Johnnie Woodrow Parsons (July 4, 1918 – September 8, 1984) was an American race car driver from Los Angeles, California who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1950.Parsons had the dubious distinction of being the only Indianapolis 500 winner to have his name misspelled on the Borg-Warner Trophy. Silversmiths carved "Johnny" instead of "Johnnie." He had a son named Johnny who competed at Indy a dozen times.
In 1949 Johnnie Parsons came in second place in the world famous, Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. Believing Johnnie could win the following year- one week before Johnnie Parsons was to compete again in the Indy 500-Jimmie Jackson used a new technology-the wire recorder-to recorded he and Johnnie having the winning interview in Jimmie's living room as if Johnnie had just won the race-which of course he did go on to win. People were amazed at how Jimmie Jackson was able to interview Johnnie Parsons "live" on the "Memory Lane TV Show" right after the race and "scoop" the major Networks and everyone else.
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