Rufus "Parnelli" Jones
West Allis, Wis. (September 20, 1964) – Parnelli Jones lengthened his United States Auto Club stock car point’s lead Sunday by winning the 250-mile auto race, his seventh successive late model stock car win on the Wisconsin State Fair Park 1-mile paved oval.
Jones collected 500 points to put his season total to 2,784. Norm Nelson of Racine, who was second to Jones before Sunday’s race, finished third which was worth 305 points. He now has 2,285 points thus far.
Jones, of Torrance, Calif., set a record track speed of 93.70 miles per hour in finishing one full lap ahead of Rodger Ward of Speedway, Ind. Jones’ winning time was 2 hours, 40 minutes, and 4.88 seconds.
Jones and Ward both drove Mercury’s and Nelson piloted a Plymouth. Sal Tovella of Addison, Ill., finished fourth in a Ford and Len Sutton of Portland Ore., was fifth in a Dodge.
A.J. Foyt of Houston, Tex., provided Jones with his most serious challenge before developing car trouble midway through the contest and finally dropping out after 211 miles.
Jones, who started in the pole position, took the lead immediately and held it for nine laps when he surrendered it to Foyt. Foyt then led through the 73rd lap when he made a pit stop but regained the lead on lap 78. He dropped back on lap 89 when his car began acting up.
Jones took the lead on the 90th mile and maintained it all the way except for eight laps when he was in the pits. Ward never seriously threatened Jones, although he finished close when Jones slowed down on the homestretch on his way to the checkered flag.
A crowd of 20,400 paid a total purse of $22,725. Jones earned $4,350 for his victory.
Results –
1. Parnelli Jones
2. Rodger Ward
3. Norm Nelson
4. Sal Tovella
5. Len Sutton
6. Rich Kleich
7. Joe Leonard
8. Whitey Gerken
9. Bay Darnell
10.Bill Shoulders
11.Bobby Marshman
12.Ted Hane
13.Gordon Gorman
14.John Champlin
15.Leo Drollinger
16.Jack Knippel
17. Skeeter Wyman
18.Bob Christie
19.A.J. Foyt
20.Red Swanberg
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