Over 99 runnings, the Indianapolis 500 has become the most famous event in motorsport. That iconic status is built on a bedrock of hundreds of small stories, and to celebrate the centennial race, RACER.com has asked some of the people who are part of Indy's fabric to share a few of those stories with us. Check back every day between now and race day for a new 'Indy Diary' entry. Any Indy 500 win is special, but for Parnelli Jones, victory in 1963 was the perfect antidote for the pain of having victory slip away a year earlier. Even so, Jones still had to survive a post-race protest from Lotus's Colin Chapman, whose car finished second in the hands of Jim Clark. Chapman was convinced...
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