RRDC Will Honor Parnelli Jones at Long Beach

The Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) will honor racing icon Parnelli Jones at its second annual West Coast dinner prior to the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, on Thursday, April 15, 2010. The RRDC Evening with Parnelli Jones will be presented by Firestone, the tire brand that has been associated with Jones since the 1960s.

Two-time IZOD IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti is the Honorary Chairman of the dinner, and RRDC president and emcee Bobby Rahal will conduct the “inquisition” of Jones, who was named Rufus Parnell at birth until a high-school friend and classmate decided to call him “Parnelli” – a name that has stuck with him through his life and career.

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