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Parnelli Jones celebrates his 1963 Indy 500 win. Photos courtesy Indianapolis Motor Speedway. History tells us that Parnelli Jones, driving the #98 Offy-powered Watson roadster, won the 1963 Indianapolis 500. The win was not without controversy, as Jones's car was said to be leaking oil in the closing laps, yet no black flag was ever thrown.

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The Watson-Offy roadster known as Ol' Calhoun enjoyed an illustrious career even before it won the 1963 Indianapolis 500 with driver Parnelli Jones. The saga of Ol' Calhoun actually starts here in 1960, when J.C. Agajanian, a wealthy Southern California hog rancher and refuse collector with a passion for racing, purchased a new Watson roadster.

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The Novi engine that Andy Granatelli brought to the 1963 Indianapolis 500 had 734 HP—in contrast to other cars that had approximately 400 HP—and it was also lighter in weight at 1,680 lbs. vs. 2,800 lbs. Where does the Novi engine come from?

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1963 Indy 500: When Jones beat Clark and paused a revolution Sixty years ago, Parnelli Jones and his Watson-Offy roadster taught Lotus and Jimmy Clark a lesson or two at the Indianapolis 500..

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The 1963 Indy 500 was a battle between the established front-engine roadsters and rear-engine machines. Angus MacKenzie takes us back to the race through the.

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All of Jones' talent was on display in 1963 in the beautiful roadster famously nicknamed "'Ol Calhoun" that he also drove in the "500" in 1961 and 1962. He w.

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The 47th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Thursday, May 30, 1963. Rufus Parnell Jones, also known as " Parnelli ," took his only Indy 500 win.

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Parnelli Jones. PARNELLI JONES, winner of the 1963 Indianapolis 500 race, was the first to break the 150 mile per hour "barrier" in qualifications in 1962 with one-lap and four-lap qualifying speeds of 150.729 and 150.370 miles per hour, respectively. He broke both records the following year and led the field for 167 laps on his way to an.

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In the 1963 Indianapolis 500, he started on the pole. This was the year the controversial Lotus-Ford rear-engined cars made their first appearance, and had ruffled the Indianapolis establishment.

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After becoming the first driver to top the 150 mph barrier in Indianapolis 500 Qualifications a year earlier, Jones won his second consecutive Indy 500 pole on May 18, 1963. He set a track record at 151.153 mph in his famed Calhoun - an Offenhauser-powered Roadster. HOW TO WATCH INDY 500 QUALIFYING: Full weekend schedule, details