GAFFNEY, S.C. – JD Motorsports with Gary Keller announced Tuesday that Stefan Parsons will pilot the No. 15 Chevrolet Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway.

This weekend will mark Parson’s sixth career NASCAR Xfinity Series start, and first-ever NASCAR national series start at Texas.

Parsons, who is the son of NASCAR on FOX analyst Phil Parsons, comes from a family with a long heritage throughout the sport of NASCAR. His father, Phil, raced throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s and has two Xfinity and one NASCAR Cup Series win to his name.

Meanwhile Stefan’s uncle, Benny Parsons, recorded 21 career Cup Series wins, along with the 1973 Cup Series championship.

In five previous Xfinity Series starts this season, Parsons has a best career finish of 12th – which came at Daytona Int’l Speedway in July.

All of Stefan’s prior starts were made driving for fellow JD Motor driver B.J. McLeod at B.J. McLeod Motorsports.

Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 will mark the first time that the two will be teammates, as McLeod will be driving the team’s No. 4 Chevrolet for the fourth time this season.

“I’m really thankful to Johnny Davis and everybody involved with JD Motorsports with Gary Keller for giving me the opportunity to get behind the wheel of the No. 15 Chevrolet this weekend,” said Parsons. “Johnny and his team have come a long way in a short span of time, and I am eager to see what we can do at Texas. Hopefully, we are able to close out the season on a strong note.”