Sleeping at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway??!! Despite the action around him, we’ve dug up this photo of Johnnie Parsons taking a nap at the IMS and have an IMS prize pack ready for the best fan photo caption.
So what do you say, how should this photo be captioned?
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Racing and delivering Milk make for a long Sunday
IMS has a history of innovation in many areas… Racing, safety, and planking.
“Let me know when the race is over.”
Before the 2011 Rain Day Planking Contest, there was the 1950 Sunny Day Napping Contest….easily won by Johnnie Parsons.
Wake me when something exciting is happening!
Man, I should stay out of the snake pit next time.
Johnny Parsons is seen here testing the new drinking tube but not sure about the position required to use it.
This is a true picture of “laying down” on the job.
delivering ice cream at today’s speeds is very tiring!
Let me know when its time to drink the milk…
Johnnie Parsons let me know when the car is ready,Ill be here.
Take me out to the ballpark, take me out to the game…..Oh wait its not game day, its raceday!
Hey you guys, look, Parsons just invented “planking”!
Sure the wall is narrow but it beats sleeping on the finish line
Johnnie Parsons unknowingly started a tradition at Indy…. Planking!
Dock him a days pay for napping on the job.
Johnny Parsons, the original Plankster.
as i lay me down to sleep, i pray my guy stays in first.
got milk?….got trophy!!!!!
Johnnie Parsons sometimes went to great lengths to reserve his pit lane position at Indy.
Jonnie Parsons mugs for photographers before the race – the picture of confidence.
li more neg camber l/f and more toe in. exit speed. yea dats it
This race is long I’m taking a nap
Watching all of these left-hand turns are making me dizzy!?!? I’m just going to close my eyes for a few minutes…
60 years ago, pit stops were a bit more leisurely.
All I need is 50 winks for 500 laps and I WILL WIN TODAY. I WILL WIN TODAY… I WILL WIN TODAY…
I should have cleaned this small concrete wall before I laid on it. Now my all white, very fashionable attire will be dirty.
The racer’s ledge!
The Racer’s Ledge.
…And Johnnie Parsons takes the white flag!!! Was I snoring?
I’d SWEAR I hear Gomer Pyle singing somewhere…nah…
So Don Kay’s not the only person who sleeps at IMS?
Planking it old school!!!
It’s a gret day in Indy for a nap…I mean race!
It’s a great day in Indy for a nap…I mean race!
Original Planksta!
I’m not napping…just refueling!
I will milke this one!
And he’s on it…Johnnie Parsons takes a relaxing break on pit road wall from racing and USAC officials near him. Good way to not understand USAC officials explanation, sleep through it.
“When I die and they lay me to rest, I’m gonna go to the place that’s the best.”
“3 trackside hotdogs and I’m down for the count.”
Johnnie Parsons demonstrates his daily prayer for race day rain in order to capture his first and only Indy 500 win.
All the excitement at IMS has wiped him out!
All Work and No Play Makes Johnnie a sleepy boy.
Those who work the Indianapolis 500 nap when they can and always enjoy the high-energy of this incredible event.
That Infield concert wore me out.
Doing Mexican food with Hurtubise was a mistake.
What;me worry?I’ve got this baby in the bag!
I wonder who is watching my son JP jr???
“JP Jr is OK, he’s with some girls down in the Turn One infield.”
PS when was this photo taken? It looks like the “new” pit wall & spectator fence, 1957 + …?
I wonder if I’d make any money with my motorhome invention?
“Don’t mind me, I’ll just watch the race on TV when I get home”
Indianapolis Motor Sleepway
“that Tom Carnegie has such a soothing voice”
And he’s on it! The pit wall that is.
Trust me guys, I swear, all my technical notes are right here, just let me look at them for the next hour.
Wake me up when there’s a MotoGP race.
“Gentleman…..Start your Snoring”
“wake me when it’s my turn”
The Parsons Plank!
“REVERSE PLANK!” @Hinchtown ain’t got nothin on me!
I sure hope this magic cap will transport me from 1957 back to 1950! Maybe that USAC Official will help? What happened to the AAA? HELP ME!
That USAC official isn’t doing anything so I’m taking a nap.
I’m going to kill that Novi…
A frustrated and exhausted Johnnie Parsons abandons his controversial attempt to qualify the Good Humor truck for the 1950 Indy 500.
I think Dad was contemplating retirement,as he did that year, Do you remember the year?
Ouch! My wife only made me sleep on the couch.
The Shadow Will Get Ya, Drive Smart My Friend.
There’s no place like India-NAP-olis!!!
Been there, done that! ( He won it in 1950.)
“Wake me up when the Whitefront opens”
Planking Indy-50′s style!
When visions of Borg Warners danced in his head
Since this photo was taken in 1959 after he announced his retirement (per 1959 indy 500 yearbook):
“Retired, and lovin’ it!”
Forget Leo Basisglia. I was here FIRST!