Johnnie Parsons
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Nation:
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United States United States
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| Automobile world championship
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First start:
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Indianapolis 500 1950
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Last start:
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Indianapolis 500 1958
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| Constructors
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| 1950 Kurtis Kraft 1951 Ed Walsh 1952 Jim Robbins 1953 JS Belond 1954 Ed Walsh 1955 Carl Anderson 1956 Agajanian Racing 1957 Chapman S. Root 1958 Fred Gerhardt
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statistics
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World Cup balance:
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World Cup sixth ( 1950 )
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World Cup points :
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12
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Podiums :
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1
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Leadership laps :
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120 over 446.640 km
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Johnnie Parsons (born July 4, 1918 in Los Angeles , † September 8, 1984 in Van Nuys , California ) was an American racing driver .
Career
Parsons started ten times at the Indianapolis 500 , his victory in 1950 also included him in the list of winners of the Formula 1 World Championship , as this race was part of the World Cup from 1950 to 1960. Other good placements were second place in 1949 and fourth place in 1956 . In 1949 he was champion of the AAA National Drivers Championship , the previous series of the Champ Car Championship.
statistics
Grand Prix victories
Indy 500 results
| year
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Start number
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begin
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Agony (km / h)
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Result
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Round
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guide
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failure
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1949
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12
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12
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213,863
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2
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200
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0
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1950
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1
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5
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212.479
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1
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138
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115
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1951
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3
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8th
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212.656
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21st
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87
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0
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Magneto ignition
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1952
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6th
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DNQ
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| 5
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31
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217.757
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10
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200
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0
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1953
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21st
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8th
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221,522
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26th
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86
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0
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engine
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1954
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15th
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15th
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224,596
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32
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79
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0
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engine
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| 45
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11 2
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22nd
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0
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drove Cross ' car; Rd. 121–142
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1955
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9
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DNQ
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| 16
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27
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220.139
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21st
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119
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0
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Magneto ignition
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1956
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98
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6th
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231,950
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4th
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200
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16
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1957
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98
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DNQ
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| 18th
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17th
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226,543
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16
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195
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0
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1958
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45
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6th
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232.819
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12
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200
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0
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| Legend
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| colour |
abbreviation |
meaning
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| gold |
- |
victory
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| silver |
- |
2nd place
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| bronze |
- |
3rd place
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| green |
- |
Placement in the points
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| blue |
- |
Classified outside the point ranks
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| violet |
DNF |
Race not finished (did not finish)
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| NC |
not classified
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| red |
DNQ |
did not qualify
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| DNPQ |
failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
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| black |
DSQ |
disqualified
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| White |
DNS |
not at the start (did not start)
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| WD |
withdrawn
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| Light Blue |
PO |
only participated in the training (practiced only)
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| TD |
Friday test driver
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| without |
DNP |
did not participate in the training (did not practice)
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| INJ |
injured or sick
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| EX |
excluded
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| DNA |
did not arrive
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| C. |
Race canceled
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no participation in the World Cup
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| other |
P / bold
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Pole position
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SR / italic
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Fastest race lap
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| * |
not at the finish,
but counted due to the distance covered
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Streak results
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| underlined |
Leader in the overall standings
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literature
- Rick Popely, L. Spencer Riggs: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd., Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3 .
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