Nostalgic Radio and Cars

Tuesdays 7-8PM (EST.) on WTAN-AM 1340 - FM 106.1 Clearwater/St. Petersburg/ Tampa and WDCF-AM 1350 - FM 102.3 Dade City/Zephyrhills/Wesley Chapel, Florida. Join us for some Classic Rock and some captivating conversations with our interesting and legendary guests about cars, boats and motorcycles. Topics cover collector car shows, concours, auctions, vintage and professional motorsports racing events as well as swap meets. Some of our guests have been Carroll Shelby, Jay Leno, Ted Nugent, Gregg Rolie, Mark Farner, Nick Mason, Dave Jenkins, Hulk Hogan, Larry The Cable Guy, Richard Rawlings, Adam Carolla, Tanner Foust, Adam Ferrara, Roger Penske, Mario Andretti, Stirling Moss, Bobby Rahal, Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, Peter Brock, Don Garlits, Shirley Muldowney, Danny "The Count" Koker, Barry Meguiar, Bob Varsha and Wayne Carini to name a few. Want to win a prize on Nostalgic Radio and Cars? Listen and be the 4th caller on select shows to WIN! CALL 1-866-826-1340 during the show. To listen to ALL of our Past Shows Click on "Podcast Archive" at the top of this page. ENJOY THE SHOW!

05-03-2014 (24.68 MB)

Duration: 53:55 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 64 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ

August 24, 2011

Your show host Robert and special guest Parnelli Jones. Parnelli started his racing career driving jalopies. He has won races and set records driving Midgets, Sprint Cars, Nascars, Indy Cars and has even won races in Off-Road events. In 1963 he won the Indy 500, and the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. In 1967 he drove the infamous STP Turbine Car at the Indy 500. In 1967 Parnelli drove a Mercury Cougar in Trans-Am and then in 1970 won the Trans-Am Championship for Ford in a Boss 302 Mustang. In the late 60's Parnelli competed in some off road events ultimately winning the Baja 1000 on several occasions in a Ford Bronco. In 1971 he formed the Vel's Parnelli Racing Team and competed in Indy car. Together with drivers Mario Andretti, Al Unser and Joe Leonard they won three national championships. In the late 60's Parnelli started a successful Firestone Tire franchise which continues today. He also has the Parnelli Jones Museum which houses most of the cars and memorabilia with which he has been associated. Today Parnelli makes special guest appearances and is often seen driving at many vintage racing events.
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