** FILE ** NASCAR driver Benny Parsons, second from right, celebrates his victory in the Times 500 NASCAR race with his wife, Connie, and members of his excited pit crew during the award presentation at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, Calif., in this Nov. 18, 1979 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)