** FILE ** Benny Parsons holds his trophy high in victory lane after winning the Daytona 500 race at the Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., in this Feb. 16, 1975 file photo. Parsons, a former taxi driver turned NASCAR champion, died Tuesday Jan. 16, 2007 in Charlotte, N.C. from complications stemming from his short battle with lung cancer, his son Keith said. He was 65. (AP Photo/BL)