Benny Parsons, the 1973 Nascar Winston Cup champion and Daytona 500 Champion died from Lung Cancer Tuesday morning, he was 65.

Parsons was born in North Carolina, where he died, but moved to Michigan and grew up racing on tracks in southern Michigan as well as Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. He also drove a Taxi, and on some of his race entry forms, he listed Taxi Driver as his occupation. Parsons was diagnosed with cancer in July of 2006, despite his stopping smoking in 1978. Upon his retirement, Parsons started doing color comentary for Nascar and other races, often appearing on broadcasts on the Fox and TNT network coverage of Nascar races.