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He received an ESPN Emmy in 1996, and the ACE Award in 1989. After permanently retiring from racing in 1988, Parsons became a broadcaster – first on ESPN, and then with NBC and TNT in 2001. He was nicknamed BP and The Professor, the latter in part because of his popular remarks and relaxed demeanor. He began announcing as a pit reporter in the 1980s on ESPN and TBS while he was still racing part-time. He would go on to a 21 year NASCAR Cup Series career that would see him run a total of 526 races with 21 wins, 283 top tens finishes and 20 pole positions. He had 23 top-10 finishes in 45 races, a pole at Langley Field Speedway, and finished eighth in the final point standings. Parsons had three top-10 finishes in four NASCAR races in 1969.īenny joined the NASCAR circuit full-time in 1970 with crew chief, John Hill. Parsons began his NASCAR career by running a single race in 1964 for Holman-Moody with a young Cale Yarborough.
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The driver of the car never showed up for that evening's race, and Parsons drove the car in a race for the first time later that night. While working at the gas station one day, a couple of customers towing a race car invited him to a local race track. Parsons worked at a gas station and drove cabs in Detroit before beginning his racing career. Following high school, he moved to Detroit, Michigan where his father operated a taxicab company. Parsons spent his childhood years in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and played football for Millers Creek High School in Wilkes County. He was the older brother of former NASCAR driver car owner and broadcaster Phil Parsons of Phil Parsons Racing. He became famous as the 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup champion.