By Rick Houston
Phil Parsons really had no other choice.
Plagued by rumors about his eyesight, Parsons’ options in NASCAR’s elite Winston Cup division were, at the very best, limited. So he and wife Marcia made the decision to go racing in the Busch Series, with their own team and own cars.
That call paid off when Phil won Charlotte’s 1994 spring Busch Series race. To win at Charlotte, the area home to most NASCAR teams, was one thing. To pass … and then pull away from … Mark Martin was something else entirely. After everything Parsons had been through in his career, it made the victory all the more special.
This is Phil Parsons’ story.
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