“If I hadn’t been an actor, or a director of films, I guess I would have liked to become a racing driver more than anything else.”
– paul newman
– paul newman
Yes, he was a great actor and won an Academy Award, but Paul Newman was the real deal when it came to driving the absolute hell out of a race car. Not bad for a guy who didn’t start racing until he was age 47. Newman would go on to to take second at Le Mans and own several world-class racing teams.
+ Source: Paul Newman Budweiser Racing Poster :: HA Sports
+ Related: Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
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