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Motorhead Message Central => Rodder's Roundtable => Topic started by: jaybee on August 11, 2024, 07:20:46 PM

Title: Parnelli Jones has passed
Post by: jaybee on August 11, 2024, 07:20:46 PM
Indianapolis 500 Parnelli Jones, maybe the ultimate example of an era when drivers expected to jump into and win in virtually every kind of vehicle, has died of Parkinson's Disease at 90. https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2024-06-05/parnelli-jones-1963-indy-500-obit

Here he is in his tube-framed beast of a Bronco, Big Oly:

(https://www.broncocorral.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1970_big-oly_Ford_Bronco-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Parnelli Jones has passed
Post by: enjenjo on August 11, 2024, 10:33:07 PM
I see that Lizzy Musi passed about six weeks ago at age 33. Breast cancer. Pat Musi's daughter.
Title: Re: Parnelli Jones has passed
Post by: jaybee on August 12, 2024, 08:39:39 PM
Oh goodness, so young!
Title: Re: Parnelli Jones has passed
Post by: idrivejunk on August 17, 2024, 04:42:11 PM
When I hear his name I see a mustard colored Boss 302. RIP
Title: Re: Parnelli Jones has passed
Post by: jaybee on August 17, 2024, 07:08:45 PM
That was one bad machine piloted by one bad driver. One of the greatest.
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