Winning - The Racing Life of Paul Newman
Code No: 22245
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Published: 2009
Binding: Hardcover
No. Pages: 176
Dimensions: 21 x 27
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To millions of his fans around the world, Paul Newman was the movie icon with piercing blue eyes and the philanthropist who sold salad dressing and spaghetti sauce. But within the motorsports community, he was "PLN" - a race driver, team owner, and diehard fan who wanted nothing more than to be one of the guys. He wasn`t, of course. Even as he shunned the spotlight, he became the most celebrated - and successful - celebrity ever to grace the world of racing. A passionate and dedicated actor, Newman applied these same qualities to auto racing, learning and experiencing as much as possible, and success soon followed.
Newman began racing at an age when most guys contemplate retirement. But despite his late start, he graduated from the amateur ranks of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and made a career for himself in the professional Trans-Am series. Along the way, he won four national championships, scored class wins in the 24-hour endurance races at Le Mans and Daytona, and took his final checkered flag only one year before his death, at age 83, in 2008. He was also the co-owner of Newman/Haas Racing, which won eight CART and Champ Car titles during a quarter-century of open-wheel excellence.
In Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman, motorjournalists Matt Stone and Preston Lerner draw on the trackside recollections of those who knew Paul Newman, the race car driver. Contributors include Bob Sharp, Dan Gurney, Bobby Rahal, Tommy Kendall, Patrick Dempsey, and many other fellow drivers, owners, engineers, and actors. With personal and archival photos, Stone and Lerner tell the story of a man known to many as one of the world`s finest actors, but to others as one hell of a racer.
Publisher`s notes:
To millions of his fans around the world, Paul Newman was the movie icon with piercing blue eyes and the philanthropist who sold salad dressing and spaghetti sauce. But within the motorsports community, he was "PLN" - a race driver, team owner, and diehard fan who wanted nothing more than to be one of the guys. He wasn`t, of course. Even as he shunned the spotlight, he became the most celebrated - and successful - celebrity ever to grace the world of racing. A passionate and dedicated actor, Newman applied these same qualities to auto racing, learning and experiencing as much as possible, and success soon followed.
Newman began racing at an age when most guys contemplate retirement. But despite his late start, he graduated from the amateur ranks of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and made a career for himself in the professional Trans-Am series. Along the way, he won four national championships, scored class wins in the 24-hour endurance races at Le Mans and Daytona, and took his final checkered flag only one year before his death, at age 83, in 2008. He was also the co-owner of Newman/Haas Racing, which won eight CART and Champ Car titles during a quarter-century of open-wheel excellence.
In Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman, motorjournalists Matt Stone and Preston Lerner draw on the trackside recollections of those who knew Paul Newman, the race car driver. Contributors include Bob Sharp, Dan Gurney, Bobby Rahal, Tommy Kendall, Patrick Dempsey, and many other fellow drivers, owners, engineers, and actors. With personal and archival photos, Stone and Lerner tell the story of a man known to many as one of the world`s finest actors, but to others as one hell of a racer.
