# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benny-parsons
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:25:47.656Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benny-parsons"
name: "Benny Parsons"
slug: "benny-parsons"
description: "Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an American NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst/pit reporter on SETN, TBS, ABC, ESPN, NBC, and TNT. He became famous as the 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion, and was a 2017 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee. He was the older brother of former NASCAR driver, car owner, and broadcaster Phil Parsons of Phil Parsons Racing."
tagline: "American racecar driver and journalist (1941–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bennyparsons.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1941-07-12"
deathDate: "2007-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.05
  momentum:             5.525912296841461
  historical:           11.04893466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.BennyParsons.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Benny Parsons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيني بارسونز"
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    title: "بينى بارسونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Benny Parsons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Parsons"
    title: "Benny Parsons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Parsons"
    title: "Benny Parsons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Parsons"
    title: "Benny Parsons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Parsons"
    title: "Benny Parsons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Parsons"
    title: "Benny Parsons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Parsons"
    title: "Benny Parsons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Benny Parsons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Parsons"
    title: "Benny Parsons"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q818078"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump