Former NASCAR champion battling cancer (Everett Herald)

Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Benny Parsons has beaten the odds before, rising up from the foothills of North Carolina to a job driving taxis and then all the way to the top of NASCAR. Now he'll try to win an even bigger battle - this time with cancer. Parsons, the 1973 champion and current NASCAR commentator on NBC and TNT, was diagnosed with cancer in his left lung and began treatment Wednesday. "It is winnable," said Parsons, affectionately known throughout NASCAR as "BP." "But positive ...