This year marks the 50th anniversary of Parnelli Jones’ 1963 Indianapolis 500 victory. That win, from pole position, turned out to be his only one although at least three others slipped from his grasp through various misfortunes. In his rookie year of 1961, he was leading when debris opened a cut on his brow, yet he continued to lead until his engine lost power and he fell to 12th. In ’62 he cracked Indy’s fabled 150 mph barrier to take…
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