Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, racing car driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur.

2022年3月18日 · Newman competed as a professional for a good part of his 35-year career as a driver, into his 80s, and won some major races, including a class win at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1995, when he was 70 years old (via Alt Driver). Newman was also heavily involved in motor sports off-track.

Having always been interested in fast cars – he owned several innocent looking but unexpectedly fast Volkswagens with Porsche engines or American V8s – Newman accepted the role of racecar driver Frank Capua in the movie Winning.

2023年10月16日 · Paul Newman had a strange request at the 1995 Daytona 24 Hours. The Oscar-winning actor and long-time racer had just turned 70 and was struggling to get in and out of the Ford Mustang he was driving in the US enduro. He was insistent that his team-mates manhandle him out of the car during pitstops to save vital seconds.

Newman won the SCCA Runouffs four times (1976, 1979, 1985 and 1986) and was a 3-time SCCA National Champion. As a co-owner of Indy Cars with Carl Haas, Newman recorded 107 wins with various drivers over the years.

2021年3月1日 · For the next decade, Newman competed as a driver for Bob Sharp's racing team and commonly raced Datsun cars in the Trans-Am series. Newman got pretty close with Nissan over the years of racing and did multiple promotions and commercials for the company.

2022年7月21日 · Following the 1969 movie Winning, Paul Newman bought himself a brand new Corvette Stingray. In 1970 He set out from home in Westport, Connecticut and drove to Lime Rock Park Raceway, where once a week, anybody …

2008年12月2日 · Read the full story in remembrance of the late Paul Newman (1925-2008), racing driver, philanthropist, and movie actor who recently passed away at Automobile Magazine online. Just like...

2024年8月18日 · He played football in his youth and even boxed, but commenting on being a race car driver, he said it was “the first thing that I ever found I had any grace in.” In parallel with his prolific years in film, Newman put in one of the longest racing careers on record.

2023年5月22日 · In 1986, the year he skipped the Academy Awards, Newman topped the Trans-Am podium at his home circuit, Lime Rock Park. He followed that feat in 2003 and again in 2007, driving a Corvette in the GT1 class, with the car’s number reflecting his age.