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Originally Posted by daign
He's on a whole different level as far as acting goes, but Paul Newman raced Porsche's as well I believe!
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Originally Posted by CoffeeTalkJoe
Yes he did......race team owner also!
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He drove in the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans in Dick Barbour's Porsche 935 and finished in second place. Won his class in the 1995 24 hrs of Daytona. Raced the Baja 1000 in 2004 @ 79 years of age.
He was the Datsun guy in Trans Am and eventually founded a Champ car team Newman-Haus.
Founded Newmans own in 1982. Newman established a policy that all proceeds, after taxes, would be donated to charity. As of 2013, the franchise has donated in excess of $380 million.
He really accomplished to many things to list here.
Outclassed both the before mention guys in every category possible. Just saying. JMHO.