | HCY | 26th | 70 | [35] | |||||||
| 2016 | Ford | SNM 26 | ROU 22 | HCY 12 | TCM 5 | GRE 12 | ROU 15* | CON 10 | MYB 12 | HCY | SNM | 12th | 152 | [36] | |||||||||
| 2017 | CON 15 | DOM | DOM | HCY 11 | HCY 19 | BRI | AND | ROU 10 | TCM | ROU 11 | 19th | 112 | [37] | ||||||||||
| 55 | HCY 20 | CON | SBO | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | N/A | 21 | Chevy | CRW | HCY | GRE | AAS | FCS | LGY | DOM | HCY | ACE | MMS | NWS 9 | TCM | ACE | SBO | CRW | 48th | 24 | [38] | ||
Tim Viens tells me that Mason Filippi & Travis McCullough will pilot the @g2g_racing trucks at Sonoma Raceway. Brennan Poole is driving today to help with points. Viens himself intends on driving at Pocono Raceway & other races later in the season.
More updates from @g2g_racing - @StefanParsons_ will run the No. 46 in place of Mason Filippi. The No. 47 was already withdrawn yesterday. (...) Team said he wasn't fully adjusting to the difference between the XFINITY car and the Truck. Parsons was available to help as he was spotting for another team.