Rufus Parnell "Parnelli" Jones (born August 12, 1933 in
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), is a retired American racing driver and racecar owner. He is most remembered for his
1963Results of the 1963 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Thursday, May 30, 1963....
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win, and almost winning the
1967-Race schedule:- Race Summary :This unexpected 2 day event began with gray skies but the race was underway as Parnelli Jones in the STP-Paxton Turbocar is in first place before half a lap, with Gurney second and A.J. Foyt in third. Parnelli leads all 18 laps before rain halts the race...
Indy 500 in a turbine car. He is also remembered for bringing the stock block engine to
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as one of the "Chevy Twins" with
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.
In his career, Parnelli Jones won races in many types of vehicles: sports cars,
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s,
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,
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,
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, and
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. He is associated with the famous
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with his wins using the engine in the 1970s. Jones' son P. J. Jones was also a diverse driver, with
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and
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starts and a championship in IMSA prototype sports cars. His other son Page Jones was an up-and-coming driver before suffering career ending (and life-threatening) injuries in a sprint car at the
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, and has been in rehabilitation, working with his father-in-law.
Driving career
Jones' family moved to
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, where he grew up (and still lives). He was nicknamed Parnelli by his boyhood friend Billy Calder, who hoped that the Jones family would not discover their son was racing cars as a 17 year old minor. Jones participated in his first race in a
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race at Carrell Speedway in
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. He developed his racing skills by racing in many different classes in the 1950s, including 15
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wins in the NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Series.
His first major championship was the
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region
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title in 1960. The title caught the attention of
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J. C. Agajanian, who became his sponsor. He began racing at
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in 1961.
Jones was named the
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Rookie of the Year, an honor that he shared with
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.
In 1962, he was the first driver to qualify over 150 mph at the
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, winning the pole position at a speed of 150.37 mi/h. Jones dominated the first two-thirds of the race until a brake line failure slowed him, and he settled for a seventh-place finish.
In the 1963
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, he started on the pole. This was the year the controversial Lotus-Ford rear-engined cars made their first appearance, and had ruffled the Indianapolis establishment. With Scotsman Jim Clark in a Lotus-Ford closing on Jones in the waning laps, Jones' car developed a horizontal crack in the external oil reservoir. At that moment, driver Eddie Sachs crashed on the oil-slickened racing surface and brought out a yellow caution flag, slowing the field. Agajanian, Jones' car owner, argued with chief steward Harlan Fengler not to issue a black flag, insisting the oil level had dropped below the level of the crack, and that the leak had stopped. As Agajanian pleaded with Fengler, Lotus head man Colin Chapman rushed up to join the conversation and demanded that Fengler follow the rules about disqualifying cars with oil leaks. With the end of the race just minutes away, Fengler took no action, and Jones went on to win. The Lotus-Ford team, while unhappy with the obvious favoritism displayed by race officials toward Jones and Agajanian, also acknowledged Jones' clear superiority in the event. In addition, Ford officials recognized that a victory through disqualification of Clark's biggest competitor would not be well-received by the public, so they declined to protest.
Also that year, legendary vehicle fabricator Bill Stroppe built a
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USAC Stock car for Jones. Jones won the 1963 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in the car, and broke the stock car speed record.
In 1964, he won 7 races (and tied for a win) on his way to the
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Stock car crown. He won the
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event. Mercury decided to pull out of stock car racing after the season.
He won five of the nine midget car events that he entered in 1966, including the
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. He finished fourteenth in the final points despite competing in only nine of 65 events.
In
1967-Race schedule:- Race Summary :This unexpected 2 day event began with gray skies but the race was underway as Parnelli Jones in the STP-Paxton Turbocar is in first place before half a lap, with Gurney second and A.J. Foyt in third. Parnelli leads all 18 laps before rain halts the race...
, he drove in the
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for owner
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in the revolutionary
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. Jones dominated the race but dropped out with three laps to go when a small, inexpensive transmission bearing broke. After 1968, turbine-powered cars were legislated out of competitiveness.
Also in 1967, as part of his stock car contract with the Lincoln-Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company, Jones drove a Mercury Cougar for Bud Moore in the second-year Trans Am series. In April, Jones dueled with teammate, friend and rival Dan Gurney in a brutal 300 miles (482.8 km), 4-hour event at Green Valley, Texas in 113-degree heat, losing by inches to Gurney.
Stroppe suggested that Jones try his hand at
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in front of a large crowd at a Christmas party in 1967. Jones at first said no, since he had enough of dirt. Stroppe suggested that maybe off-road racing was too hard for Jones, and the challenge started Jones' off-road career. Jones and Stroppe teamed up for the 711 miles (1,144.2 km) Star Dust 7/11 race across the
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in early 1968. Jones had never driven or pre-run the
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. Jones hit a dry wash at full speed, which broke the wheels and blew out the front tires. Jones would later have a guest appearance in the original film
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featuring him and his Bronco which was stolen in the plot. Jones had become hooked on off-road racing.
In 1968, Jones headed a super-roster of seven drivers signed by Andy Granatelli to drive STP
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turbine cars in an unprecedented single-team assault on the Indianapolis 500. The deaths of Jim Clark and Mike Spence, plus a serious injury to Jackie Stewart, whittled the entry to four. Jones, testing his reworked 1967 car in practice, was dissatisfied with the car's performance compared to the newer "wedge"-shaped Lotus 56 turbines, and had concluded the car was unsafe. He stepped out of the car, which was subsequently assigned to Joe Leonard, who promptly wrecked the car in practice. Jones retired from driving IndyCars, but later admitted, "If I hadn't already won Indy, they could never have kept me out of that car."
Jones entered the 1968
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Mexican 1000 (now
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). Jones led until the 150 miles (241.4 km) marker. The
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describes Jones' racing style: "Jones and Stroppe had to find a way to keep their vehicles in one piece. During races Jones would push the vehicles at maximum speeds until they gave way, with Stroppe telling him at top volume the entire time to take it easier on the vehicle."
Jones had a special car fabricated that looked like a Bronco, but had racing parts that could withstand rigorous jarring that off-road vehicles endure. Jones named the vehicle "Big Oly" after his sponsor Olympia Beer. Jones used the vehicle to lead the Mexican 1000 from start to finish in a new record time of 14 hours and 59 minutes.
Jones had major wins in the 1973 season. He won his second Mexican 1000 in 16 hours and 42 minutes. He also won the 1973
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and
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off-road events. Jones had a major accident at
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's 1974 Baja 500, and stepped away from full-time off-road racing to become a race car owner.
Jones raced SCCA Trans Am sedans owned by Bud Moore: Mercury Cougar (1967) and Ford Mustang (1969—1971). Parnelli's dominance of the extremely competitive 1970 season brought Ford the manufacturer's championship.
Driving career summary
Jones retired with six
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wins and twelve pole positions, four wins in 34
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starts, including the 1967 Motor Trend 500 at
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, 25 midget car feature wins in occasional races between 1960 and 1967, and 25 career
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wins. His fifteen wins is eighth on the all-time in NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model history.
Car owner
Jones started Vel’s Parnelli Jones Racing, which won the
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again as an owner in 1970 and 1971 with driver
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driving the
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special. The team also won the 1970, 1971, and 1972 USAC National Championships.
Jones owned the
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race team from late 1974 to early 1976, although it achieved little success.
Jones returned to off-road racing as owner of
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' 1976 SCORE truck, and Evans won the championship. They teamed up for the 1977 CORE Class 2 championship.
Jones owned vehicles that took class wins at the Baja 500 and Baja 1000. His USAC Dirt Car won two championships and the Triple Crown three times.
Career awards
Jones is inducted in over 20 Halls of Fame including:
- the Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame
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(1976)
- the International Motorsports Hall of Fame
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(1990)
- the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame
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(1990)
- the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame
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(1991)
- the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
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(1992)
- the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame
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(2002)
Businessman
Jones owned and operated several successful businesses. He owned Parnelli Jones Inc., which operated 47 retail Parnelli Jones Tire Centers in four states. Parnelli Jones Enterprises was a chain of
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Racing Tires in 14 Western United States. Parnelli Jones Wholesale was a reseller which sold and distributed shock absorbers, passenger car tires, and other automotive products to retail tire dealers.
2007 Ford Mustang Limited Edition
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, in Irvine, California, produced a limited edition (500 unit) 2007 Saleen S302 PJ commemorating Parnelli's 1970 SCCA Ford Mustang Boss 302 racer. This limited-production mustang comes with a stroked out version of the stock Mustang GT 281 c.i. engine. With the new displacement reaching 302 c.i. the new engine power rating is 400 hp and 390 lb/ft of torque. Other special performance enhancements to this car include a special Watts-Link suspension unique to the 1970 Boss Mustang used by Parnelli Jones.
Indy 500 results
| Year |
Car |
Start |
Qual |
Rank |
Finish |
Laps |
Led |
Retired |
| 1961 Results of the 1961 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Tuesday, May 30, 1961. This was the first Indianapolis 500 not to be included in the Formula One World Championship since 1949....
|
98 |
5 |
146.080 |
7 |
12 |
192 |
27 |
Flagged |
| 1962 Results of the 1962 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Wednesday, May 30, 1962.-Trivia:Parnelli Jones became the first driver to officially qualify for the race at ....
|
98 |
1 |
150.370 |
1 |
7 |
200 |
120 |
Running |
| 1963 Results of the 1963 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Thursday, May 30, 1963....
|
98 |
1 |
151.153 |
1 |
1 |
200 |
167 |
Running |
| 1964 The 1964 Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 30, 1964. It was won by A.J. Foyt, but is best known for a fiery seven-car, second-lap accident that resulted in the deaths of Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald...
|
98 |
4 |
155.099 |
4 |
23 |
55 |
7 |
Pit fire |
| 1965 Results of the 1965 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Monday, May 31, 1965.-Trivia:* It was the first time that the Indianapolis 500 was nationally televised on ABC Sports, this race was shown as part of ABC's Wide World of Sports, anchored by Charlie Brockman....
|
98 |
5 |
158.625 |
5 |
2 |
200 |
0 |
Running |
| 1966 Results of the 1966 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Monday, May 30, 1966....
|
98 |
4 |
162.484 |
4 |
14 |
87 |
0 |
Wheel Bearing |
1967-Race schedule:- Race Summary :This unexpected 2 day event began with gray skies but the race was underway as Parnelli Jones in the STP-Paxton Turbocar is in first place before half a lap, with Gurney second and A.J. Foyt in third. Parnelli leads all 18 laps before rain halts the race...
|
40 |
6 |
166.075 |
6 |
6 |
196 |
171 |
Bearing |
| Totals |
1130 |
492 |
|
|
| Starts |
7 |
| Poles |
2 |
| Front Row |
2 |
| Wins |
1 |
| Top 5 |
2 |
| Top 10 |
4 |
| Retired |
3 |
|
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