BOURCIER: The Rapid Rise of Parnelli Jones

Parnelli Jones in 1961. (SPEED SPORT Archives photo)


  • Bones Bourcier

    Mark “Bones” Bourcier has covered automobile racing since 1976, contributing columns and features to a number of magazines and newspapers, including SPEED SPORT.

INDIANAPOLIS — The thing about the shooting-star rise of Parnelli Jones is how brightly it burned. To listen to those who saw this flash of light streak past is to conclude that there was no way to miss it.

Wherever he went, he was already a stud, already somebody. It gave him clout, juice, horsepower.

 

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