| George Parrish | |
| Birth Date: | 29 August 1928 |
| Best Cup Pos: | 42nd - 1955 NASCAR Grand National season |
| Cup Wins: | 0 |
| Cup Top Tens: | 1 |
| Cup Poles: | 0 |
| First Cup Race: | 1954 untitled race (Southern States Fairgrounds) |
| Last Cup Race: | 1958 untitled race (Champion Speedway) |
| Years In Cup: | 4 |
| Total Cup Races: | 21 |
George W. Parrish (August 29, 1928 – February 20, 2016) was an American NASCAR Grand National driver from Henderson, North Carolina.
Parrish competed in 1,987 laps of NASCAR stock car racing - the equivalent of 1551.7miles.[1] Parrish has earned a grand total of $1,150 ($ 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.
Parrish died on February 20, 2016, at the age of 87.[3]