DAYTONA BEACH, FL — February 1963: Driving a Mercury for car owner Bill Stroppe, Parnelli Jones of Torrance, CA, finished 15th in the Daytona 500 NASCAR Cup race at Daytona International Speedway.

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ST. CHARLES, Illinois – One of the greatest natural racers of all-time, 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner Parnelli Jones, died peacefully of natural causes Tuesday. He was 90 years old. The news of his ...

(WXIN/WTTV) — Racing legend Parnelli Jones has at the age of 90, sources have confirmed to FOX59/CBS4. Born in 1933 in Texarkana, Ark., Rufus Parnell “Parnelli” Jones was a legendary driver and team ...

TORRANCE, Calif. — Parnelli Jones, winner of the 1963 Indianapolis 500 and founder of Parnelli Jones Tire, died June 4 in Torrance at age 90. Born Rufus Parnell Jones on Aug. 12, 1933, in Texarkana, ...

Rufus Parnell Jones, whose nickname of Parnelli became a single-word calling card of recognition, is a three-time Indy 500 winner: once as a driver in 1963 and back-to-back triumphs as a team co-owner ...

Parnelli Jones, the Southern California racer whose career arced from the earliest days of wheeled competition on long-gone Southern California dirt tracks to the Indy 500 and beyond, has died. He was ...

Parnelli Jones, the 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner, died Tuesday at Torrance Memorial Medical Center after a battle with Parkinson’s disease, his son said. Jones was 90. At the time of his death, Jones ...

TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — Parnelli Jones, the 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner, died Tuesday at Torrance Memorial Medical Center after a battle with Parkinson’s disease, his son said. Jones was 90. At the ...

Parnelli Jones, a hard-bitten, hard-charging race driver who came out of Torrance and won the controversial Indianapolis 500 in 1963, then was the hard-luck loser four years later, died Tuesday at ...

(WXIN/WTTV) — Racing legend Parnelli Jones has died at the age of 90, a representative of Borg-Warner confirmed to Nexstar’s FOX59/CBS4 on Tuesday night. Born in 1933 in Texarkana, Ark., Rufus Parnell ...