Parnelli Jones Signing Autographs at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1967

Summary

Parnelli Jones raced and won everywhere in the 1960s and 1970s -- on dirt tracks, at Pikes Peak, in NASCAR, and in off-road events. He won the Indianapolis 500 as a driver in 1963 and as a team owner, with driver Al Unser, in 1970 and 1971. Off track, Jones sold tires and automotive parts through his retail businesses.

Parnelli Jones raced and won everywhere in the 1960s and 1970s -- on dirt tracks, at Pikes Peak, in NASCAR, and in off-road events. He won the Indianapolis 500 as a driver in 1963 and as a team owner, with driver Al Unser, in 1970 and 1971. Off track, Jones sold tires and automotive parts through his retail businesses.

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Date Made

May 1967

Subject Date

May 1967

Collection Title

Dave Friedman Collection 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.N.670533.26

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 0.875 in

Width: 1.375 in

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