Drivers/United States of America
Johnnie Parsons
- 1950–1958
- PAR
- Born 4 July 1918 in Los Angeles
- Died 8 September 1984
- John Woodrow Parsons
Never drove a Formula 1 race. All of these appearances were at the Indianapolis 500, which counted towards the drivers' championship from 1950 to 1960 but was run to different regulations with a different field.
- Starts9
- Wins111% of starts
- Podiums111% of starts
- Pole positions00× started from P1
- Fastest laps1
- Titles0best finish P6
Career numbers
- Avg grid position13.7
- Avg finish13.6
- Retirement rate0%
- Pole-to-win conversion–
- Positions gained+1
- Points scored12
- Longest winning streak1
- Longest podium streak1
- Longest points-scoring streak1
- TeamsKurtis Kraft (1950–1955, 1957–1958) · Kuzma (1956)
Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.
The career at a glance
Season by season
| Season | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | Points | Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | P6 |
| 1951 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | – | ||
| 1952 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | – | ||
| 1953 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | – | ||
| 1954 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | – | ||
| 1955 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | – | ||
| 1956 | Kuzma | 1 | 3 | P17 | ||
| 1957 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | – | ||
| 1958 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | – |
Every race
10 entries, 9 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entryIndianapolis 500 1950P1 · Kurtis Kraft
- First winIndianapolis 500 1950P1 · Kurtis Kraft
- Last startIndianapolis 500 1958P12 · Kurtis Kraft
All 10 races, season by season
| Year | Race | Team | Grid | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Indianapolis 500fastest lap | Kurtis Kraft | 5 | P1 | 9 |
| 1951 | Indianapolis 500 | Kurtis Kraft | 8 | P21 | |
| 1952 | Indianapolis 500 | Kurtis Kraft | 31 | P10 | |
| 1953 | Indianapolis 500 | Kurtis Kraft | 8 | P26 | |
| 1954 | Indianapolis 500shared | Kurtis Kraft | – | P11 | |
| Indianapolis 500 | Kurtis Kraft | 15 | P32 | ||
| 1955 | Indianapolis 500 | Kurtis Kraft | 27 | P21 | |
| 1956 | Indianapolis 500 | Kuzma | 6 | P4 | 3 |
| 1957 | Indianapolis 500 | Kurtis Kraft | 17 | P16 | |
| 1958 | Indianapolis 500 | Kurtis Kraft | 6 | P12 |
Against team-mates
Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.
| Team-mate | Years | Races | Qualifying | Quali gap | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Agabashian | 1950–1957 | 4:3 | 1:5 | +1.26% | 9 : 1.5 | Compare |
| Sam Hanks | 1950–1955 | 2:5 | 3:2 | +0.10% | 9 : 6 | Compare |
| Jack McGrath | 1950–1955 | 3:3 | 1:4 | +1.01% | 9 : 9 | Compare |
| Andy Linden | 1952–1957 | 1:5 | 0:3 | +1.67% | 0 : 2 | Compare |
| Paul Russo | 1953–1958 | 1:5 | 2:1 | −1.12% | 0 : 7.5 | Compare |
| Tony Bettenhausen | 1950–1957 | 3:2 | 1:1 | +1.18% | 9 : 4 | Compare |
| Pat Flaherty | 1950–1955 | 2:2 | 2:1 | −1.45% | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Jim Rathmann | 1952–1954 | 2:3 | 1:1 | −0.97% | 0 : 6 | Compare |
| Art Cross | 1952–1955 | 0:4 | 1:2 | −0.45% | 0 : 8 | Compare |
| Bill Vukovich | 1952–1955 | 2:2 | 0:3 | +1.33% | 0 : 19 | Compare |
| Bob Sweikert | 1952–1956 | 3:1 | 2:1 | −0.51% | 3 : 8 | Compare |
| Gene Hartley | 1952–1956 | 4:0 | 2:1 | −0.55% | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| Jimmy Daywalt | 1953–1957 | 2:2 | 2:1 | −0.13% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Eddie Johnson | 1953–1958 | 2:2 | 3:0 | −1.39% | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| Pat O'Connor | 1954–1958 | 2:2 | 0:3 | +0.97% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Walt Faulkner | 1950–1955 | 1:2 | 1:2 | +1.74% | 9 : 1 | Compare |
| Jerry Hoyt | 1950–1954 | 2:2 | 1:1 | −1.41% | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Dennis Nalon | 1951–1953 | 1:2 | 1:2 | +0.64% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Jimmy Davies | 1953–1955 | 1:3 | 1:1 | – | 0 : 4 | Compare |
| Marshall Teague | 1953–1957 | 2:2 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Al Keller | 1955–1958 | 2:1 | 1:2 | +0.44% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Johnny Boyd | 1955–1958 | 1:2 | 1:2 | +0.13% | 0 : 4 | Compare |
| Johnny Thomson | 1953–1958 | 2:1 | 2:0 | – | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| Cecil Green | 1950–1951 | 2:0 | 2:0 | – | 9 : 3 | Compare |
| Johnny McDowell | 1950–1952 | 2:0 | 2:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Walt Brown | 1950–1951 | 2:0 | 2:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Carl Scarborough | 1951–1953 | 0:2 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Chet Miller | 1951–1952 | 2:0 | 1:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Cliff Griffith | 1951–1952 | 1:1 | 1:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Jimmy Bryan | 1952–1956 | 1:1 | 1:1 | – | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| Jimmy Reece | 1952–1957 | 1:1 | 0:2 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Rodger Ward | 1952–1953 | 1:1 | 1:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Cal Niday | 1953–1955 | 1:1 | 1:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Ed Elisian | 1955–1957 | 2:0 | 1:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Billy Garrett | 1956–1958 | 2:0 | 2:0 | – | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| Bob Christie | 1957–1958 | 1:1 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Mike Magill | 1957–1958 | 2:0 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Bill Cheesbourg | 1957–1958 | 1:1 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Jimmy Jackson | 1950–1954 | 2:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Duke Dinsmore | 1950–1953 | 1:1 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Mike Nazaruk | 1951–1954 | 0:2 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 8 | Compare |
| Troy Ruttman | 1951–1954 | 1:1 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 1.5 | Compare |
| Chuck Stevenson | 1952–1953 | 1:1 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Bob Scott | 1952–1953 | 1:1 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Duane Carter | 1953–1954 | 1:2 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 3.5 | Compare |
| Joie Chitwood | 1950 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 1 | Compare |
| Mack Hellings | 1950 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Lee Wallard | 1951 | 0:1 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 9 | Compare |
| Carl Forberg | 1951 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Gene Force | 1951 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Bill Schindler | 1951 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| George Connor | 1952 | 0:1 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Joe James | 1952 | 1:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Bill Holland | 1953 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Spider Webb | 1953 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Bill Homeier | 1954–1955 | 1:1 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 1 | Compare |
| Al Herman | 1955 | 0:1 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Chuck Weyant | 1955 | 0:1 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Ray Crawford | 1955 | 1:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Jack Turner | 1957 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Don Freeland | 1957 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Don Edmunds | 1957 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Eddie Russo | 1957 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Elmer George | 1957 | 1:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Shorty Templeman | 1958 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Bob Veith | 1958 | 1:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Paul Goldsmith | 1958 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Jerry Unser Jr. | 1958 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Len Sutton | 1958 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Manny Ayulo | 1951 | 0:1 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 2 | Compare |
| Johnny Mantz | 1953 | 0:1 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Jackie Holmes | 1953 | 0:1 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Larry Crockett | 1954 | 0:1 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Ernie McCoy | 1954 | 1:0 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Frank Armi | 1954 | 1:0 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| George Fonder | 1954 | 1:0 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
Green: Johnnie Parsons came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.
Strongest circuits
Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.
| Circuit | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13.6 |