Oral History Interview With Parnelli Jones, August 21, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 51

Summary

Parnelli Jones won the Indianapolis 500 once as a driver in 1963, and twice as a team owner in 1970 and 1971. He also raced successfully in NASCAR, Midget Car and Sprint Car events. In 2008, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Jones in Torrence, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.

Parnelli Jones won the Indianapolis 500 once as a driver in 1963, and twice as a team owner in 1970 and 1971. He also raced successfully in NASCAR, Midget Car and Sprint Car events. In 2008, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Jones in Torrence, California, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.

Artifact

Digital photograph

Subject Date

21 August 2008

Creators

Andonian, Michelle 

Creator Notes

Photographed by Michelle Andonian.

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2008.131.3.51

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Parnelli Jones and Jim Dilamarter.

Technique

Digital photography (Digital camera)

Color

Multicolored

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