Todd Parrott
 Parrott in 1997 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born |
February 9, 1964 Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Residence | North Carolina |
| Spouse(s) | Billie Kiser-Parrott |
| Sport | |
| Country | United States |
| Sport | NASCAR Xfinity Series |
| Team | Richard Childress Racing |
Todd Parrott (born February 9, 1964) is an American stock car racing crew chief. He acts as Competition Director for Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He was the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion crew chief, working the Robert Yates Racing No. 88 Ford of Dale Jarrett.
Career
He was the championship crew chief of the #88 with Dale Jarrett in 1999.[1] He is also the third most winning active crew chief in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with 31 career wins as of 2013. Parrott is the son of former Richard Petty crew chief Buddy Parrott and a brother of former Carl Edwards crew chief Brad Parrott.[2][3]
Parrott's first crew chief position was working for Ernie Irvan in 1995 at Yates Racing. In his time at Yates he has also worked with Dale Jarrett, Elliott Sadler and David Gilliland. In 2006, Parrot was crew chief for Bobby Labonte at Petty Enterprises.[4]
He was working the speedway program in the Research and Development department of Roush Fenway Racing prior to joining Kenseth on the #17. After a poor performance at the 2010 Daytona 500 Parrott replaced Drew Blickensderfer as crew chief for the rest of the season.[5] Midway through the season however Parrott was released; he joined Richard Petty Motorsports starting at Chicagoland Speedway as crew chief for Elliott Sadler's No. 19. He moved to the No. 9 team and driver Marcos Ambrose to start the 2011 season; two-thirds through the 2012 season RPM's teams switched crew chiefs with Parrott going to the No. 43 of Aric Almirola,[6] where he remained for 2013.
On October 17, 2013, it was announced that Parrott had been indefinitely suspended due to failing to meet NASCAR's substance abuse policy.[7] He was released by Richard Petty Motorsports on October 21.[1]
On February 3, 2014, Parrott was named the crew chief of the No. 36 of Tommy Baldwin Racing,[8] driven by Reed Sorenson.[9] On December 13, 2014, it was announced that Parrott would be the Competition Director for Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.[10] On May 6, 2015, after RCR's final appeal for the 31 team suspensions was upheld in wake of Luke Lambert being suspended as part of RCR's penalties for Tire Manipulation, it was announced Todd Parrott would be the Interim Crew Chief for the No. 31.[11]
History
| Year | # | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1995–2002 | #88 | Robert Yates Racing |
| 2004–2005 | #38 | Robert Yates Racing |
| 2005 | #88 | Robert Yates Racing |
| 2006 | #43 | Petty Enterprises |
| 2006–2007 | #38 | Robert Yates Racing |
| 2008 | #28 | Yates Racing |
| 2009 | #96 | Hall of Fame Racing with Yates Racing |
| 2010 | #17 | Roush Fenway Racing |
| 2010 | #19 | Richard Petty Motorsports |
| 2011–9/10/2012 | #9 | Richard Petty Motorsports |
| 9/10/2012 | #43 | Richard Petty Motorsports |
| 2014 | #36 | Tommy Baldwin Racing |
| 2015 | #31 | Richard Childress Racing |
References
- 1 2 Spencer, Lee (October 22, 2013). "Petty, crew chief Parrott part ways". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
- ↑ Dave Rodman (2010-04-19). "Kenseth, Parrott revisit past at Roush Fenway – Apr 19, 2010". Nascar.Com. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ↑ Dave Rodman, NASCAR.COM (2006-06-13). "Shop Talk: Todd Parrott – Jun 13, 2006". Nascar.Com. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ↑ Post a Comment (2008-11-20). "Travis Kvapil-Todd Parrott pairing at Yates Racing could be over | NASCAR News Now". SceneDaily.com. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ↑ "NASCAR — CUP: Parrott Ready To Challenge — SPEEDtv.com". Nascar.speedtv.com. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ↑ "Ambrose, Almirola swap crew chiefs at RPM". NASCAR.com. September 10, 2012. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ↑ Ryan, Nate (October 17, 2013). "Crew chief Todd Parrott suspended indefinitely". USA Today. McLean, VA. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ↑ "Todd Parrott new No. 36 crew chief". ESPN. February 3, 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
- ↑ "TOMMY BALDWIN RACING TABS SORENSON FOR NO. 36". NASCAR. February 4, 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
- ↑ "RCR hires former Sprint Cup champion crew chief". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ "RCR loses final appeal on Tire Penalty". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
External links
- Todd Parrott crew chief statistics at Racing-Reference