Johnnie Parsons

John "Johnnie" Parsons (born 4 July 1918 in Los Angeles, died 8 September 1984 in Van Nuys) was an American racing driver who competed in and won the Indianapolis 500 while it was a Formula 1 world championship round. He won the 1950 Indianapolis 500, becoming the youngest driver to win a race, lead a lap and score fastest laps in the then-short history of Formula 1, these records being respectively broken by José Froilán González at the 1951 British Grand Prix, Jimmy Davies at the 1951 Indianapolis 500 and José Froilán González again at the 1952 Italian Grand Prix. He surpassed Juan Manuel Fangio in all records.

Complete Formula One Results

Regular championship

(Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Points
1950	Wynn's Friction/Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft 1000	Offenhauser L4	GBR	MON	500 1	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA					6th	9
1951	Wynn's Friction Proofing/Walsh	Kurtis Kraft 3000	Offenhauser L4	SUI	500 Ret	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	ESP				NC	0
1952	Jim Robbins	Kurtis Kraft 1000	Offenhauser L4	SUI	500 10	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	NED	ITA				NC	0
1953	Belond Equa-Flow	Kurtis Kraft 500B	Offenhauser L4	ARG	500 Ret	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA			NC	0
1954	Bardahl/Ed Walsh Belond Equa-Flow/Calif. Muffler*	Kurtis Kraft 500C	Offenhauser L4	ARG	500 11 †	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA	ESP			NC	0
1955	Trio Brass Foundry/Anderson Ed Walsh*	Kurtis Kraft 500C	Offenhauser L4	ARG	MON	500 Ret	BEL	NED	GBR	ITA					NC	0
1956	J.C. Agajanian	Kuzma Indy Roadster	Offenhauser L4	ARG	MON	500 4	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA				18th	3
1957	Sumar/Chapman Root J.C. Agajanian*	Kurtis Kraft 500G Kuzma Indy Roadster*	Offenhauser L4	ARG	MON	500 16	FRA	GBR	GER	PES	ITA				NC	0
1958	Fred Gerhardt	Kurtis Kraft 500G	Offenhauser L4	ARG	MON	NED	500 12	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	MOR	NC	0

• Drivers often drove for two teams at once in the Indy 500. In 1954 Parsons retired from the race in his main car, before relieving Art Cross. In 1955, Parsons was hired as relief driver for Spider Webb, who failed to qualify. In 1957, he failed to qualify his main car and was hired by Sumar/Chapman Root to replace Dick Rathmann, who had been mugged and couldn't start the race.

† Denotes shared drive with Art Cross, Sam Hanks, Andy Linden and Jimmy Davies after retiring in his own car.

Champion Elimination Medals Championship

(Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Wins	2nd	3rd	Points
1950	Wynn's Friction/Kurtis Kraft	Kurtis Kraft 1000	Offenhauser L4	GBR	MON	500 1	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA					3rd	1	0	0	9
1951	Wynn's Friction Proofing/Walsh	Kurtis Kraft 3000	Offenhauser L4	SUI	500 Ret	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	ESP				NC	0	0	0	0
1952	Jim Robbins	Kurtis Kraft 1000	Offenhauser L4	SUI	500 10	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	NED	ITA				NC	0	0	0	0
1953	Belond Equa-Flow	Kurtis Kraft 500B	Offenhauser L4	ARG	500 Ret	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA			NC	0	0	0	0
1954	Bardahl/Ed Walsh Belond Equa-Flow/Calif. Muffler*	Kurtis Kraft 500C	Offenhauser L4	ARG	500 11 †	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA	ESP			NC	0	0	0	0
1955	Trio Brass Foundry/Anderson Ed Walsh*	Kurtis Kraft 500C	Offenhauser L4	ARG	MON	500 Ret	BEL	NED	GBR	ITA					NC	0	0	0	0
1956	J.C. Agajanian	Kuzma Indy Roadster	Offenhauser L4	ARG	MON	500 4	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA				20th	0	0	0	3
1957	Sumar/Chapman Root J.C. Agajanian*	Kurtis Kraft 500G Kuzma Indy Roadster*	Offenhauser L4	ARG	MON	500 16	FRA	GBR	GER	PES	ITA				NC	0	0	0	0
1958	Fred Gerhardt	Kurtis Kraft 500G	Offenhauser L4	ARG	MON	NED	500 12	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	MOR	NC	0	0	0	0

• Drivers often drove for two teams at once in the Indy 500. In 1955, Parsons was hired as relief driver for Spider Webb, who failed to qualify. In 1957, he failed to qualify his main car and was hired by Sumar/Chapman Root to replace Dick Rathmann, who had been mugged and couldn't start the race.

† Denotes shared drive with Art Cross, Sam Hanks, Andy Linden and Jimmy Davies after retiring in his own car.