Jake and Mike Celebrate Parnelli Jones's 90th Birthday

Tonight, on Beyond the Bricks with Jake Query and Mike Thomsen, they preview the events leading up to the NASCAR and IndyCar races this weekend. Then they start discussing tonight’s topic, which is Parnelli Jones because his 90th birthday is tomorrow. Mike brings some audio from his archives where Parnelli talks about running in NASCAR and which tracks he didn’t like racing at. In the second segment of the show, Mike and Jake break down the Indianapolis 500 in which Parnelli Jones won in 1963 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. They bring back some audio from Parnelli where he explains the 1963 race, oil leak incident, and the highlight of the call with him winning the race. In the final segment of the show, Jake and Mike explain how Parnelli Jones got himself into the famous 1967 turbine car that Andy Granatelli put together for him.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.