Remembering Those We Lost in 2024
From Hall of Famers to former track presidents, the NASCAR community lost many of its past stars in 2024.
Parnelli Jones
Parnelli Jones, 1963 Indianapolis 500 Champion, Dead at 90
Jones’ son PJ confirmed the news on Facebook.
Potts’s Shots: Track Drying, Hardly Trying & Repave Crying
What did you think of all those problems with turn 1 at Pocono before they started Cup qualifying?
Potts’s Shots: “Don’t Mess With an Old Man”
Only one inquiry this week, from Fritz in North Carolina. “What’s your take on the Kyle Busch/Richard Childress dust up and NASCAR’s handling of it?”
Potts’s Shots: An Off-Week Story of Parnelli Jones & the “Illegal” Firestones
At the 1970 Motor Trend 500 at Riverside International Raceway, Parnelli Jones destroyed the track record in qualifying, but his time was disallowed.
Full Throttle: The Greatest to Never Win Indy Has Gone to a Higher Victory Lane
There have been many hard luck stories from the Indianapolis 500 over the years, but the face of those hard-luck stories was very frequently Lloyd …
Driven to the Past: Parnelli Jones & AJ Foyt
I mentioned the USAC sprint cars at Salem last week on the way to telling that story about Roger McCluskey, and it brought this recollection …